Pakistan enters a new year carrying the institutional imprint of 2025 — strategic vibrancy, diplomatic relevance, but institutional decay and trust deficit. Year 2025 was not a year of dramatic rupture, nor one of decisive renewal. Rather, it consolidated a governing logic that has become increasingly familiar — effective in imposing order, less successful in building trust. […]
Constitutions endure not because they are endlessly amended, but because they draw clear lines between power and restraint. The 27th Constitutional Amendment crosses those lines. Amnesty International’s warning — that the amendment constitutes a sustained assault on judicial independence and the right to a fair trial — should therefore be taken with the seriousness it deserves. The […]
As a faculty member, I have always believed that education becomes meaningful when it builds connections. Knowledge should not remain confined within disciplinary boundaries; it should travel, interact and find expression in real life. One of the most frequent questions I hear while teaching physics to food science students is simple and sincere: where do […]
As 2026 begins, the global landscape is being reshaped by deepening conflicts – US-China rivalry, rising militarisation and growing climate stress. While governments continue to reaffirm commitments to sustainability, one reality is becoming impossible to ignore: climate action cannot succeed in a world at war. The UN Secretary-General has repeatedly warned that escalating conflicts are […]
The blazing fire of terrorism, over the past two decades, has cost Pakistan irreparable loss in terms of both human lives and the economy. Another sector of society that has borne the brunt of terrorism is educational institutions. Educational institutions and the individuals associated with them continue to be the terrorists’ prime target. The scale […]
The actual use-value of smart glasses remains keenly debated — but less so among blind people, who are increasingly relying on the latest models to improve their lives. Does this restaurant serve fish? Does this bus go to my neighborhood? None of the emerging leaders in the nascent smart glasses market designed their models to […]
Torrential rains battered Indonesia’s Siau island, causing a flash flood that killed at least 16 people, with another three missing, authorities said Tuesday. An overflowing river flooded four towns on the small island north of Sulawesi on Monday, the national disaster mitigation agency said in a statement. “Sixteen people have been reported dead due to […]
Below-freezing winter temperatures plunged swathes of Europe into a second day of travel chaos on Tuesday, with weather-related accidents leading to five deaths from the cold snap in France alone. Three people died in accidents linked to black ice in southwestern France on Monday morning, authorities said, while a taxi driver died in hospital on […]
At least 25 people have been killed in Iran during the first nine days of protests that began in Tehran’s bazaar over the plunging value of the currency and soaring inflation, according to rights groups. The protests have spread to some cities in western and southern Iran but do not match the scale of the […]