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EVEN a perceived threat to civil rights and freedom of expression undermines democracy; it impedes the enforcement of laws and creates a trust...
MANY societies affected by extremism mistakenly believe that countering and preventing extremism is the exclusive domain of government agencies....
MORE than two years after MNAs loyal to former prime minister Imran Khan fatefully resigned from the legislature following the April 2022 vote of...
A GLOBAL and local public health threat, antimicrobial resistance is also a development challenge. AMR occurs when bacteria, parasites, viruses and...
IT is again that time of the year when we start talking about how bad things are, how irreversibly corrupt and inept our system is, and how we need...
PAKISTAN is not usually an early mover on global climate concerns. But at least from one perspective, that is exactly what is happening as rich...
THE horrific incident of a woman allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband and three-year-old daughter near Sukheki in Hafizabad district,...
THERE is little wrong with the proposal in principle, even if the timing raises some concerns. During a Wednesday session, the Senate Standing...
HOW safe a place is Pakistan for young women? According to the human rights ministry, in the last three years, 63,000 cases of violence against...
IN a theatrical display of protest, the PTI has introduced a novel concept: the four-hour hunger strike. While one might appreciate the creativity...
ISRAELI Prime Minister BENJAMIN Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday was a shameful spectacle. Here, a man accused...
THERE has long been a debate about why other technology universities globally and Indian institutes of technology (IITs) in the region have...
A DISTRESSED colleague called me about what started out as an acute fever, but which progressed, within days, to pain in all the muscles. He was...
LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...
LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...
EITHER Thomas Crooks — the 20-year-old sniper who shot Donald Trump during the recent election rally in Pennsylvania — was an excellent marksman...
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent discussions with the executives of the two top global credit rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s,...
THERE is nothing quite like a punch-up among the billionaires. That is exactly what we have going on these days with the whole ‘capacity payments...
TAKING precautionary steps to minimise the damage wreaked on life and property seems high on the agenda of the various tiers of government in...
THE Beijing Declaration signed in the Chinese capital on Tuesday reiterates the need for internal Palestinian unity at a critical time when people...
THE ongoing tussle between the current regime and PTI will only end up causing lasting harm to Pakistan. This much can be expected when all rules...
THE World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Gender Gap Report provides some information on how the burden of caring for children and the elderly, is...
A MAJOR question confronting the state concerns those militants who have laid down their arms — euphemistically referred to as the ‘good’...
THIS is not just about the decision of the president of the United States. That is, however, a good place to begin. On Sunday, President Joe Biden...
A FIERCE debate blaming the exorbitant electricity prices on expensive power purchase agreements with IPPs has been raging for the past couple of...
AFTER months of silence, we heard from the military’s spokesperson. The televised presser was supposed to be a briefing on counterterrorism...
THERE is a sense of irony in watching tanks and armoured personnel carriers on the streets of Dhaka, defending a government that traces its lineage...
IT seems that the PML-N and PPP need to be reminded again that they are doing themselves a considerable disservice by either directing or quietly...
SOME years ago, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court issued a transformative decision in the Safia Bano case, significantly advancing the...
THE clarification was much needed and, perhaps, could have come sooner. The DG ISPR’s Monday press conference was helpful in addressing some key...
WHAT is common between Jackie Kennedy, Melania Trump, and Princess Nefertiabet who lived more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt? All three are known to...
MUCH has been predicted on TV this past week about the dark fate awaiting the PTI. There was a lot of finger-wagging as those in the know made dire...
THE state needs to seek serious answers from the German authorities regarding the July 20 mob attack targeting Pakistan’s consulate in Frankfurt....
DECREASING cotton production should be a worry for the government because of its socioeconomic implications. Early arrivals for the current period...
WE are at a familiar spot today — on the edge of a deep precipice where we land every few years during intra-elite conflicts where some elites...
THERE was a time in India when the display of wealth and conspicuous consumption was frowned upon as an immorality associated with parvenu classes....