News in Picture

Eman FatimaIslamabad: 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 AsadullahIslamabad: 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 BhangarKarachi: ​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 AwanIslamabad: 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 AmirIslamabad: 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…

Fareena AbbasIslamabad:The reported closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has triggered what many analysts are calling an economic and energy shockwave across the global system. As one of the world’s most critical maritime…

Asem Mustafa AwanMultan: The fire is small, controlled, almost careful, as if even the flames understand their limits.In front of a thatched shelter stitched together from reeds and resolve, a young girl crouches over a pot,…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: There are no straight lines in this picture, only a tangle of pipes, a sluggish ribbon of blackened water, and the quiet suggestion that something essential has gone deeply wrong.Along the edge of an open…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: He does not count in kilograms. He counts trips. Thirty bricks are stacked with practiced precision, balanced on a strip of cloth that separates skin from weight. The load rests on his head, but it travels…