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From Paris to Peshawar
I spent two weeks in Paris. Two weeks walking through a city that behaves as if it has signed a lifelong contract with order, beauty, and self-respect. And then, almost immediately after, I went to Peshawar. The distance between the two…
From sidewalks to state support: How France lets artists breathe
Walking through Paris, one begins to notice something before the monuments, before the museums, even before the cafés: art is everywhere, and it is not hiding. Small galleries line ordinary streets. Temporary exhibitions appear in public…
Why Paris Is Paris ?
Zalmay Azad
Paris is not just a city. Paris is a feeling that settles quietly in your heart when you walk its streets. It is the soft order of things, the calm rhythm of daily life, the invisible discipline that makes beauty last.…
Change maker with social service
This humble young man is Nawabzada Wahab Khan from Tank, someone who has dedicated his life to social service. This picture was taken at the Prime Minister Secretariat in Islamabad. The person next to him in a suit is Rana Mashood Ahmed…
Azerbaijan inducts Pakistan’s JF-17C block III fighters in $4.6B deal: A new era of airpower in the…
Azerbaijan’s acquisition of Pakistan’s latest-generation JF-17C Block III “Thunder fighter jets marks a historic leap in the balance of airpower across the South Caucasus. The induction strengthens the Ankara-Islamabad-Baku defence axis,…
* Hard Pressed Club *
Asim Effendi
If any Press Club in the country was really hard pressed for professional journalism and journalists, it was the ill-fated Swat Press Club in Northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Swat has previously been in the…
Hosting cricket or making public hostage
The return of international cricket to Pakistan was not just a sporting revival — it was a symbolic milestone loaded with pride, hope and emotional rehabilitation. For over a decade, Pakistan’s cricketing arenas carried a…
