Damascus has fallen, but what rises from its ashes? A moment of triumph turns into a gamble on hope as Syria enters a fragile dawn. The end of Assad’s reign marks both liberation and uncertainty, with old divisions threatening to resurface and global powers circling like vultures. Amid promises of unity and fears of chaos,…
In 2024, elections were held in more than 70 countries making it a historic year in global politics. From the United States to Europe, India, and Pakistan, nearly 5 billion people voted to elect their leaders; these results have reshaped the world’s power dynamics and influenced the decision-making of global leaders on war and peace…
Education in Pakistan remains a challenging terrain, particularly for middle-class families striving to secure quality learning opportunities for their children. Despite constitutional guarantees like Article 25-A mandating free and compulsory education for children aged 5 to 16, the country grapples with systemic issues. According to the World Bank, Pakistan has a 77% learning poverty rate…
In 2024, the escalating missile attacks between Iran and Israel highlighted their long-standing geopolitical rivalry and underscored the increasing sophistication of their military technologies. These exchanges were rooted in decades of hostility, primarily stemming from Iran’s support for proxy groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, which actively oppose Israel, and Israel’s targeted campaigns to neutralize…
On October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters broke through the barrier outside Gaza —the world’s largest open-air prison — that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had erected. Hamas fighters killed some Israelis and took over 250 hostages. The initial news greatly exaggerated Israeli deaths and attributed every single casualty to Hamas.In truth, many Israelis were killed…
Calling Pakistan’s creation political is just one part of the entire story. It was a constant struggle from the day the idea was put into the minds and hearts of the people in the subcontinent to the day it was created. It was a promise to the generation of that time and the ones in…
The Measuring OutThe Prophet said that faith includes faith in “the measuring out, the good of it and the evil of it.” The term measuring out (qadar) is frequently translated as “predestination,” and in some contexts, this is a good translation, but this will not help us much to understand the broad significance of the…
According to the Gospel of John, Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, had died and been buried for four days when Jesus arrived in Bethany. Moved by the grief of Lazarus’s sisters, Jesus went to the tomb of Lazarus and instructed the people to remove the stone covering the entrance. Then, after praying to…
