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Before the Bullet Train

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: He has probably spent a lifetime listening to the sound of trains.  Long before digital control rooms, automated signals and computerised switching became the global standard, railway workers like him stood…

Crossing Between Risk and Necessity

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…

Balochistan’s Silent Poverty Crisis

Sher Ahmed Durrani  Islamabad: Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan, and it stands at a complicated crossroads, struggling to come to terms with deep-seated poverty. This issue goes beyond the realm of economic statistics; it…