Human rights and drugs
AT PENPOINT
The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may have caused all sorts of convulsions of international law, but the charges against him have...
2025: Rising crime and growing insecurity in Karachi
It is not without reason that a great city is said to be defined not only by its towering buildings, bright lights, and bustling...
A silent national emergency
By: Amna Hamid
Pakistan is going through a silent but catastrophic crisis. In 2023 alone, over 800,000 Pakistanis left the country for overseas employment, which...
When Artificial Intelligence becomes the new creator
Religion tells us that God created the human being in His own image, blessing humanity with consciousness, reason, and the ability to create tools....
Calm at the eye of the storm
At critical moments in a nation’s journey, progress does not announce itself quietly. It unsettles entrenched interests, exposes irrelevance, and provokes panic among those...
Pakistan’s point of view on US Gaza mission scope
Gaza is depicted as facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe resulting from years of blockade and repeated military assaults, culminating in widespread destruction of homes,...
Trump’s Venezuela Gambit
WASHINGTON WATCH
President Trump might be popping corks to toast what he called “one of the most stunning, effective, and powerful displays of American military...
ISKP leadership based in Afghanistan with operational links to Syria
Afghanistan has re-emerged as one of the most consequential nodes in the global jihadist ecosystem, serving simultaneously as a sanctuary, operational hub, and leadership...
India’s longing for a limited war with Pakistan
The security environment in South Asia is stratified, strained and tense historically. It is in this delicate framework that the emerging military thinking in...
No Gen Z it’s not over
No Gen Z, it's not over. While the passionate words of those who feel disconnected from the current path are loud and clear, they...
A silent academic crisis
Examinations are an inexorable part of academic life, but for university students, the stress before exams often becomes overwhelming rather than motivating. Pre-exam stress...
Will 2026 be better — or worse?
The year 2025 will be remembered as one of the most turbulent in recent history. Global diplomacy struggled under the weight of escalating violence,...
IMF programmes and income inequality
In the ‘World Inequality Report 2026’ released last month, it was pointed out ‘Inequality has long been a defining feature of the global economy,...
Cross-Border Terrorism Persists
Pakistan’s national security landscape continues to be shaped by an uncomfortable and increasingly well-documented reality: the systematic use of Afghan territory for sustained cross-border...
Russian Economy and Discontents
By 2025, Russia’s war-driven economy has entered a phase marked not by collapse, but by exhaustion. The strain is felt most sharply within the...