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Hyderabad Echoes In A Conversation Between Anthropologist And Historian

Pakistan, July 23 -- Last week, I received a call from a friend who now lives and works in New York. She holds a PhD in anthropology. She calls infrequently and always ends our conversations with sugg... Read More


Shale Gas Could Save Pakistan's Economy If The State Wakes Up

Pakistan, July 23 -- In a time of crippling economic despair, when Pakistan's financial arteries grow tighter by the day, the state has extended a desperate but hopeful hand to the world. Through the ... Read More


Honour, Privilege, And Murder: What Bano And Noor's Deaths Reveal About Pakistan

Pakistan, July 23 -- The murder of Bano Bibi and her husband Ehsan Ullah in cold blood in front of a spectator crowd in Quetta has once again stunned us. This honour killing, as horrifying as it is, h... Read More


HLPF 2025: A Last Chance To Rescue The SDGs And Rebalance Global Power

Pakistan, July 22 -- In a world reshaped by climate shocks, economic crises, and geopolitical fragmentation, the 2025 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) arrive... Read More


Is The New Superman Movie Worth Seeing?

Pakistan, July 22 -- Superman was introduced in 1938. I have fond memories of reading his comic books as a teenager in Karachi and later seeing his films in the US. Superman: Legacy was released in J... Read More


India Accused Of Grey Zone Warfare As New Proxy Threats And Disinformation Target Pakistan

Pakistan, July 22 -- India's ambition to repeatedly entangle its neighbours in conflicts is rooted in its unrelenting drive to establish itself as the sole hegemon in the region. The so-called self-pr... Read More


Unpredictable Rains, Unprepared Nation: Pakistan Grapples With Climate Chaos

Pakistan, July 18 -- For generations, Pakistan's calendar followed the comforting predictability of its seasons - sweltering summers broken by monsoon showers, cool winters welcomed by dry breezes, an... Read More


He Asked For Food, But The World Gave Him War

Pakistan, July 18 -- "Mum, I'm hungry. Are you listening?" "Dad, you're here! Look at me. I'm really hungry." A tiny voice, barely four years old, echoed among the ruins. Dust clung to the child's f... Read More


The Genocide No One Talks About: Biharis, Betrayal, And 1971's Unfinished Story

Pakistan, July 18 -- The word "genocide," coined by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, has lost its pain due to its live transmission on our TV screens. This op-ed is certainly not about the "alleg... Read More


Seventeen Years To Justice: How A Whisper Shattered One Woman's Future

Pakistan, July 18 -- "When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democrat... Read More