Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

In March 2026, inspectors fanned out across Pakistan’s capital to examine the places where its people eat every day. They checked 1,618 food outlets for…

In most countries, the cost of keeping the lights on, the water running, and the stove burning is a background detail of life, noticed only…

EACH year on April 22, humanity pauses for a moment to mark World Earth Day. We plant a sapling, we post a green image on…

  A capital is never just a collection of roads, institutions, and structures; it is also a reflection of the forces that move through it.…

THERE was a time in Pakistan when public space carried an unwritten discipline. Streets were not perfect, systems were not efficient, and cities were not…

  AS delegations arrive in Islamabad, the capital feels unlike any diplomatic moment in recent memory. Roads are sealed, security layers have been tightened across…

WAR announces itself with noise. Diplomacy, when it matters most, arrives in a whisper. It does not step onto stages or travel with motorcades. It…

THE world has entered a new epoch where the hum of engines, the glow of city lights, and the rhythm of industry are no longer…

BORDERS do more than separate states, they bind neighbours to one another’s decisions, for better or worse. Nowhere is this more evident than along the…

A ceasefire can silence guns, but it cannot silence fear. In the present crisis surrounding Iran, the world may mistake a pause in hostilities for…