Muhammad Umar
Muhammad Umar

  • November 18, 2025

    Pragmatism over polarity

    Pakistan and US flags flutter in New York. — AFP/FileWhen Pakistan’s first shipment of rare earth minerals quietly departed for the US in...

  • November 02, 2025

    Cheap labour, costly silence

    A child labourer is busy preparing raw bricks at a local kiln. — APP/FileAlmost thirty years ago, a boy named Iqbal Masih was shot dead near...

  • October 21, 2025

    Afghanistan’s choice

    The flags of Pakistan and Afghanistan placed at an event.. — TheNews/FileFor Pakistan, the ceasefire along the Afghan border feels less like a...

  • October 12, 2025

    The collapse of Western conscience

    Smoke rises following an Israeli strike during a military operation in Gaza City, October 7, 2025. — ReutersThe destruction of Gaza has exposed...

  • September 22, 2025

    Same old debate

    Residents stand at the premises of their house flooded due to the monsoon rains and rising water level of the Sutlej River, in Hakuwala village near...

  • September 03, 2025

    Gaza Holocaust

    Nine months is the length of time it takes for life to begin. In Gaza, it has become the measure of time for life to end. Since October, more than...

  • August 18, 2025

    Making the deal count

    In recent weeks, the US announced a sweeping reduction in tariffs on Pakistani exports, alongside a landmark agreement to begin crude oil imports...