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Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: As Christmas approaches, homes across the country prepare for a season defined by family gatherings, shared meals, and the quiet hope that loved ones will be present at the table. For Shamon Masih, a sanitary…

Ali Nawaz RahimooUmarkot: A few days ago, a friend asked me to counsel his son about choosing a future career. I began with a simple question: What do you want to do with your life? What excites you, what drains you, what truly matters…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: American voters have given a clear thumb-down to Donald Trump’s leadership. The off-year elections, held in years without a presidential race, are often seen as an early litmus test of public sentiment toward the…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: In a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line, as reported by the World Bank, the sight of an elderly man balancing heaps of snack packets on his motorbike through the narrow…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: In a field baked under the October sun, an elderly farmer guides a pair of oxen across the soil — a sight unchanged for centuries. The cracked earth rises in thin clouds as the wooden plough carves through…

Ali Nawaz RahimooTharparkar: Water, the most essential ingredient of life, is under severe strain in Tharparkar, Sindh’s arid desert district. Already crippled by chronic scarcity, Thar now faces an even deadlier challenge: the…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: I never have been very comfortable with a number of culturally accepted practices which epitomise inherent gender inequalities in our society.Let me explain the nature of my discomfort with the following real…

Amir Hamza Bajaur: The federal government of Pakistan continues to grapple with public dissatisfaction and unrest, particularly in regions sensitive to national security. In such areas, civic concerns often intersect, sometimes clash,…

Ali Nawaz RahimooUmarkot: In the faded two-inch photograph of two-year-old Nimra, she appears peacefully asleep eyes closed as though resting in eternal silence. Death had not disfigured her innocence. It seemed even death itself had…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: In the tradition of Mohammed Ajeeb CBE , the first non-white Lord Mayor of Bradford in 1985. Sadiq Khan becoming the first Mayor of London of Pakistani origin 2016 , Zulfiqar Karim becoming the first Muslim High…