Hamqadam September 2026 English

Magazine cover showing two people wading through floodwaters, pushing a raft piled with household items, with submerged houses in the distance. Text: "WAITING FOR THE NEXT FLOOD" and "HamQadam".

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Sunset over Karachi showing an old boat on a sandy beach, a city skyline with modern buildings and the Mazar-e-Quaid, under a cloudy sky. Overlay text: "The slow abandonment of Karachi."

The slow abandonment of Karachi

ByEditorial Board

A student with a backpack faces a private school gate, with old buildings on the left. In the foreground are books titled "Merit," "Equity," "Access," "Opportunity," "Future," and a notebook with "Right Student, Right Chance, A Fair System." Overlay text reads: "Private school quota for deserving students: the real challenge."

Private school quota for deserving students: the real challenge

ByTalha Abd Ur Rahman

Rawal Lake polluted with dead fish, plastic trash, and green algae along the shore. Mountains and Faisal Mosque are in the background at sunset. Overlay text: Poisoning Rawal Lake.

Poisoning Rawal Lake

Flooded river at sunset with sandbags, a water level gauge, a flood warning sign, and the text "Waiting for the next flood."

Waiting for the next flood

ByIbrahim Saleem

Text "Redrawing the problem" above a hand drawing a red line on a city map. Planning books and a cityscape at sunset are in the background.

Redrawing the problem

ByEditorial Board

A person hiding money behind their back, a Pakistani government building, a gavel, law books, and a document stamped "Misuse of Power." Text reads: "Abuse of Authority."

Abuse of authority

ByFehmida Raouf

A pensive humanoid robot overlooks a cityscape with AI concept icons. In the foreground, books on education, ethics, economy, jobs, and society sit next to a notebook detailing AI's challenges and impacts. The image text reads: "The Profundity of AI Challenge".

The profundity of AI challenge

Hands freed from broken chains, a prison cell, scales of justice, and books on human rights, with the text 'Ending Torture'.

Ending torture

A conceptual image titled 'Dual Approach,' depicting a fork in the road: one path for diplomacy and cooperation involving Pakistan and Iran, the other for US-led sanctions and economic pressure.

Dual approach

A composite image titled "Gulf Deadlock," featuring large US and Iranian flags, cargo ships in a strait at sunset, an Islamabad MoU document, a map of the Strait of Hormuz, and small flags of the US, Iran, Pakistan, and Oman.

Gulf deadlock