Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

The price of learning
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- December 15, 2025
The classroom was supposed to lift our children up, now it’s dragging their parents down. In Pakistan, education has transformed from a stepping-stone to progress…

Military and the people
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- December 8, 2025
PAKISTAN’S politics has long been closely linked with its military, shaped by decades of turbulent history. Since its creation in 1947, the country has…

Pakistan’s struggle for a cashless future
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 28, 2025
THE government’s ambition to turn Pakistan into a cashless economy is an idea both necessary and inspiring. In a world steadily moving towards digital transactions,…

Power, patronage and the future of KP
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 26, 2025
FOR over a decade, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been under PTI rule, not because of genuine public mandate, but because of engineered continuity. Promises of ‘tabdeeli’ have…

Taliban’s defiance of Pakhtunwali
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 24, 2025
Pakhtunwali, the ancient moral code of the Pashtuns, is often described as a living constitution that predates modern states, political ideologies and even formal…

Pakistan’s quiet water emergency
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 22, 2025
Pakistan faces a looming water crisis as inefficient use and climate change threaten survival and growth PREVENTABLE crises strike the hardest because they come…

Pakistan’s quiet water emergency Pakistan faces a looming water crisis as inefficient use and climate change threaten survival and growth
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 18, 2025
PREVENTABLE crises strike the hardest because they come with fair warning. Pakistan’s looming water emergency is one of them, long predicted, widely discussed and yet…

Pakistan’s jobless generation
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 10, 2025
IN the complex arena of global affairs, a nation’s true legacy is measured not just by its achievements on the world stage, but by how…

The curse of our national ingratitude
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 5, 2025
THE story of human civilization is, in essence, the story of roads. Wherever roads were built, horizons widened, trade flowed, ideas travelled and cultures evolved.…

The courage to begin anew
- By Dr Zafar Khan Safdar
- November 3, 2025
THE world is changing faster than we can comprehend, yet our political imagination remains trapped in the ruins of obsolete narratives. Nations that adapt survive;…





