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The Neighbours Next Door: When Did We Stop Knowing the People on Our Street?
There was a time when knowing your neighbours was not a courtesy but a given. The woman three doors down knew your mother's recipe for daal. The uncle next door kept a spare key to your house — not be
The Quiet Virtue of Repairing Things
There is a particular silence that falls over a room when a ceiling fan stops working in the middle of a hot afternoon. A generation ago, that silence lasted about ten minutes — the time it took to fe
The Lost Art of the Queue
There is a small test of civilisation that takes place every day at bus stops, bank counters and bakery windows, and it requires no degree, no wealth and no connections. It is the queue. Stand behind
The Quiet Backbone: Why Small Shopkeepers Deserve Our Respect
Walk down any street in Pakistan and you will find them before you find anything else: the corner kiryana store owner who knows your name, the tea stall keeper who has your order memorised, the barber
The Quiet Rebellion of Logging Off
Somewhere along the way, rest became something we feel guilty about. The phone never sleeps, so we have decided we should not either. Every quiet moment — the queue at the bank, the ten minutes before
The Quiet Case for Reading Books Again
There was a time, not very long ago, when the sight of someone lost in a book on a bus or in a park was entirely ordinary. Today that space has been taken over by the glowing rectangle in our hands. T
Where Have All the Playgrounds Gone? Screens Are Stealing Our Children's Childhood
There was a time, not so long ago, when the setting of the sun was a signal rather than a suggestion. Children came home from school, dropped their bags by the door, and ran out to the street, the vac
The Quiet Death of Public Libraries
There is a particular smell that old libraries have — paper, dust, and patience. Walk into one of the grand reading rooms that still survive in our cities and you will find the smell intact, but the r
The Lost Art of Repair: Why We Should Fix More and Throw Away Less
There was a time in every Pakistani neighbourhood when the word "broken" did not mean "finished." A ceiling fan that stopped spinning went to the electrician on the corner. A torn shirt went to the ta
The Quiet Poison on Our Plates: Why Food Adulteration Must Become a National Priority
Every morning in Pakistan, millions of families begin their day with a glass of milk they trust. Most of them never stop to wonder whether that milk is what it claims to be. That quiet trust is exactl
Pakistan's Scam Epidemic Is a Literacy Problem, Not Just a Policing One
Every few weeks a familiar story makes the rounds: someone loses money to a fake parcel message, a cloned bank call, or an investment scheme that promised to double deposits overnight. The public reac
AJK's Youth Deserve Merit, Not Slogans
Every year, Azad Jammu and Kashmir's colleges and universities send thousands of young men and women out into the world with degrees in their hands and hope in their hearts. Walk through any campus in
The IMF Road and the Common Pakistani
There is a phrase every Pakistani knows by heart: "sakht faislay" — tough decisions. Governments of every colour have stood at the same podium and announced the same medicine: broaden the tax net, cut
Pakistan Cricket Needs Domestic Roots, Not Just Stars
Pakistan cricket has a paradox at its heart: a country that produces some of the most breathtaking individual talent in world cricket, yet keeps arriving at major tournaments looking underprepared, in
Water, the slow crisis Pakistan cannot postpone
Floods make headlines; water scarcity does not. Yet Pakistan's per-capita water availability has been falling for decades. This column argues that water governance — not just dams — is the country's defining climate challenge.
Pakistan's economy: the long road from stabilisation to growth
Stabilisation is not growth. Pakistan has repeatedly steadied its economy without transforming it. This column examines what the harder second phase — export-led, productivity-driven growth — would actually require.