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Who Defends The Defenders - The Crisis Of Legal Advocacy

Pakistan, Oct. 25 -- There is a particular kind of work that rarely makes anyone popular. It involves sitting with a family whose son has not come home, filing petitions that may never be heard, and s... Read More


Nation Without Outrage: Normalisation Of Constitutional Crises In Pakistan

Pakistan, Oct. 25 -- There was a time when the suspension of an elected provincial government would have provoked a national constitutional crisis. In Pakistan, it has become another afternoon's news.... Read More


Pakistan's Hunger Crisis: What The Global Hunger Index 2026 Reveals

Pakistan, Oct. 25 -- Pakistan's hunger crisis did not emerge overnight. It grew quietly through years of neglected warnings, deferred decisions, and difficult conversations left unresolved..The latest... Read More


Reclaiming Mingora: The Urgent Need For Better Urban Governance

Pakistan, Oct. 25 -- The other day, while buying vegetables in Mingora, the main city of Pakistan's Swat Valley, I noticed a large rat roaming freely behind a vegetable cart. It darted between an open... Read More


The Architecture Of Silence: Why The Birds Of Pakistan Stopped Singing

Pakistan, Oct. 24 -- We all remember waking up to the soft melody of a koel perched beneath a grandmother's bougainvillea, an elegant morning dove stretching out its tunes deep within the thorny canop... Read More


Part I: Tackling Informal Economy With Artificial Intelligence

Pakistan, Oct. 24 -- Pakistan cannot broaden its tax base by repeatedly squeezing people already visible to the State. Artificial intelligence offers a different route: build a national economic regis... Read More


The Case For Intervention: Militancy, Failed Talks And Emergency Rule In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- Pakistan has a long and often turbulent history of federal intervention in the provinces, with the centre repeatedly resorting to governor's rule and emergency powers when a provi... Read More


Everyday Sindhi Nationalism: From Cultural Memory To Contemporary Practice

Pakistan, Oct. 21 -- Nationalism takes shape not only through political speeches, party programmes, and public demonstrations but also through everyday habits, cultural preferences, and shared memorie... Read More


Should Pakistan Create More Provinces?

Pakistan, Oct. 20 -- Pakistan's military leadership has reportedly floated a proposal to raise the number of provinces in Pakistan. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said Pakistan's current administr... Read More


Why Google Pixel Phones Are Gaining Popularity In Pakistan Despite No Official Launch

Pakistan, Oct. 19 -- Google Pixel smartphones are becoming an increasingly noticeable part of Pakistan's mobile market, despite Google having no official retail presence in the country. While Samsung,... Read More