Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer The English philosopher Jeremy Bentham argued that governments should be judged not by slogans or ceremony, but by the extent to which they promote “the greatest happiness of the greatest number.” His famous hedonic calculus was an attempt to measure pleasure and pain through factors such as intensity, duration, certainty, nearness, extent and consequences. Though conceived in the 18th century, the idea still offers a useful lens through which modern governance can be examined. In Punjab today, where Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has launched aRead More

Huma Arshad In April 2026, within the raucous and high-ceilinged citadel of the 119th Congress, King Charles III performed a feat of transatlantic choreography that few elected politicians could replicate. He arrived at a moment when the “Special Relationship” seemed less a partnership and more a casualty of modern friction. Navigating a landscape scarred by a recent assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an escalating war in Iran, and a visible rift between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer punctuated by the President’s stinging “not Winston Churchill”Read More

Prof Dr Shujaul Mulk Khan Every year, the arrival of 1st May brings speeches, rallies, official holidays, and public recognition of workers across the globe. Known as Labor Day or International Workers’ Day, it is meant to celebrate the dignity of work and honor those whose labor sustains societies and economies. Yet beyond the celebrations, an important question remains: Does Labor Day truly change the lives of workers, or has it gradually become a symbolic event that reminds us more of unfinished responsibilities than completed achievements? Labor Day emerged fromRead More