The 12 Seats Issue: Why It Still Matters...

Aqeeb Shahid   Every few years, a small number of seats spark a big fight in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and that number is 12. These are the 12 seats kept aside in the AJK Legislative Assembly for Kashmiri refugees, people who left Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir during the wars o...

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Afghanistan, Five Years Later: The Chain...

Giorgia Pietropaoli    On August 15, 2021, the entry of the Taliban into Kabul—unfolding in the silence of gunfire but amid the general chaos of the departure of the last American contingent—marked the beginning of a structural ordeal, rapidly transforming into one of the most severe human...

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Media Literacy: The Essential Skill Ever...

Iqra Zar Everywhere you look in a lecture hall today, you'll see students engaged with their phones—browsing news apps, scrolling social media feeds, and checking multiple messaging groups, often all within a minute. This behavior exemplifies what it means to be a digital citizen now. Unli...

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Pakistan’s Reclassification from South A...

Taleesan Abdullah The World Bank has changed Pakistan's status, shifting it from the previous South Asia grouping to the new MENAAP (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan) grouping. The administrative reclassification was in effect for both Pakistan and Afghanistan for the fisc...

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The Silent Rise of the Algorithmic State...

  Bilal Tanriverdi   The digital age is often presented as a modernization process that accelerates the functioning of the state. Yet in reality, a far deeper transformation is underway. How public power is exercised, how decisions are made, and how the relationship between citizens and th...

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The Majority of GBs will vote for PTI in...

  With Gilgit Baltistan on the verge of another election, the political debate in the region is driven by issues of governance, job creation, infrastructure, the energy crisis, and the delivery of public services, not just party loyalty. However, the majority of respondents favour the Paki...

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Around 2/3 of Lahore’s population is exp...

A survey was conducted by the Himalayan Research Institute, in collaboration with Climate Forward Pakistan, to understand public perceptions of the growing smog problem in Punjab, particularly in major urban centres such as Lahore. The survey aimed to examine the environmental, health, a...

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Basant: A Festival of Colour and Joy

  Wajeeh Ullah   Basant (Punjabi: spring) is a colourful spring festival observed by Punjabis in India and Pakistan. It puts an end to winter and the blossoming of spring, when mustard fields become very yellow. During Basant (celebrated approximately on Hindu Vasant Panchami day), in...

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Pakistan's Olympic Saga

Wajeeh Ullah On 8 August 2024 the everlasting drought for Pakistan at the Olympics medal table ended when Arshad Nadeem made history by clinching gold medal after 32 years. The win brought many National and International records for Arshad Nadeem as he became the first Athlete in Pakistan...

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