Pakistan’s quiet tech turning point
Pakistan enters each new economic year with the same uneasy mix of hope and exhaustion. Inflation continues to unsettle households, foreign reserves rise and fall without warning, and policymakers...
View ArticleCOP 30 ends with promises on paper, heat on the planet
Triple the climate finance for developing countries by 2035 — that is the marquee promise that took shape at COP30 in Belém, the gateway to the Amazon. The pledge might sound like progress, even as it...
View ArticleThe invisible victims of floods
In the sweltering aftermath of Pakistan's most devastating monsoon season in recent memory, the waters have receded, but the scars remain etched deep into the lives of the nation's most vulnerable. The...
View ArticleThe original sin of Frankenstein
I came across a reel on Instagram recently that described Dr Victor Frankenstein as the “OG f***boi”. As funny as this Gen Z take on the titular protagonist of Mary Shelley’s classic of Gothic horror...
View ArticleRoman Urdu: Convenience or cultural loss?
In 2012, Sanya* joined an institute to learn MS Office. When the teacher was delivering a lecture, she noticed the girl sitting next to her was writing furiously. Her pen danced across the page like an...
View ArticleRemembering Dr Arfa Zehra: The teacher who taught us how to live, not just earn
I never had a chance to meet Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra in person, yet I have always felt a deep and personal connection with her. It was in the early 1980s, during my years at the Oriental College, Punjab...
View ArticleThe last voyage of Pakistan’s wooden boats
Can an age-old heritage survive or will it sink into memory? Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of fishing towns such...
View ArticleWhy Pakistan's border closure is squeezing Afghanistan's economy
After the collapse of Istanbul dialogue and two terror attacks on its soil originating from Afghanistan, Pakistan’s any likely decision to simultaneously exercise the options of blocking across the...
View ArticleTrump's nuclear testing threat revives Cold War fears
US President Donald Trump’s decision to restart US nuclear weapons testing, after a three-decade hiatus, has left allies anxious, adversaries alert and arms-control experts warning that even a hint of...
View ArticleThe wealth and wounds of Dublin’s Guiness family
When Steven Knight set out to dramatise the making of Ireland’s most famous drink, few expected him to stir such potent contradictions. House of Guinness is not just a period drama about ale and...
View ArticleThe rise of Farmverse on Roblox
During the recent flooding which led to a devastating situation leading to despair, the fragility of traditional, large-scale agriculture was laid bare. This widespread disaster severely devastated...
View ArticleThe legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai
Escape me? Never — Beloved! While I am I, and you are you … —Robert Browning (Life in a Love) While researching for his book Warrior Poet: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Khushal Khan Khattak, the...
View ArticleFrom scratch to silicon: Pakistan’s race to design chips
From smartphones to aircraft, the miniature, delicate, and tiny microchips drive nearly every possible aspect of today’s life. In 2025, terms like chip wars and rare minerals dominated global...
View ArticleSongs of solace
Crafting compositions and creating space for children's participation in music, Thaheer Production has been shaping a much-needed revolution in Balochi literature since 2016, amidst the snow-capped...
View ArticleTrump rings in dawn of multipolar world
In an extraordinary turn in global politics, US President Donald Trump emerged from his summit describing it as a “G2 meeting” — a rare and striking admission from an American leader that Washington...
View ArticleSmile, you’re being fined
At Teen Talwar, rush hour used to feel like chaos that had long slipped out of control. Cars spilled over lane markings, crowding one another until even the zebra crossings disappeared beneath bumpers....
View ArticleFragile Peace
The latest negotiations round held in Istanbul, Türkiye, from October 25th to 30th, 2025, between the Afghan Taliban and Islamabad ended with an interim understanding to implement the ceasefire that...
View ArticleA love story with the wild
As a child my favourite moment before bedtime was listening to my father’s allegorical tales where animals spoke. My fascination for animals deepened further with stories of Tarzan and Jane of the...
View ArticleWhat Pakistan’s screenwriters could learn from the Walter Boys
My Life With the Walter Boys (MLWTWB) sat on my watch list quite for some time and I didn’t start seeing it until not so long ago, when a feisty tweeny mentioned to me that she had enjoyed the book of...
View ArticleThe scholar and the fortress of fear
When the distinguished scholar Francesca Orsini arrived at Delhi airport on October 21, 2025, she expected a routine welcome, not abrupt deportation. With a valid five-year e-visa, she was ordered to...
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