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Thursday September 21, 2023
Kamila Hyat
Kamila Hyat

  • September 21, 2023

    Rebuilding the state

    The inauguration of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the new chief justice of Pakistan has brought hope to some – and inevitably dismay to others. It is...

  • September 14, 2023

    Fix the education system

    The recent controversy over A-level results in Pakistan has stirred up new thinking on education. While most A-level students who sat for their...

  • September 07, 2023

    Waiting for no one

    The difference between anarchy and revolution can sometimes be very small. But Pakistan is in a situation where it is waiting for one of these to...

  • August 31, 2023

    Building back the broken road

    We were once on a road that could have led us to a promising future. That future now seems bleak, and hopelessness has overtaken a country from...

  • August 24, 2023

    ‘The others’ among us

    The manner in which the 14-year-old girl tortured by the wife of a civil judge in Islamabad was treated seems almost unbelievable. The girl narrowly...

  • August 17, 2023

    Living in the worst of times

    Pakistan’s eighth caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar has taken the reins of the country at a time when it faces economic, social and...

  • August 10, 2023

    How to build tourism

    Arguably Pakistan is a prime destination for tourism. This has been promoted by various governments, including the recent government of the...

  • August 03, 2023

    Build back the blocks

    We have probably all seen a child, perhaps in a tantrum or by accident, knock over a pile of blocks in our lifetime. Today, Pakistan resembles the...

  • July 29, 2023

    The state of the media

    In today’s constantly changing world, even as the print media somewhat sadly fades away, the media in all its other forms has become a more and...

  • July 20, 2023

    Where should young people go?

    Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world. This is hardly good news for a nation that struggles to feed at least a third of its...