I have been attached with preparation of Central Superior Service (CSS) exams for years. The wonderful journey has taught me a lot of things....

The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some important lessons about ourselves....

The writer talks about the revitalization of one of the most important institutions for policymaking in Pakistan, the Planning Commission. He talks about how the policies of the past have left the commission futile and he discusses the steps in which the revitalization could be brought about, and its results.

Highly placed sources in Islamabad reveal for the first time that back-channel engagement with India had been continuing for more than a year and Indian PM Narendra Modi may have visited Pakistan to participate in the SARRC summit in Oct this year.

Farah Adeed discusses Maulana Tariq Jamil’s decision to launch a clothing brand titled MTJ. He deals with an important question: does Islam allow ulemas to become traders? The early history of Muslims and their great civilization from the eighth to eleventh centuries reveals some interesting facts, he argues.

Farah Adeed discusses Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s latest 11-page judgment in which he has declared that “a woman, whatever her sexual character or reputation may be, is entitled to equal protection of law”. The writer terms it as the victory of reason over tradition. Read an interesting op-ed.

The United States emerged as the wealthiest nation from World War II and shaped a “rules-based order,” which is under stress with China’s steady...

Ali Baba and Forty Thieves is an Arabian fable about the exploits of a woodcutter and some forty-odd characters. It’s a story of lust,...

The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has been visiting Kabul and Doha in what appears to be an unending series of negotiations...

The following article has been written to highlight the challenges faced by the residents of Islamabad. The names of the characters are fictitious but...

Of late, statements from the highest level in Pakistan’s government have urged the global community to build a relationship with the country centered around “geoeconomic security.”...

Let us get rid of the scoundrels. Conviction through the courts seems impossible. Weakness in the common law to combat white-collar crime, combined with...