Opinion

Strategic competence grew in 2025, while legitimacy, inclusion steadily eroded

From Ukraine to Gaza, today’s wars are also environmental emergencies with lasting climate costs

From cooking to quality control, physics shapes every stage of how food is made, experienced

Here's the truth: machines don't destroy humanity... laziness does

Misinformation hinders nuclear energy’s role in clean power, healthcare, and food security

Gwadar and Chabahar ports could complement each other, but geopolitics fuels rivalry over strategy

PIA privatisation shifts risks to the public while potential gains flow to private owners

Global reactions to Venezuela reveal how selectively the world chooses to care

What often gets lost is the uncomfortable reality: that life abroad is much harder than it first looks

As students are enjoying winter vacation, there lurks a feeling of regret in the back of their minds

What's the starting date to talk about Pakistan's history?

Clashes first take place as a clash of narratives in the digital space long before they happen on the battleground

China's remarkable transformation under Deng was driven by economic pragmatism, political management

2026 Pakistan stands at crossroads: addressing systemic issues, using its newfound influence wisely

Iran's uprising, driven by economic frustration, rooted in decades of centralised power, unfulfilled promises

Society’s challenge isn't just accommodating disability, but fully accepting, integrating it into everyday life

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Afghan platform Al-Mirsaad amplifies anti-Pakistan narratives while overlooking Afghanistan's own security issues

As both young populations face rising unemployment, Pakistan-India must focus on cooperation, not conflict

Pakistan’s climate inaction, poor infrastructure, absence of robust activism heighten vulnerability to climate risks

Poor data masks the true human toll of climate disasters

Punjab’s anti–land grabbing law has triggered a constitutional clash over power, process, property rights

Modi’s India reflects the rise of religious extremism at the expense of pluralism, rule of law

Rather than outshouting its neighbours, Qatar is investing in education, journalism, long-term diplomacy

CSS success isn't about cramming; it’s about thinking critically, writing coherently

Taliban's ideological control stifles policy innovation, leaving Afghanistan in a fragile, reactive state

Climate change, AI, geopolitical shifts drive a world in flux, where societies, economies, warfare, no longer binary

Constitutional questions raised regarding judicial independence, institutional overreach, adherence to procedures

Data suggests nearly two dozen attacks conducted by LEAs across K-P, determining militant presence bordering Punjab

Rising TTP violence exposes the limits of Pakistan’s long-standing Afghan policy

Pakistan faces a new kind of risk as digital dependence deepens, inequality widens

Trump’s new security strategy marks a historic retreat from global leadership towards narrow, interest-driven power

Reality exceeds truth, exhausting every attempt to define it

In Sweden, a professor is not just a job title; they're seen as a valuable public servant

From wedding halls to war zones, indifference quietly decides who matters

Manipulation can make religion look irrational, oppressive or irrelevant to youth

Unmarked question, under-credited answers expose weak checks inside the result tabulation process

Beijing uses rare earth export controls as leverage in tariff talks, tightening pressure on Europe, the US

Restraint is demanded from Gaza, while Israeli military behaviour faces no matching constraints

Arrest of ISIS-K member highlights growing threat from cross-border militant groups in Balochistan and beyond

PM Sharif’s call for dialogue more about perception than substance, with no pressure to make concessions

Godi media, coined by Ravish Kumar, is now seen as a key driver of information disorder spread by Modi's followers

Stability can be attained in two ways: first, through inclusive public prosperity, second, through brute strategies

She withstood dictatorship, continued the struggle for democracy, giving up her life for the causes she lived for

You just spoke to your child in Urdu, so how is it dying? Evidence lies in the e-book market

An obituary, barely 75 words, attempts to capture lived experience in terms of what will remain of us

India’s delayed 1,597-page charge sheet on Pahalgam incident raises more doubts, unreliable confessions, weak evidence

Disillusionment with capitalism fuels a rising far-right in the US, as corporate influence stifles change

Pakistan's hybrid government formed post-2024 elections aims for stability, PTI's resistance threatens progress

COP30's promises for climate action fall short, fossil fuel lobby continues delaying clean energy progress