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Operating rooms: Can they be greener?
Hajira Bibi
BS AHS,Anesthesia
Supervised by Samsam Fazal
In an era where healthcare systems globally are working to minimize their environmental impact, one surprising focus has come to light: the operating room. Hospitals are…
We Are Scaling Pakistan’s Digital Economy on a Cracked Foundation
A woman in Rawalpindi receives a call from someone claiming to be her bank. He knows her account number. He knows her last transaction. He asks for a one-time password to "secure" her account. Within minutes, her savings are gone. Her SIM…
Where the Music Flows: Keeping the Baithak Alive in Britain
There is a particular kind of magic that happens when musicians sit together in a room — not on a stage, not in a studio, but simply together — and let the music find its own way. In the classical traditions of South Asia, this magic has a…
The Retrieval of National Politics
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…
Dialogue, Not Division: A Way Forward for Azad Kashmir
The following aide memoire was given to Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh Sahib, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C. in person.
The submission of this memorandum is guided by two primary objectives.
First, it seeks…
The Anatomy of Economic Tyranny
There is a profound, almost morbid irony in listening to government ministers and state bureaucrats label Pakistan’s federal budget as "pro-poor" and "growth oriented." To call a document that squeezes the last drops of sweat and blood from…
Bridges over Battlegrounds: Pakistan’s Half-Century Diplomatic Odyssey
This spring, when war threatened to engulf the Middle East; while missiles flared and navies bristled, Islamabad offered itself as neutral ground. The world was stunned when the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire and chose…
Asian Games 2026: Pakistan Looks Towards Nagoya
As Asia prepares for the 20th Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, 2026, Pakistan's sporting community is increasingly focused on how the country can maximize its potential at the continent's biggest…
Pakistan’s Pragmatic Diversification from US Dollar: Navigating a Multipolar World
By Hazrat Hafsa
Pakistan's gradual shift towards de-dollarization is a response to its economic vulnerabilities and changing geopolitical circumstances.
With a shortage of foreign exchange and high external debt servicing costs, Pakistan…
