As I observe contemporary political debates, I often feel that humanity is engaged in a strange and unfinished conversation. Everywhere we hear the language of liberty, rights, democracy, equality, empowerment, and freedom of expression. Yet far less attention is given to the institutions, responsibilities, and collective discipline that make these ideals sustainable. It is as...
Author: Team IBC English (Team IBC English)
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Rising Above the Pain: The Courage of Educated Women in the Face of Violence
The reported acid attack on Dr. Mahnoor at Civil Hospital Quetta has shocked the community and once again highlighted the serious challenges many women face in society. Such acts of violence are not only attacks on an individual but also attacks on education, professional achievement, and the progress of women in Pakistan. Dr. Mahnoor represents...
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The Crisis of Dental Health: A Silent Epidemic
Today, dental pain has emerged as a widespread epidemic, affecting both children and the elderly. Despite its prevalence, oral health is often neglected in our society. The primary causes are a profound lack of awareness regarding oral hygiene maintenance, incorrect brushing techniques, and a general disregard for daily dental care routines. The Role of Diet...
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The Resurgence of Terrorism and the Imperatives of National Security
Pakistan appears once again to be approaching a critical juncture at which the partial gains achieved in the realm of internal security are being overshadowed by the re-emergence of formidable threats. The latest monthly assessment issued by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) has lent quantitative substantiation to growing apprehensions that terrorist...
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Plato on Change and the Stability of States
Plato’s political thought in The Republic raises a question that remains painfully relevant in every age: does change strengthen a state, or does it slowly destroy it from within? In the modern world, where change is often celebrated as progress in itself, Plato appears almost uncomfortable, even suspicious of it. Yet his concern is not...
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The Tragedy of Democracy, Technology, and the Metamorphosis of the Modern World
Throughout the long procession of human history, there have invariably arisen generations persuaded that the intellectual canons, moral certitudes, and institutional arrangements of their own age represented not merely provisional accommodations to circumstance but enduring and self-evident truths. Yet the onward march of time, indifferent to sentiment and unencumbered by nostalgia, habitually overturns such assumptions....
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How Smartphones Phones Are Starving Family Tree
In today’s modern world, technology has undoubtedly become an absolute necessity, woven deeply into the fabric of our daily existence. Its influence over our lives has grown so pervasive that it now dictates our routines. A few years ago, I recall seeing an ice cream advertisement on television that depicted a peculiar, disconnected family dynamic;...
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Degree in Hand, Job a Dream!
‘Just graduate from a good university with top marks, beta…your life will be set!’ .This is the comforting phrase that echoes daily across every Pakistani household. But today, we are forced to confront a brutal question: Is a degree alone ever really enough? The transition from a university classroom to the professional world has become...
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SC Rejects Zahir Jaffer’s Review Plea, Upholds Death Sentence in Noor Mukadam Case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a review petition submitted by Zahir Jaffer, maintaining its previous judgment that upheld his death penalty for the murder of Noor Mukadam. In July 2021, 27-year-old Noor Mukadam was discovered murdered at Zahir’s home in Islamabad. Investigations revealed she endured torture before being decapitated. A trial court initially...
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The Saga of the Righteous Struggle: A Nation’s Stand for Truth
History often proves that when arrogance drives a state’s narrative, the truth is the first casualty. In the aftermath of the Falgham incident, we witnessed a display of political theater that was as swift as it was baseless. Within a mere ten minutes—before any investigation could have reasonably begun—the Modi government filed an FIR against...