Does Islam inhibit our intellectual growth?

Does religion have the ability to spur intellectual growth or is it a wall that acts as an impediment against it? Rather than igniting...

How journaling can improve your well being

People had been keeping diaries for centuries before critics thought to put them under microscopes. Did you know that famous visionaries such as Albert...

Climate change, cloud bursts and urban floodings: Are we prepared?

Various areas of Islamabad faced severe damages after a cloudburst that caused urban flooding in the Federal Capital of Pakistan. According to the meteorological...

Hardened US and Iranian positions amidst the hopes for revival of nuclear deal talks

The United States and Iran seem to be hardening their positions in advance of a resumption of negotiations to revive a 2015 international nuclear...

We don’t need ‘yes men’ in governments

One such principle that demands our reflection is to stay steadfast in adversity or, using more modern terms, the “courage of conviction”.

Editorial: Unending politics of Pakistan Bar Council and media

The author argues that increased politicization of Lawyers' Associations coupled with sensational news cycle by media has created a false narrative about things, leading to creation of politico-commercial nexus, provoking an unwarranted response about things as trivial as dissent in a Judicial Commission of Pakistan ruling.

Climate change crises: A new foremost priority of Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the hardest hit countries by global climate change. due to increased vulnerability of monsoon, temperature, Himalayan glacier melt, and its...

The Afghan civil war is the impetus for closer Russian-Central Asian cooperation

The recently intensified Afghan Civil War is serving as the impetus for closer Russian-Central Asian cooperation. This is evidenced by Moscow reasserting its traditional...

US withdrawal and Taliban advances in Afghanistan

The latest US-Taliban peace pact is unlikely to deliver peace to Afghanistan, is geopolitically unfavorable for Pakistan, and has major ramifications for our national...

Korybko’s response to Zakharov: Let’s clarify the Russo-Indo divergence in Afghanistan

Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and former Visiting Fellow at the prestigious Observer Research Foundation...

Justice for everyone: A complicated fight against inequalities

Crime is a result of a cost-benefit analysis that a criminal does in his mind before committing the act. He systematically evaluates that if...

Noor Mukadam case: A need to reform Pakistan’s justice system

With the hashtag ‘#JusticeForNoor’ circulating all over social media and a million petitions signed over Facebook and Twitter, the nerve-wracking news of the brutal...