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The collaboration was announced in April 2026, at a landmark ceremony held in Beijing, between Nishat Group and Chery International (the parent...
Crispy K&N’s Tender Pops tossed in a rich, spicy garlic sauce and served sizzling, topped with spring onions and sesame seeds.
A SUPREME Court order directing the hospitalisation of former prime minister Imran Khan for medical tests and...
Pointing out the obvious is not enough.
Nutritional outcomes aren’t determined by poverty alone.
What insights does the Fata merger offer into the recently proposed move to create new administrative units?
For Pakistanis to live better, the economy must grow at near double-digit rates for decades.
THE sugar industry has renewed pressure on the government for permission to export 1m tonnes of sugar. Millers say...
THE Trump administration is known for its maverick behaviour, bordering on recklessness, that throws international...
After consolidating their control on Hormuz, they will next turn their gaze to the riches of the Gulf monarchs.
Instead of new units, the country needs softer options to heal societal wounds.
PAKISTAN’S health system is trapped in a loop of doom. A localised electrical failure caused the blaze that killed...
AS the pro-Iran Houthis battle both the Saudis and the Riyadh-backed Yemeni government, alarm bells are ringing...
THE energy shock Pakistan faces calls for immediate demand management. Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure...
Ties between Pakistan and the UAE have continued to expand.
Only royalty flaunts its higher status with crowns and tiaras.
THE language used for females in the country betrays gender insensitivity and bias. Crass sexism, outdated attitudes...
THE State Bank’s decision to hold the policy rate at 11.5pc is the right one. With seven of the 10 members voting...
IT is the same tired play. As soon as the opposition announces a protest, the government reflexively cracks down....
Lahore must revamp its school transport system.
AI’s use as a military tactic indicates its destructive powers.
The city’s dismal ranking on the liveability and pollution indexes reflects a crisis of governance more than a shortage of funds.
Saudi Arabia, which had stayed out of the Iran war, now risks being drawn into a wider conflict.
KARACHI is losing its mangroves to encroachment.The reported cutting of mangroves and construction of bunds beside...
PAKISTAN is about to commit $58bn — or most of this amount — to add new, costlier power capacity it may not ...
The Rs75bn package may sound substantial but is barely a fraction of annual petrol sales.
Adopt sound policies for growth; devolve, not divide, for better public services.
Provincial status isn’t a priority for Islamabad’s residents.
If the world is a family, which it is, talking to the neighbour and sorting out the problem bilaterally is mature.
There is little conversation about what inflationary impact this petrol hike will have.
The outrage against child abuse rages on. Sadly, state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand.
PAKISTAN’S press freedom crisis is no longer something that can be dismissed as routine criticism. When nine ...
WITH petrol and diesel prices rising at a steady clip, households are bracing for another round of caustic price...
The need for engagement is too often simplified.
Policy must be made by those who represent the people.
In domains of extraction, there is an urgent need to reduce discretion and fragmentation of state authority, perhaps even with the use of automated...
Technical fixes are no panacea that will miraculously solve the country’s problems.
OVER the period of a decade, dengue has spread at an unprecedented scale in the country. The virus caseload rose by...
PUNJAB’S decision to begin fighting smog before the air turns poisonous deserves support. For years, the...
American confidence that Washington can control the tempo of hostilities till November is misplaced.
The events of 9/11 changed so much so rapidly.
Commemoration in Pakistan is an occasion for announcements.
Criticising liberal cultural values as ‘woke’ whilst divorcing them from the economic consequences of neoliberalism offers no
The country’s biggest achievements and major failures have been in counterterrorism.
For a market where mobile banking has often trailed behind the branch network in both attention and investment, that is a meaningful change.
The main flaw is treating plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles as interchangeable.
THERE is movement, at last. The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, on Friday...
INTENSE fighting has broken out between the Saudi-backed government of Yemen, and the pro-Iran Houthi Ansarallah...
The years since 9/11 have done their damage.
Courts may use more equal language, but laws haven’t changed.