Opinion

Sher Ahmed Durrani Quetta: The murder of Noor Mukadam in July 2021 remains one of the most haunting cases of gender-based violence in Pakistan’s recent history. The 27-year-old was brutally killed at the residence of Zahir Jaffer in…

Qadeem Achakzai Quetta: Viruses remain one of the most persistent threats to human health, with each virus affecting the body in different ways. Some individuals develop clear symptoms, while others remain asymptomatic carriers for long…

Muhammad Hamza Islamabad: A few weeks ago, protests erupted across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), drawing attention to a long-standing political controversy: the 12 reserved refugee seats in the AJK Legislative Assembly.  The…

Nafeesa Kakar Quetta: Contemporary global disorder cannot be fully explained through the traditional language of geopolitics alone. Wars, great-power competition, technological disruption, democratic backsliding, and economic uncertainty…

Shoaib Ullah  Islamabad: Balochistan does not simmer. It burns slowly, deliberately, and with the patience of a people who have been waiting for over seven decades to be heard. It is tempting to frame the Balochistan crisis as a…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: It began with an insult. Or at least that is how many young Indians saw it. When remarks comparing some unemployed youth to “cockroaches” sparked outrage across social media, few could have predicted what…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: The devastating floods of 2011 and again in 2022 did far more than destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, they exposed a hard truth that climate change is no longer a distant risk but a present and recurring…

Sher Ahmed Durrani Quetta: The politics of Balochistan has long been discussed through the lens of the Baloch national question. Yet an equally important conversation remains insufficiently explored: the growing sense of political,…

Maryam Siddiqui Islamabad: We are no longer living in an era where only openly oppressive regimes rely on surveillance to maintain control. In today’s digital environment, almost every human activity leaves a trace, and power…

Maryam Siddiqui Islamabad: The ceasefire following the US-Iran confrontation in 2026 has not resolved the underlying tensions in the Middle East.  Instead, it has created a temporary pause in an already fragmented strategic landscape.…