On 5 June, Dr. Mahnoor Nasir reported for duty at a local hospital in Quetta, as she had many times before. She stepped into a space […]
AI at the Crossroads: Pakistan’s Regulatory Challenge
Artificial intelligence (AI) covers technologies such as machine learning, generative models, automated decision-making, and facial recognition. AI offers advances in healthcare, agriculture, and governance, but policymakers […]
The Age of Consent
It began, as most reckonings do, not with a revolution but with a rulebook. A bill, tabled without warning, passed without fanfare, and signed under siege […]
Punjab’s Local Government Act 2025: Reform or Regression?
The Punjab government unveiled the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, a comprehensive reform package that purports to decentralise governance after years of delay and uneven political […]
Fractured Restraint: The Latest India–Pakistan Standoff
May 2025 saw South Asia experience one of its worst military crises in recent years. Between May 7 and May 10, the two nuclear-armed nations engaged […]