Khalida Hussain is regarded as one of the most distinctive short story writers in Urdu literature, having established a unique identity through her writings. She is not only counted among Pakistan’s finest fiction writers but is also credited with introducing new dimensions of modernism and symbolism into the Urdu short story tradition. Khalida Hussain was...
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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026Columns
An Intellectual Apotheosis and a Testament to Resolute Perseverance: A Scholarly Exegesis of Dr. Saima Ghiasuddin’s Historic Achievement
This discourse is by no means a conventional assemblage of congratulatory platitudes; rather, it constitutes an intellectual meditation upon that rare and transformative process whereby aspiration, refined through relentless discipline and unwavering perseverance, is transmuted into enduring reality. Within the distinguished realm of medicine, the Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG)...
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June 22, 2026June 22, 2026Columns
A Tide of Despondency Within Israel
A recently conducted joint survey undertaken by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Agam Institute has unveiled a portrait of public sentiment so stark and consequential that it defies facile dismissal. Conducted between 17 and 20 June 2026 among 3,644 Israeli citizens, the inquiry has yielded conclusions that constitute not merely a profound rebuke...
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June 22, 2026June 22, 2026Columns
Illusion of welfare state
The question of how the state began and what it owes to its citizens has been debated for centuries, and tracing this evolution reveals a single, unyielding truth: every political freedom, democratic vote, and welfare check depends entirely on a foundation of hard security. To understand this structural reality, we must look at the very...
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June 21, 2026June 21, 2026Columns
The Dawn of Clinical Modernity, the Metamorphosis of Public Healthcare, and the Sagacious Administrative Stewardship of Medical Superintendent and General Surgeon Dr. Ghiasuddin
The preservation and historical trajectory of human civilization are punctuated by epochal nexuses wherein the ossified structures of conventional paradigms are systematically dismantled by the harmonious convergence of avant-garde methodology and altruistic humanism. Within the industrial topography of Karachi, traditionally obscured by the kinetic dissonance and atmospheric turbidity of the SITE area, the Kulsoom Bai...
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June 21, 2026June 21, 2026Columns
A Treatise on the Helvetian Conciliation: Pakistan’s Strategic Ascendancy as the Vanguard of Regional Pacification
Amidst the sublime, snow-crested precipices of the Swiss Alps, within the tranquil confines of the Bürgenstock resort, there unfolds an epoch-making juncture in international statecraft a geopolitical phenomenon hitherto unvisualized by the Pakistani polity. In the labyrinthine, technical-level parleys transpirating between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic...
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June 19, 2026June 19, 2026Columns
Intellectual Bankruptcy and Geostrategic Avarice
Within the contemporary geopolitical theatre, a meticulous examination of the configurations of global power and the evolving architecture of regional strategic alignments reveals a profound and paradoxical intellectual dissonance. This contradiction is rooted less in the conventional doctrines of international relations than in the deeper impulses of human nature and in the modern creed of...
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June 18, 2026June 18, 2026Columns
The Retrieval of National Politic
There arise, in the political evolution of nations, certain critical junctures at which the gravest peril does not emanate from the multiplicity of challenges confronting the state, but rather from the erosion of the collective wisdom required to address them. Pakistan presently finds itself at such an inflection point. Political polarization, institutional distrust, electoral controversies,...
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June 10, 2026June 10, 2026Columns
Beyond a Deal: A Manifesto for Enduring Stability
Within the labyrinthine architecture of international politics, there exist certain conflicts whose manifestations may be temporarily suspended through diplomatic maneuvering, provisional accommodations, and carefully negotiated agreements, yet whose essential dynamics remain fundamentally unaltered. Such disputes may be rendered dormant for a season, but they cannot be genuinely resolved unless the historical grievances, ideological antagonisms, political...
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June 2, 2026June 2, 2026Columns
K-Electric: A Chronicle of Illumination, Transformation, and Endurance
Among the institutions that have indelibly shaped the economic and civic landscape of Karachi the commercial nucleus of Pakistan and one of South Asia’s most consequential metropolitan centres few possess a historical significance comparable to that of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation. Known in contemporary times as K-Electric, this entity transcends the conventional definition of...