(By Khalid Masood) The cosmos has once again presented humanity with a profound mystery, and its name is 3I/Atlas. For only the third time in recorded history, after the baffling 1I/’Oumuamua and the more conventional 2I/Borisov, we have confirmed a visitor from the vast, dark ocean between the stars. Discovered on July 1, 2025, by…
Overview Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport is a compelling exploration of the value of intense, uninterrupted focus in an age dominated by distractions. Published in 2016, the book argues that deep work—cognitively demanding tasks performed with complete concentration—produces exceptional results and is increasingly rare in today’s hyper-connected,…
(By Khalid Masood) Just days after teetering on the edge of a wider conflict, Pakistan and Afghanistan have pulled back from the brink, signing a critical ceasefire agreement in Doha on October 18, 2025. This pact, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, follows one of the deadliest periods of border clashes in recent memory. It aims…
(Quratulain Khalid) Pakistan, a nation that has shouldered immense burdens for regional stability, is now facing an existential threat from cross-border terrorism originating in Afghanistan, compounded by India’s opportunistic interference. The ongoing hostilities, which erupted into open clashes in October 2025, underscore Pakistan’s justified defensive posture while highlighting the Afghan Taliban’s duplicity and India’s anti-Pakistan…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) When Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi recently asked, “If Afghanistan is really a center of terrorism, why don’t Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and China complain? Why only Pakistan?” he sought to invert the narrative and frame Pakistan as a uniquely hostile critic. But in doing so, he obscures a far more…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Peshawar, October 10, 2025 — At a forceful press briefing from Peshawar Corps Headquarters, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry issued a blunt diagnosis and an urgent prescription: Pakistan faces a renewing wave of terrorism driven as much by domestic governance failures as by sanctuaries across the border in…
(By Khalid Masood)Oct 10, 2025 In a daring display of precision and resolve, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) executed a missile strike last night, October 9, 2025, that obliterated the head of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, as he traveled in an SUV through the heart of Kabul. This audacious operation, reportedly carried…
(By Mohsin Tanveer)Oct 10, 2025 Sir Creek dispute as one of the most egregious examples of India’s expansionist tendencies masquerading as legal claims. This 96-km tidal estuary, nestled in the marshy Rann of Kutch between Pakistani Sindh province and Indian State of Gujarat, is not just a remote waterway—it’s a linchpin for Pakistan’s maritime rights,…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) Introduction: The Dawn of Destruction On a crisp autumn morning, October 8, 2005, the Himalayan foothills awoke not to the gentle call of birds, but to the earth itself unleashing its fury. At 8:50 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake—measured on the moment magnitude scale—struck with its epicenter just 19 kilometers…
(By Khalid Masood)October 6, 2025 Introduction Yasin Malik, born on April 3, 1966, in the bustling riverside neighborhood of Maisuma in Srinagar, has long been a polarizing figure in the Kashmir conflict. As the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Malik embodies the turbulent history of Kashmiri separatism—a journey from armed insurgency in…
