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Viral Tea Seller-Turned-Entrepreneur Arshad Khan's Cafe Chaiwala Expands In UK

Pakistan, Sept. 26 -- Pakistan's viral tea seller-turned-entrepreneur Arshad Khan's Cafe Chaiwala brand has embarked on a major expansion in Britain, opening a new branch in Sutton, South London, with... Read More


Debt, Growth And The Test Of Economic Sovereignty

Pakistan, Sept. 26 -- Pakistan's debt debate is trapped in the wrong question. Each budget season produces another argument about whether public debt has risen or fallen as a percentage of gross domes... Read More


Part VI: The Politics Of Provincialism-The Rise Of Ethno-linguistic Politics In Pakistan (1977-89)

Pakistan, Sept. 25 -- During Gen. Zia's rule, the Pakistani state and society experienced a profound process of decadence, plunging the country into a long-term decline that cannot be attributed to a ... Read More


The March To Islamabad And The KP Police Autonomy

Pakistan, Sept. 25 -- With the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf announcing a march towards Islamabad on September 27, the country is once again witnessing a familiar confrontation between politics, administra... Read More


AI Is Rewiring How We Think, Work And Decide

Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- Every era has a machine that rewrites its rules. Steam rewired labour. The internet rewired distance. Artificial intelligence is now rewiring something harder to name; the way we... Read More


Pakistan's Medical Dream Is Changing: The MDCAT Numbers Demand A Serious National Inquiry

Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- For generations in Pakistan, medicine has occupied a place unlike almost any other profession. To become a doctor was not merely to choose a career; it was to acquire social pres... Read More


Pakistan's Energy Crisis Is Policy-Made

Pakistan, Sept. 23 -- Pakistan's energy crisis is often described as a shortage of power, gas or fuel. But that is only part of the story. The deeper problem is that we have built an energy economy th... Read More


Remembering AMU - How Past Luminaries Captured the Soul of Aligarh

Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- It is often remarked that the famous author Mirza Farhat Ullah Beg played a significant role in highlighting the human face of Deputy Nazir Ahmad through his popular memoir, Depu... Read More


The Cost Of War: Iran, Oil And The Global Economic Fallout

Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- Wars are costly. We all know that. There is the human cost, in terms of lives lost and people displaced. Then there is the cost of destroyed infrastructure: buildings, bridges, s... Read More


Who Knows The Bounds Of Desire: Lahore Between Wonderland And Wasteland

Pakistan, Sept. 21 -- Dr. Osama Siddique's monumental novel Who Knows the Bounds of Desire, published in 2025, is a deeply meditative work on the city of Lahore, oscillating between a realisation of i... Read More