Digital Payment Security Depends on More Than Technology
Muhammad Ahsan Arshad
When people talk about protecting digital payment users, the conversation usually turns to technology: stronger encryption, biometric authentication, artificial intelligence and better...
Going Digital, Becoming a Bigger Target for Financial Fraud
By Muhammad Ahsan Arshad
The more people move their money online, the more opportunities they may create for fraudsters.
In a study of 16,387 mobile money...
Astana and the Return of Religion to Statecraft
For much of the modern history of international relations, religion remained largely outside the centre of strategic debate. The famous settlement of Westphalia in...
Afghanistan’s Regional Engagement and the Unresolved Terrorism Question
The paradox is difficult to ignore. Afghanistan is drawing closer to Russia and Central Asia diplomatically and economically, even as the Taliban regime dismisses...
EU’s Social Media Rules: Protecting Children or Restricting Freedom?
The European Commission has proposed strict restrictions on children’s access to social media through its September 2026 EU KIDS Act initiative. The proposal would...
How Digital Project Management Systems Improve Project Governance
By Dr. Bilal Karim
Projects rarely fail simply because information does not exist. More often, problems arise because information is fragmented, delayed, inconsistent, or unavailable...
From Cholistan to the Gobi Desert: A Journey from Struggle to Opportunity
By Muhammad Ali Zafar
I travelled thousands of kilometres from the Cholistan Desert in southern Punjab to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. But the real...
What Lahore can learn from China’s bicycle revolution
When we landed in China last week as part of a delegation invited by the Chinese Consulate General in Lahore, we expected to observe...
How Muhammad Usman Malik Found His Fashion Voice
By Rameena Gulzar
For Muhammad Usman Malik, fashion has gradually become more than just something he wears for a red carpet, a photoshoot or a...
The Long Road Behind the Louis Vuitton Name
Before Louis Vuitton Became a Name, There Was a Young Man Walking to Paris
When people see the familiar Louis Vuitton monogram today, they usually...
