Digital literacy
LITERACY today is not merely the ability to read and write. It is the ability to function in a digital economy. This year’s International Literacy Day theme — ‘Promoting literacy in the digital era’ — highlights how th...
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September 8, 2025
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Age of Responsibility
The call by the National Commission on the Status of WomÂen (NCSW) to standardise the minimum marriage age across Pakistan deserves full endorsement. This is not just a legal technicality; it is a matter that directly impacts p...
We are misogynists
Pakistan turned 78 this year – a moment to celebrate a nation that has seen remarkable milestones: becoming a nuclear power, lifting the Cricket World Cup, building an elite air force with unrivaled air dominance, sending sate...
Justice within reach
Justice in Pakistan is too often defined by the judgments of higher courts. For the ordinary citizen, however, justice is what they experience in a district courtroom, in a tehsil katcheri, or while waiting endlessly for a case ...
Reforms for the SC
The constitution enshrines equality before the law, equal protection, and the right to a fair trial as fundamental guarantees, while Article 37(d) obliges the state to provide inexpensive and expeditious justice. At the centre o...
Why Kalabagh Dam is not an option
For decades, the Kalabagh Dam has been pitched as the silver bullet to Pakistan’s water and power challenges. By the numbers, it promises thousands of megawatts of hydropower and millions of acre-feet of stored water. On th...
Eurasia’s evolving architecture
The recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin has once again underlined how global politics is moving steadily away from traditional Euro-Atlantic frameworks towards Eurasian-led mechanisms of ...
Terrorism challenge: trust in institutions
Erosion of trust of the young generation in the social and economic future of Pakistan is the main reason for immigration of talented youth in Pakistan. In the author’s view almost 90% of graduates of Dow Medical College, Aga ...
Several factors bolstering gold’s appeal
US non-farm payroll figures dropped significantly in August, indicating a slowdown in the economy. Contrary to expectations of 78,000 new jobs, only 22,000 were added. The previous month’s data showed a mixed trend, with Julyâ...
Economy: macro stability faces a climate test
The floods in 2025 seem much less devastating compared to the crisis the country faced in 2022. However, they are severely straining fragile economic stabilization, with macroeconomic implications that are multifaceted, impactin...