Op-Ed

On a rainy day, I visited Public School Sangota, Swat—a journey to honor my alma mater and pay tribute to the teachers who dedicate their lives, year after year, to dispelling the darkness of ignorance with the light of education.…

Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva In the heart of the United Nations Office in Geneva, a man from a small town in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, stood tall, his voice resonating with clarity and conviction. Muhammad Awais, a seasoned General…

As I traveled alone on the Motorway towards Peshawar for long-overdue social calls, my mind was diverted by the turbulence the region beyond Attock has faced for centuries. This collage picture shows the family graves of the world-renowned…

This urgent public service message is being shared from the Hakla rest area on the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. On February 19, 2025, at 20:30 hours, on my way back from Abbottabad, I pulled over in a deserted area near Sanjani to grab a…

I'd like to express my gratitude with a heartfelt "Thank You". This picture was taken by Shazade Khan, the grandson of the legendary Manawar Khan, inside the Deputy Commissioner Kohat Office, where he had gone to register his inherited arms…

This picture was taken stb 4. 30 PM on February 10th , 2025, at 4 PM in Islamabad’s E-11/4 sector, on the blessed occasion of the inauguration of Inayat Eye Hospital—a beacon of hope for those who have long struggled to find the right…

At 1330 hours on February 7, 2025, the Convention Centre in Islamabad stood in its full grandeur, hosting the International Climate Change Conference. The venue, reminiscent of Dawn’s mega events in the past under its former CEO, the…

This picture was taken on February 5, 2025, at 9:00 PM, where the intelligentsia converged under the umbrella of the Dawn Media Group in the Shamadan Hall of Serena. Although the event coincided with the sad demise of Prince Karim Aga Khan,…

This picture was taken at 3:30 PM on February 3, 2025, while I was driving on the M1 motorway towards Peshawar, where a human-ignited fire was raging. It seemed as if the lesson of poor air quality in our cities was being ignored, and the…

As you know, whenever I have picked up my pen, I have always picked it up for humanity and peace. But now it seems that enough has passed, perhaps there is no one listening in these walls. The purpose of my column is to express solidarity…