Pakistan faces an existential crisis as rapid population growth continues to strain resources and compromise the quality of life. The country’s population challenges are indeed substantial; however, they are not insurmountable. History shows that nations have overcome far greater obstacles when they are united by sound and inspiring narratives. For Pakistan, crafting and sustaining a...
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Book Review: Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
It started in a calm classroom when our professor, Dr. Imtiaz from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, gave us a presentation on globalization, explaining both its advantages and disadvantages. At first, globalization sounded like a positive idea. It was described as a bridge between countries, making the world smaller and more connected. Famous...
Islamabad Tragedy & Numb Nation
Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea that when a society focuses all its resources and attention on wars, public issues like education and healthcare are pushed aside, strongly reflects the reality of Pakistan today. The continuous environment of violence, bomb blasts, and bloodshed has deeply affected our collective thinking. Human suffering has sadly become a routine...
Emotional Manipulation as a Social Practice
Emotional manipulation operates through multiple outlets, from intimate family relationships to powerful mass-media narratives. Emotional manipulation does not only harm individuals, it corrodes the emotional framework of society itself. When empathy and sympathy are repeatedly used as tools of control rather than understanding, they lose their moral clarity and are learned in distorted forms. Those...
Qamar Ruini: A Man of Dervish Temperament and a Guiding Light
Before the Partition of India, Allahabad was a remarkably fertile and respected center of Indian literature. It was a time when the Progressive Movement was taking firm root, and in an intellectual and literary city like Allahabad, new ideas and revolutionary tendencies were clearly taking shape. Mushairas, literary gatherings, and journals gave Urdu literature a...
Shaheen Chowk Underpass: The Gridlock Saga
Islamabad, once admired for its well-planned layout, quiet streets, and orderly traffic, is now encountering growing challenges in urban management. Instead of easing commuters’ woes, many new projects often have visible and noticeable effects on daily travel. The constant noise, horns, and smoke amid heavy traffic test the patience of the people, highlighting the need...
Minority Rights and Pakistan’s Constitutional Promise
More than seventy years after independence, Pakistan continues to wrestle with a question central to its identity: how to turn constitutional guarantees for minorities into a lived reality. Laws exist, court judgments have been delivered, and principles have been articulated—but inclusion cannot survive on paper alone. It requires consistent enforcement, social maturity, and a steadfast...
Dr. Anwar Sajjad: A Multifaceted Personality and His Intellectual and Creative Position in Urdu Literature
Lahore also holds a historic position in the world of literature. For centuries, this city has remained a center of poetry, short stories, drama, and other literary forms. During the Mughal era, its poetic gatherings contributed significantly to the growth of Urdu and Persian literature, while in the modern literary movements of the Subcontinent, writers...
Greenback in Retreat: Dollar Hits Four-Year Low as Trump Applauds Devaluation
In a development that has sent tremors through global bourses while eliciting a triumphant smirk from the Oval Office, the United States Dollar plunged to a four-year low this week. The greenback, long the undisputed hegemon of international trade, faced a bruising sell-off, retreating against a basket of major currencies to levels not seen since...
Pakistan Ranks Among Top 10 Most Dangerous Countries for Christians – World Watch List 2026
Pakistan has once again been ranked among the top 10 most dangerous countries for Christians, placing 8th on the Open Doors World Watch List 2026, which tracks the 50 countries where Christians face the most severe persecution for their faith. The report highlights that more than 388 million Christians worldwide are experiencing high levels of...