Opinion

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Judge Frank Caprio, widely beloved as the kind heart of justice, passed away after battling pancreatic cancer at the age of 88. As a columnist once observed, “He was the face of a courtroom where compassion…

Muhammad Murtaza Noor  Islamabad: Education is the foundation on which nations rise, societies evolve, and economies grow. The strength of a country lies not only in its natural resources or infrastructure but in the competence of its…

Muhammad Ajeeb  Bradford: A nation truly exists only when it is bound together by a shared sense of identity and a willingness to accept and appreciate the diversity of those who inhabit it. Without this, it is merely a stretch of land,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: At a windswept airbase in Anchorage, flanked by glaciers and fighter jets, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin staged one of the most anticipated meetings of the year. It was not a peace conference,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the seventy-eight years since Pakistan’s inception, the dream of a nation founded on equality and justice has drifted far from the lives of those who most needed it. Nearly half the population lives…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has maintained a complex relationship with the United States — one marked by alternating cycles of cooperation and conflict.  In the early years, Pakistan positioned…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The generation that lived through the birth of Pakistan is fading fast, taking with them memories of a dream built on sacrifice, resilience, and an unshakable belief in a better tomorrow. They were the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Pakistan’s riverbanks are once again teeming with desperation. Thousands of people — families, farmers, labourers now live in makeshift shelters, huddled under plastic sheets and tin roofs, waiting for food,…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: In a global landscape marked by shifting alliances and transactional diplomacy, the Islamabad–Tehran relationship continues to stand as a rare and principled example of regional cooperation, firmly rooted in…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umerkot: The skylines of Pakistan’s cities are changing and not for the better. What were once peaceful residential neighborhoods now echo with the noise of traffic, unchecked commerce, and relentless construction.…