Vaccination access
We come across news reports almost on a daily basis about polio cases being reported from different parts of Pakistan. Despite all-out...
Fighting childhood cancer
15th February marks International Childhood Cancer Day, a vital reminder that early detection and timely referral to Paediatric Oncology can mean the...
US blank-check support for Israel enabled more than genocide
WASHINGTON WATCH
A combination of pro-Israel advocacy groups and political action committees, including right-wing Christian fundamentalists, neoconservative hawks, and weak-kneed liberals, have not...
Pak-Turkiye bilateral relations
Historical brotherly Islamic relations between Turkiye and Pakistan were deliberated at some length and duly highlighted, further promoted and strengthened during the...
A litmus test for multipolarization
The Munich Security Conference 2025 unfolded at a moment of profound geopolitical transformation. The unipolar world order of the past is steadily...
Learning from Saudi Arabia
Superficially, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb was only putting forward an anodyne idea when he said while talking to the press at the...
Fighting human trafficking
AM heartbroken on the tragic accident involving a boat carrying immigrants on their journey from Mauritania to Spain. As many as 44...
Addressing illegal activities
In Saudi Arabia, 100 illegal foreigners, including 21 Pakistani nationals, were executed last year after they were found involved in criminal activities....
Restoring constitutional integrity
In principle, civilians should be tried by a civil judicial system. I feel pain and sympathy for those who have been sentenced...
Federalism: The Quest for National Integration in Pakistan
Federalism and the Quest for National Integration in Pakistan provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and evolution of federalism in Pakistan....
Socioeconomic importance of the River Swat
Across the world river economy is seen as one of the major sources in the socioeconomic development of the local communities living...
Why the US no longer sees Europe as a security priority
US Secretary of Defenqe Pete Hegseth left European defence ministers in shock during a meeting in Brussels on February 12, as he...
World Bank’s $40 million investment
Pakistan’s economic landscape is poised for a transformative shift with the World Bank’s commitment of $40 billion under its 10-year Country Partnership...
Cost of climate inaction
The cost of climate change in Pakistan is very high. But the cost of inaction and delay is
greater. This situation is often...
The slap heard round the world
CITY NOTES
I suppose the Kashmiri people should be grateful that Donald Trump did not bring them up when Indian PM Narendra Modi...