Dr Raania Ahsan
A Free Puppet
He was searching for a sociology book for his research when a small brown diary captured his attention. It was ...
Trump’s Greenland Gambit Shakes NATO, Allies, Prompts Emergency Summit
It sounds like a bizarre throwback to colonial times, yet it unfolded this week. 27 European Union leaders scrambled to ...
Pakistan Is Living on Its Migrants
Pakistan’s economy is being kept alive by people who no longer live in it. Every month, millions of Pakistanis working ...
US Freezes Immigrant Visa Processing For 75 Countries
US Freezes Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries, Pakistan Included 'It was such an internal exercise conducted with a degree ...
The Age of Noise And The Discipline of Nations
Why Societies Rise Through Institutions, Not Generations We are living through a global moment of generational anxiety. Across countries, young ...
HALF SAFE: WHY PAKISTAN’S HARASSMENT LAW STOPS AT THE OFFICE DOOR
In 2010, Pakistan took a landmark step by enacting the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act. The ...
Industrial Zones at a Standstill: Pakistan’s Growth Vision Collides with the IMF’s Fiscal Wall
Pakistan’s industrial zones - once envisioned as engines of export-led growth and investment - now stand at a standstill. What ...
The March that Stalled a Nation: The Forgotten Pakistanis Caught in Between
Framed as an act of solidarity with Gaza - a nation’s grief and its yearning to be seen as part ...
From Tragedy to Transformation: Can Pakistan Turn Flood Recovery into a Climate Opportunity?
Every monsoon season, Pakistan braces for flooding - an annual ordeal that has shifted from rare disaster to predictable devastation ...
From Relief to Resilience: Breaking Pakistan’s Flood Cycle
When floodwaters recede in Pakistan, what remains is not just mud-caked homes and ruined crops - what lingers is the ...
Pakistan’s Bailout Trap: The Political Economy of IMF Dependence
A History of Recurring Bailouts Few countries have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as frequently as Pakistan. Since ...
From Guns to Growth: The Promise of North Waziristan’s EPZ
Once synonymous with turbulence, militancy, and mass displacement, North Waziristan stood for decades as a symbol of Pakistan’s most intractable ...
The Silent Crisis: Inside Pakistan’s Overcrowded Jails
Prisons are a mirror of society. They reveal how a state treats its most vulnerable, how justice is delivered, and ...
REFORM OR REPEAT: PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC CROSSROADS
Pakistan today stands at a decisive juncture. The economy is once again under strain, public trust in institutions is low, ...