Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- One of the greatest tragedies of human civilisation is that intellectual advancement has not necessarily been accompanied by moral evolution. We have succeeded in developing sophis... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 8 -- In 1987, I left a boarding school in Lahore to study at a university in Philadelphia. I was young, curious and probably more confident than my experience justified. I knew I was tr... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 8 -- The Iran war is not over; it has entered an even more dangerous phase. The opening of the Houthi front has widened the conflict towards Yemen and the Red Sea, while attacks on Saud... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 7 -- Saudi Arabia spent $83.2bn on its military in 2025, almost seven times Pakistan's $11.9bn, according to SIPRI. It was the world's largest arms importer in 2015-19 and the fourth la... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 7 -- The solar revolution in the country has transformed from a limited phenomenon to one of the most significant developments in Pakistan's power generating sector. Only in the first s... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- Pakistan's domestic debt has increased to Rs58.1tn, an 11pc increase over the past year. Public debt stood at 70.7pc of GDP in FY25, well above the 56pc legal ceiling under the Fis... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- The Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court needs a three-judge bench. Lawyers have long said it has been operating with a single judge for many years. Since 2021, from Justice Wa... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- In 2014 the Bharatiya Janata Party won 282 Lok Sabha seats, in 2019 it won 303, and in 2024 it won 240: 825 in all. None went to a Muslim. In 2024, none of the 24 Muslims elected t... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- For a government, a fuel price increase is a notification taking effect at exactly 12 midnight. For an ordinary citizen, it is a household budget falling apart before morning. Dail... Read More
Pakistan, Oct. 5 -- In its final stages of publication, The Mingling of the Oceans: A Theory of How Civilizations Can Live Together, forthcoming from Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, Frankie Martin and myself,... Read More