Category: Columns

India is building a chain of dams on the Chenab that will change how and when water reaches Pakistan. An international court has ruled against it. India has not shown up. We have not woken up. Faisal, a rice farmer in Hafizabad, does not know that a courtroom in The Hague matters to him. The...

Convocation day feels like arrival. But the real confrontation begins when the applause fades and the market ask a different set of questions. A Graduation ceremony was one of the most significant milestones in a person’s life. No matter the degree – bachelor’s, master’s or PhD, the day carries a profound sense of accomplishment. The...

In contemporary Urdu poetry, the name of Iftikhar Arif holds a unique and credible position in terms of intellectual seriousness, cultural awareness, and symbolic depth. The fundamental purpose of this study is to clarify that Iftikhar Arif’s poetry should not be considered limited merely to religious or emotional references; rather, it should be viewed as...

Trinidad is not merely a place it is an alchemy. It is where South America’s ancient breath meets the Caribbean’s rhythm, a crucible where the world’s grief borne on slave ships and indentured vessels was poured into humid soil and distilled into steelpan’s thunder, calypso’s wit, and the defiant joy of Carnival. To find it,...

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...

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...

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 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...