Why Rampur’s Mohammad Ali Jauhar University Faces Demolition Threat
ISLAMABAD—For years, Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur has represented a dream, a political legacy and a source of controversy. Now, the sprawling campus in Uttar Pradesh has become the centre of a fresh legal battle after authorities issued a demolition notice against 38 of its buildings. The Rampur Development Authority (RDA) has directed the […]
The Force Fighting Terrorism Has a Problem of Its Own: Inside KP’s CTD Crisis
PESHAWAR – Every day, officers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) move through a province where the threat of violence remains a constant possibility. They investigate attacks, track militant networks, and stand between communities and those seeking to destabilise them. Yet the institution carrying this responsibility is facing a challenge of its own: a […]
Climate Change Is Rewriting KP’s Future. Is the Province Ready?
PESHAWAR – A flash flood does not simply wash away roads, bridges or homes. It also exposes the cost of planning for yesterday’s climate while living in today’s reality. That lesson has become increasingly clear across climate change in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where rising temperatures, extreme rainfall, glacial melt and unpredictable weather patterns are transforming one […]
The Front Line Is Holding. The Institution Behind It Is Not.
PESHAWAR – Three police officers were killed in Lower Dir. In Bannu, another attack ended differently—not because the threat had diminished, but because officers on duty stopped a suicide bomber before he reached his target. Between these two incidents lies the story of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today: a conflict that has become both familiar […]