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The Death of Talent
Sometimes it feels like we live in a country where talent is not lost — it’s murdered.
And its killers sit on TV, dressed in branded suits, selling lectures about “lack of potential.”
Shoaib Akhtar says, “Pakistan has no talent.”
He…
Middle East Tensions and Pakistan’s Military Imperative
Pakistan has long viewed its military as a vital element of state power, forged in the crucible of wars with India and the challenges of internal and external terrorism. Its army has demonstrated its resilience in counter terrorism…
The Forgotten Blood of Jammu
Book Review: The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir
Chapter 2: “The People: Dividing Jammu and Kashmir”
Everyone always starts the Kashmir story in Srinagar. I mean, that’s the classic opening, right? But Christopher Snedden, this…
Trump’s Peace Plan and Hamas’s Conditional Consent: A New Turn on Palestine’s Political Horizon
Recent events have once again cast Gaza’s tragedy into sharp global focus. A few days ago, Hamas expressed conditional acceptance of the American presidential peace proposal widely referred to as “Trump’s 21-Point Plan.” The group stated…
World Teachers’ Day: New Avenues of Collaboration in Education
When Caliph Harun al-Rashid requested the great Islamic scholar Imam Malik to come to the royal palace and teach him the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Imam Malik responded, "People come to knowledge; knowledge does not go to…
Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959): A Cinematic Elegy to Art, Fame, and Human Frailty
In the canon of Indian cinema, few films occupy as significant and enduring a place as Guru Dutt’s Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959). Initially dismissed as a commercial failure, the film has since been re-evaluated as a masterpiece of introspective…
Peacock Feather in Books and the Struggles of Today’s Children
By Asif Iqbal
There was a time when schooling was not a burden, but a symbol of innocence and simplicity. In those days, up to the fifth grade, children wrote on slates, cleaning them in their own little ways without fear of calcium…
Ceasefire or Political Subjugation? Trump’s Gaza Plan and Its Consequences
By Dr. Muhammad Tayyab Khan Singhanvi, Ph.D
The latest devastation in Gaza and Donald Trump’s twenty-point peace proposal offer a stark reflection of contemporary geopolitics. It is a plan that outwardly pledges ceasefire and…
Pakistan’s Economy: The Path of Stability Amid Global Challenges
Muhammad Mutahir Khan Singhanvi
Pakistan's economic and political situation reflects the global challenges at hand. Although the country has made efforts for economic stability over several decades, the steps being taken by the current…
