By Qamar Bashir We begin with a prayer for sound judgment and for the protection of innocent lives: May those who hold the levers of power choose restraint over rashness, and may the suffering of ordinary families be spared the thunder of renewed war. President Trump’s recent declaration that the […]
Opinion
By: Eng. Bakht Said Yousafzai United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s anticipated announcement to recognize a Palestinian state has sparked a new wave of discussion in international politics. The move comes at a time when the Middle East is already grappling with significant crises and heightened tensions. British media and […]
By S. M. Hali Hailed as a milestone in Islamic solidarity, the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement risks deepening sectarian divides, unsettling India and Israel, and forcing recalibrations in Ankara and Tehran. The signing of the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in September 2025 has been […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal When Israel rained fire upon Qatar, the world looked not only at the skies but also toward the ground; toward the vast American base at Al-Udeid, the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, a fortress built with Arab wealth and housing nearly 10,000 troops, […]
By Ahsan Ansari On September 17, 2025, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a historic defense agreement in Riyadh. In the presence of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, this pact marked the beginning of a new era in bilateral relations. The core clause of […]
By Qamar Bashir The Doha summit forced the Muslim world to confront its greatest weakness. What was meant to be another ritual of solidarity for Gaza instead exposed the Ummah’s impotence in the face of systematic slaughter. The massacre of Palestinians, the destruction of homes, schools, and hospitals, and the […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Almighty Allah, in His infinite wisdom, has endowed the human body with extraordinary resilience. When flesh or bone is wounded, nature itself comes to its aid, and in due course the body recovers. Yet, there are wounds of another kind—those inflicted upon the soul—that remain […]
By Qamar Bashir The Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha on 15 September 2025, convened in the wake of Israel’s brazen strike on Qatari territory, ended with a flourish of words. The Doha Declaration was framed as a turning point: Muslim leaders, for once, spoke in one voice, condemning Israel’s attack […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal I am Kalabagh, a name that echoes with both hope and controversy in Pakistan’s history. My home is on the rugged western bank of the Indus River in Punjab’s Mianwali district, where the river’s strength meets the salt-streaked hills. The soil here is rich, the winds […]
By Qamar Bashir America was once the undisputed school of the world in science, technology, and engineering, a nation where others came to learn and then carried its lessons home. From the mid-20th century until the late Cold War, American factories, laboratories, and shipyards symbolized the pinnacle of industrial might. […]
