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Sheikhupura Mob Attack Over Blasphemy Allegations Forces 35 Christian Families To Flee

Pakistan, Oct. 11 -- Police in Punjab's Sheikhupura district have registered first information reports (FIRs) against a Christian man accused of sharing allegedly offensive religious content on social... Read More


Why Imran Khan's Popularity Has Not Sparked A Movement

Pakistan, Oct. 10 -- Pakistan's political opposition has something that movements elsewhere would envy: a leader with a substantial popular following, a governing establishment facing widespread econo... Read More


The Old Fear Of New Technology: AI And The Future Of Education

Pakistan, Oct. 10 -- One evening, I was sitting on my sofa and scrolling through LinkedIn when a professor's post caught my eye. The message was clear and harsh: do not use AI in my class, and if I ca... Read More


The Artificial Rivers: How Pakistan Taught Its Rivers To Visit One Another

Pakistan, Oct. 10 -- There is something extraordinary about an ordinary canal bridge in Punjab. A tractor rumbles across, a motorcyclist sounds his horn, and perhaps a buffalo stands in the shallows b... Read More


When Prejudice Sits In Judgment

Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- One of the greatest tragedies of human civilisation is that intellectual advancement has not necessarily been accompanied by moral evolution. We have succeeded in developing sophis... Read More


The World I Left Behind: From Pakistan To America In 1987

Pakistan, Oct. 8 -- In 1987, I left a boarding school in Lahore to study at a university in Philadelphia. I was young, curious and probably more confident than my experience justified. I knew I was tr... Read More


After The War, A Wider Strategic Space Awaits China And Pakistan

Pakistan, Oct. 8 -- The Iran war is not over; it has entered an even more dangerous phase. The opening of the Houthi front has widened the conflict towards Yemen and the Red Sea, while attacks on Saud... Read More


Why Saudi Arabia Still Needs Pakistan's Military

Pakistan, Oct. 7 -- Saudi Arabia spent $83.2bn on its military in 2025, almost seven times Pakistan's $11.9bn, according to SIPRI. It was the world's largest arms importer in 2015-19 and the fourth la... Read More


Pakistan's Solar Boom Is Moving Faster Than Its Power Grid

Pakistan, Oct. 7 -- The solar revolution in the country has transformed from a limited phenomenon to one of the most significant developments in Pakistan's power generating sector. Only in the first s... Read More


Who Owns Pakistan's Debt?

Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- Pakistan's domestic debt has increased to Rs58.1tn, an 11pc increase over the past year. Public debt stood at 70.7pc of GDP in FY25, well above the 56pc legal ceiling under the Fis... Read More