Nuclear trust and India

In late November, international media outlets reported that India and Canada were close to finalizing the 10-year uranium deal worth $2.8 billion. Canada’s Cameco Corp....

Contribution of English Courses to undergraduate academic development

The initiative of English courses at undergraduate level in Pakistani universities has proved beneficial in academic development. English as a medium of instruction holds...

Beijing’s quiet challenge to US influence in Latin America

By any historical measure, great powers rarely announce their ambitions with fireworks. They prefer white papers, strategic roadmaps, and bureaucratic understatement. China’s latest policy...

A Christmas Miracle?

AT PENPOINT The US attack on Nigeria may have seemed another example of how Christianity is being used merely to justify an attack on others,...

Weaponising Water

Weaponizing water is tantamount to an act of war— not because of rhetoric, but because water sustains life, food, energy and social stability. This...

How Trump ’s tariffs handed Beijing the strategic advantage

When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, he entered office with a renewed conviction that China was the central threat...

‘It’s unfair!’

That babies are born to parents with all sorts of religious backgrounds is a familiar objection that atheists raise against all religions. The argument...

Quantum mechanics education

The United Nations General Assembly had declared 2025 as the Year of Quantum Science and Technology under the leadership of the United Nations Educational,...

A gathering under the Eurasian Sky

The latest summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) brought together the leaders of its five member states—  Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia—...

Walking Away from Radicalization

Contemporary national and international security dynamics have transformed many once-local issues into global challenges– including cyber threats, climate change, inequality, and radicalization. While insurgency...

From International Wins to Domestic Urgency

As Pakistan enters 2026, there is much to celebrate alongside reasons for sober reflection. The past year brought significant moments that lifted national morale...

Russia’s growing shadow

For more than a decade, Russia has expanded its influence across regions far from its immediate borders. Much of this activity has unfolded quietly,...

The silent crisis of public safety in Pakistan

Pakistan loses thousands of citizens every year to incidents that are neither natural nor unavoidable. They are the result of structural neglect, weak regulation,...

Pakistan’s youth are entering the stock market — why it matters

For decades in Pakistan, the stock market was seen as a playground for the privileged few. Now, social media influencers are breaking norms, teaching...

Why would a nation glamorize those who seek to destroy it?

 “The propagandist’s purpose is to make a set of people forget that certain other sects of people are human” —Aldous Huxley   This quote from...