Riphah International University hosts groundbreaking conference on the future of artificial intelligence and tech innovation in Pakistan In a groundbreaking convergence of minds from across the globe, Riphah International University (RIU) in Islamabad recently hosted the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science (CAIDS-2025). […]
Author: Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Pakistan’s economy at year-end 2025: fragile stability on a fault line
As 2025 draws to a close, Pakistan’s economy looks more stable on the surface than it did during the crisis years of 2022–23. Growth has reportedly returned, inflation has eased into single digits, and immediate default fears have been pushed back by a new IMF programme and fresh multilateral inflows. […]
The Thesis That Escaped the Classroom: The Untold Story of Fake News Watchdog (FNW)
Most theses end up on a shelf.This one refused to stay there. It began in a quiet university office in Islamabad, where a young graduate student, Muhammad Nasir Butt, placed a thick stack of pages on the desk of his supervisor, Dr. Syed Asad Ali Shah. The two had spent […]
Digital witnessing and the Gaza War: how social media rewrote the global narrative on Palestinian suffering
When the Gaza war erupted again in late 2023, the world confronted not only a military conflict but a new information battlefield. For decades, Palestinian suffering existed in the margins of global media — partially seen, selectively told, often overshadowed by official narratives and geopolitical interests. But from 2023 to […]


