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Naeem Nisa Islamabad: Pakistan’s youth bulge is often portrayed as a looming demographic crisis. That narrative, however, belongs to a different era. With more than 64 per cent of its population under the age of 30, Pakistan is not…

Mehr Un Nisa Islamabad: They were shaped by global politics and its unresolved crises. It is often easy to dismiss the political views of young people as naïve, too idealistic, too online, or too distrustful. But listening closely to…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: They are smiling. That is the first thing one notices. Three young girls, all seemingly under the age of ten, hurry across a narrow makeshift bridge suspended over a stream choked with garbage, stagnant water…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The train is visible. So is the danger. Yet the road remains busy. A car inches forward. Motorcycles slip across the tracks. Passengers continue their journey as a locomotive approaches in the background. It…

Eman Fatima Islamabad: What will it take for the world to listen? In April 2024, UNICEF issued an unprecedented warning: every child in Gaza is in need of mental health and psychosocial support, no exceptions, no qualifications. It…

Muhammad Asadullah Islamabad: As the smoke cleared over the outskirts of Tehran, the declarations arrived almost immediately. Israeli officials called the operation a decisive success. Washington offered more cautious support, framing…

Shah Zaman Bhangar Karachi: ​In 2010, a horrifying incident took place in the city of Sialkot, Punjab. An enraged mob publicly lynched and brutally murdered two young brothers, Mughees and Muneeb Butt, under the false accusation of being…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Every morning, they arrive before the city fully wakes. They come carrying drills, paint buckets, cutters, hammers and rusted toolboxes. Some sit silently against crumbling walls. Others stare at the road as…

Ahmed Ali  Islamabad: Iran appears to be standing at a pivotal diplomatic moment as cautious engagement with Washington resumes. On the table is a familiar but consequential proposition: relief from decades of economic sanctions in…

Aayza Amir Islamabad: For decades, national security was largely understood through the lens of traditional threats such as war, territorial disputes, and military rivalries.  Today, however, climate change has emerged as one of the…