Pathfinder Group considers its employees as part of its Family. The Co-Chairman Mr Ikram Sehgal has developed a team/mechanism that ensures provision of quality healthcare to all employees’ and families in the best hospitals of the country. Standing besides the employee is a trait that Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group always values. We witnessed the same response…
‘If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It’sa country based on theatre. It’s a lunatic State’ – completely insane. Norman Finkelstien Israel came into being in 1948 through a dubious United Nations Resolution, 181, that called for the partition of Palestine into two States –…
Introduction:From 2023 to mid-2025, Pakistan has redefined its approach to international engagement through a calibrated dual-track foreign policy. On one track, its strategic alliance with China has deepened, providing Pakistan with advanced defence technologies, cyber capabilities, and battlefield intelligence. On the other, Pakistan has maintained and expanded its cooperation with the United States in areas…
Since its inception, air power has been the vanguard of military diplomacy by virtue of its speed, reach, flexibility, and precision. This unique combination has made it the instrument of choice for states seeking both coercion and persuasion without boots on the ground. With immense potential in the one-man, one-machine, high-flying, longrange push-button approach, air…
A US mediated, yet still fragile ceasefire halted twelve days of armed conflict between Iran and Israel which was initiated for reasons not very clearly known. Israel stated it wanted to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb but it desired to change the regime in Iran and wished Iran to bend down on its…
ISLAMABAD, June 4, 2025 – A high-level seminar titled “Water Crisis and the Indus Water Treaty” was held at the COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad, jointly organized by OIC-COMSTECH, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), the Hisaar Foundation and the Panjwani Hisaar Water Institute. The seminar convened a distinguished gathering of diplomats, environmental experts, academics, and policy…
Shortly after the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Jordan in May 2003, I visited Israel. I made no secret of it. Over the years, I have had an active exchange of opinion with Col. David Yarkony of Israel, and it was at his invitation that I decided to make the trip. I am very glad…
When the global pandemic hit, followed by one of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history, the microfinance sector stood at a crossroad. Many institutions, already vulnerable from years of incremental shocks, found themselves spiraling. Banks that once served as lifelines for the underserved began to fall beneath the weight of non-performing loans, liquidity crises, and…
Introduction:The Kashmala Family Welfare Center is a flagship project of the Pathfinder Group, located in the peaceful yet underserved village of Choki Mumraiz in Pabbi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This center is named in honor of Ms. Kashmala Sehgal, the daughter-in-law of Mr. Ikram Sehgal the Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group. The center is a place of hope for…
Beneath the emerald canopies of ancient banyan trees where sunlight dances through leaves like scattered coins, the soul of colonial cantonments still breathes. These were never mere clusters of barracks and parade grounds, but rather living tapestries where the threads of empire, culture, and modernity intertwined to create something entirely new—something that would forever alter…
