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THE Punjab government’s contentious plans to build new canals to facilitate corporate farming in the province ...
THE skies over Lahore have fallen silent. Punjab’s latest legislation banning kite flying represents a troubling...
The external account seems to be healthy, so why is the state still taking expensive loans from commercial banks?
Today, we are again caught in the middle.
Expressways largely cater to the elite.
IT appears that some Supreme Court justices will not go gently into the night. Though the institution’s authority...
Resolve is needed to enforce the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act in its true spirit.
THE ECP has once again earned a detailed reprimand from the Supreme Court, this time over its decision to de-seat an independent lawmaker whom the...
THE guns have gone silent in Gaza with the ceasefire coming into effect, as life limps back to what is considered normal in the enclave, devastated...
GRAND infrastructure projects in Pakistan often progress at the pace of a bullock cart rather than a bullet train. The Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway...
YES, he’s back. And his second inaugural address, uncharacteristically mild in its delivery but predictably vile in much of its content, served...
A 13-MONTH-OLD girl from KP’s Tank district became Pakistan’s 69th victim of polio in 2024. The numerous full-page advertisements and a...
THE air connectivity established by the inauguration of PIA flights between Karachi and Gwadar is a major step towards linking the southwestern...
HEADS of universities and the organisational units within are typically more educated than the general population. Today, many are...
THE demand raised by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan for constitutional clarity and provisional provincial status is not new. The region’s...
ISLAMABAD’S plans to raise $200m from China’s capital markets through the inaugural issue of a Panda bond this year to boost its finances and...
AFTER discussing the damage caused to democracy by the two main political families (the Bhuttos and the Sharifs), I now broaden my focus to...
DONALD J. Trump is back in the White House. A hard-fought re-election campaign culminated yesterday in him becoming only the second US president in...
THERE was a time when the British embassy was the most informed diplomatic enclave in Delhi. Then the Soviets usurped the slot, and now the...
IN Pakistan, becoming a lawyer has never been free from navigating a labyrinth of class divides and systemic inefficiencies. The system was never...
THE week that just passed was happenin’, even by Pakistani standards. The political parties — the PTI and PML-N — continued to play nice for...
THE IMF has slightly marked down its previous growth forecast for Pakistan’s economy from 3.2pc to 3pc for the current fiscal year, underscoring...
PAKISTAN’S prisons have become a masterclass in how not to run a correctional system. With facilities bursting at 152pc of their capacity and...
A BUSINESS publication recently reported that in the first five months of the current fiscal year, salaried employees contributed Rs200 billion as...
ISN’T indulging in a bit of self-indictment a healthy activity for nations and individuals? This question must be answered because most analysts...
AS I write this, 170 million Americans are wondering whether their TikTok apps will go dark, with many scrambling to retain access through VPNs. It...
WHEN a country’s children go hungry, its future withers. In Pakistan, where over 40pc of children under five are stunted, nearly 18pc are wasted,...
DURING the election campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly said he wanted to “stop wars” and prevent the US from becoming embroiled in...
IT is pleasantly surprising that the authorities are moving with such purpose to potentially revolutionise transportation. Over the past few days,...
WHEN it comes to addressing terrorism, the divide between the military and political leadership is stark — the former favours a coercive approach,...
GIVEN that most bureaucrats in our country are not really known for contributions to pedagogical excellence, it seems like a good idea to keep them...
FINALLY, a ceasefire in Gaza is in place as of 0800 local time this morning as a result of a peace deal that, Qatari interlocutors say, is the same...
ELON Musk wants us to believe he cares about women. His concern for vulnerable women in the UK under attack by ‘grooming gangs’ — a term only...
AS the global health community rallies to eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030, a relentless adversary undermines...
THE validity of the claim by state functionaries that the violence in KP’s Kurram district stems from a ‘tribal dispute’ has been severely put...