Opinion

Diverse connotations of 'self' suggest that it is not as a single being but as a stratum of beings

Obstruction of polio eradication efforts perpetuates a preventable suffering

Five key dynamics shaping Afghanistan's position, their implications for Pakistan deserve dispassionate consideration

Catholic church has a long history and you can take whatever you want from it

Commercial model of education is often visually attractive

Election campaigns everywhere contain an element of memory

SSB marks shift from highly-centralised bureaucratic control of schools' budget towards devolving financial authority

The reality behind it is uglier than the wedding photographs we post online

PTI today is not a movement charting the future but a party caught in confusion

The Karakoram Highway winds through the Karakoram Mountains, the Hindu Kush, the Pamir Plateau, and the Himalayas

Quran repeatedly affirms that human beings have been honoured by Allah with intellect, agency and moral choice

Traffic congestion has become one of the city's defining realities

Pakistan has already experienced severe challenges during Covid-19, which exposed weaknesses in the country

Universities have grappled with these issues for long and continue to do so

Why Pakistan must preserve its cultural memory by recognizing the poets and composers behind its anthems

As Islamophobic incidents surge, US Muslim communities face systemic bias and complacency

Testing the impact of emotional vibrations on water, consciousness, and the student experience

Uncovering the silent struggles and digital triumphs of women in Karachi’s informal settlements

Russia sees South Asia through an Indian lens, Pakistan must offer strategic relevance

One year after Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan's military credibility has risen, but its economic vulnerability remains a threat

Fluid security structures born from necessity can quickly become ungovernable if the state fails to regulate them

In Pakistan today, the surest way to find the truth is to take what power says and read it in reverse

A 0.3 cent per unit tariff dispute in 2004 killed a Thar coal project that could have solved Pakistan's energy crisis

From Bogra's assurances to Zhou Enlai in 1955 to CPEC in 2015, the Pakistan-China relationship has been strategic

Pakistan spends as little as 0.8% of GDP on education while more than 25 million children remain out of school

Hindutva ideology spreads into a nuclear-armed military with demonstrated safety failures

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Pakistan's case for Palestine must move beyond symbolism and into the architecture of a negotiated solution

Beyond the battlefield, the US-Iran conflict has quietly dismantled decades of Gulf prosperity

Public service in Pakistan has quietly become about power, not people

While nations court Washington with favours, Israel skips the queue entirely

How Britain ruled India not just by the rifle and law, but by the careful distribution of 'Sir'

From Gujarat to Delhi to Dhar, the pattern of anti-Muslim violence in India follows a familiar script

From W-11 to Starline coaches, Karachi's old buses were a moving festival

That 50-rupee 'parking fee' on a public road is illegal

if there are 100 high school students in country, 5% part of international system, 95% are part of national system

Moving from Karachi to Hyderabad represented a movement from routine academic life toward active participation

There is little political will towards the most important domestic policy issues for uplift and development of society

Reality demands a new approach of partnerships that align public purpose with private capital, innovation

The shortest path from Central Asian gas to South Asian markets runs through Kabul, if allowed

The man who promised to sever ties with China may instead be on the verge of making them impossible to untangle

Nushirvan paid for his salt so petty theft would never become custom; we have long since stopped paying for anything

Trump secured what he called fantastic deals in Beijing, but the details remain as vague as the promises were grand

Pakistan can build fighter jets and broker peace deals, but can't stop FIA men from slapping citizens

Both the US and China will bend rules, shape dependencies and ignore smaller states

Pakistan is investing $1 billion in AI by 2030 without a governance framework to go with it

The SPSC's four roads to success: money, connections, more connections, and last, ability