Hammad Gillani

  THE renewed national discussion about new provinces is a healthy, necessary and long overdue democratic debate. Pakistan has spent too long treating any review…

  FOR those who have lived in Islamabad for many years, the Margalla Hills are more than a scenic backdrop. They shape the city’s mornings,…

THERE is a road from Muzaffarabad to Chakar, Sudhan Gali and Ganga Choti that is, on a clear day, one of the most beautiful drives…

IN the early 1990s, women in Pakistan’s northern mountain valleys began noticing something that officials in distant offices often discussed only in reports. The forests…

WAR is often measured in explosions and territory. Maps, arrows and the language of retaliation dominate television screens. Yet another story unfolds quietly above Middle…

IT is a crisis rarely noticed until floods strike or droughts become impossible to ignore. The Asian Development Bank’s latest water outlook for Pakistan reads…

PAKISTAN’S floods repeat a cycle of loss, neglect and silence. The evening heat in Dubai hung heavy, but Ahmad Khan barely noticed. Sitting in a…

IN the mountains, rain is part of life. It falls without fear, runs through stone and soil and settles into rivers that know how to…

THE river claimed eighteen lives in a single, merciless moment. Men, women and children, all of them had come to Swat seeking peace, beauty and…

THE scorching heat of May 2025 isn’t just about the rising temperatures; it’s a challenge to time, history and the Earth’s limits. When tensions between…