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Pakistan Is Growing – But Not Healthier

The judge cannot be filled beyond its capacity if fill further will lead to spillage, overpopulation does thesame. Pakistan is growing – faster than almost any other country in the world – but this growth is far fromhealthy. As per 2025 survey the population of Pakistan is 247.7 million, and expected to exceed 257million by…

Begging: A Hidden Profession?

Whenever I stand at a petrol pump or pass through a crowded area, my car is often surrounded by beggars within seconds. At that moment, a question repeatedly arises in my mind: why do I find beggars at almost every corner of my country? Begging has been spreading rapidly and has escalated in modern societies,…

The Addiction We Don’t Admit: Social Media’s Grip on Us

It’s late at night. The world around you is quiet, the lights are off and you know you should beasleep. Yet your phone is still in your hand, glowing in the dark. You scroll again. One more video. One more update. One more like. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. Millions of people…

A Frustrated Pakistani Cries Out: Where Does This End?

If you are even a slightly informed Pakistan – or if you simply have a social media account – the fast few weeks must have been frustrating and confusing to the core. Underneath all the state-run propaganda regarding brilliant diplomacy and major wins on the international stage is a country which is burning, drowning and…

Shouldering All Blame: Why Do Religious Authorities Hate Women?

I had the chance to visit the tent-city set up for flood victims in Chung, Lahore on Friday. Less than a hundred meters away was the mosque where Jummah khutba was on-going as we distributed food amongst people who had lost everything in the blink of an eye. This was a good opportunity to bring…

India and America Rift: Behind the Walls of Tariffs

The trade war – enhanced by high tariffs imposed on India – a new bone of contention between India and the US, stems from geo-economic and geopolitical insecurities. Recently, the cordiality between India and America has shifted into a political chess game.Since Trump assumed office, India has repeatedly come under fire from America. First, therift…

Independence Day: Have We Reduced It to A Mere Celebration?!

We have just lived through another 14 August a few days ago. Green and white painted every corner of Pakistan from Peshawar to Karachi, the national flag was seen everywhere from the streets to carts to restaurants, proving that each and everyone was brimming with joy on the 78th year of independence. It was a…

Right to Healthcare: Why Does It Remain Ignored in Politics?

In Pakistan, political campaigns are rarely quiet. There is always a crisis to fix, a rival to attack,or a vote bank to charm. Rallies grow louder, manifestos grow thicker, and yet, amid all the noise,one issue remains oddly muted: the right to healthcare. You rarely hear politicians advocate for hospital reforms. Hardly anyone is grilled…

Battling the Iron Curtain of Space Capitalism through National Policies

As the world struggles to fight its battles with the horrifying terrors of looming nuclear latency, armsescalation dilemma, and a manifestly irregular warfare, it has to gear itself up for a powerfuloccurrence: a new frontier of prevailing power, the NewSpace Industry. From standard triadmethods of warfighting to a fivefold nature of evolving war fronts, the…

Beyond Fiction: The Disastrous Epidemic Killing Women in Pakistan

Almost a month since Sana Yousuf’s unfortunate murder, I’m still unable to complete gather my thoughts. The anger, the frustration, the lingering sadness and helplessness is all consistently present, but there seems to be no outlet for all of these negative emotions apart from a biweekly rant with a fellow woman. The hope I had…