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...
Author: Team IBC English (Team IBC English)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Population Growth Narrative: An urgent clarion call
Narrative change is not about consensus on every policy details, but rather agreement on the broader themes and directions that the public discourse and public policy should take. Pakistan can hardly afford to add 17,000 newborns each day as it is already cumbersome Population on the fragile state of the land of the pure. Pakistan...
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Reflections on the Changing Face of Pakistani Journalism
During a recent two day refresher training in Islamabad, organized by Individual with the support of CPDI and the European Union, trainer Saifullah Koso asked an important question.What changes do you see in the media since your last training? While many participants from KP and Balochistan answered quickly, the question made me think deeply. Earlier,...
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“To Be or Not to Be”: Pakistan’s Dilemma
The haunting soliloquy of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “To be, or not to be,” was never just about a prince’s indecision, it was a meditation on the agony of existence under the weight of injustice. Today, as Pakistan grapples with a spiraling economic crisis and a fractured polity, this question resonates through the streets of Islamabad and...
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Qamar Abbas Nadeem: A Quiet Life, Profound Literature
In the history of Urdu short fiction, there are some names that never become widely famous, yet their work leaves a lasting impression on serious readers. Qamar Abbas Nadeem is one such writer. On one hand, he was a doctor in his professional life, and on the other, a sensitive and deeply thoughtful short story...
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New currency notes market launch date revealed by State Bank
The State Bank of Pakistan has announced that the preparation of newly designed currency notes has entered its final stages, and printing will begin after approval from the federal cabinet. The announcement was made by Governor State Bank Jameel Ahmad while addressing a press conference following the monetary policy statement on Monday. According to the...