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A RECENT article published in Dawn has shed light on the challenges being faced by Sindh’s chilli farmers, whose...
THE Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the International Federation for Human Rights have raised concerns about...
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s latest call to banks to expand lending to SMEs is nothing new. Every government...
The job of spies has become much easier.
Policymakers must give serious consideration to youth pathways.
For decades, the World Bank championed decentralisation. Now that narrative has changed.
With the US-Iran confrontation dragging on prospects are dim for progress on the Gaza plan.
WHILE justice should be blind, it should not be oblivious to the human suffering some decisions may cause. This is...
A GROUP of estranged PTI leaders, calling themselves the ‘National Dialogue Committee’ and led by figures like...
In case the parleys fail, a return to full-scale war would be the likely outcome.
The tax is gone but the shame at the counter remains.
We are seeing a move towards the Nazification of Israeli thinking.
The state must revisit its security policies in the volatile province.
Physicians must use their influence to advocate for fair health policies and social justice.
OUR lawmakers’ sense of entitlement is jarring. Through a set of three laws, the MPAs of KP have quietly granted...
NO matter how important workers’ remittances are, the record inflow of $41.6bn in FY26 should remind us of the...
WORLD Population Day has traditionally prompted discussions on population growth and fertility rates. This year’s...
Karachi belongs to everyone and, therefore, to no one at all.
Pakistan needs a new growth paradigm.
A state that suspends performance on its own assessment of another’s breach acts at its own peril.
Managing or steering population issues must ensure that the gap between the rights and needs of the most vulnerable and poorest families is bridged.
IN India, creative boundaries are tight. Its far-right regime prefers facts fictionalised and communities demonised...
THE Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling that land acquired for a specific purpose cannot later be converted into...
THE security situation in Balochistan remains alarming, with a recent uptick in terrorist violence resulting in a...
Modern data systems do not need our records to reconstruct us.
Holistic solutions are needed to combat the heat.
A sustained lawfare strategy must be pursued through international institutions with sufficient seriousness.
What is in this budget for the vast majority of Pakistanis?
IT comes as no surprise. Karachi — Pakistan’s largest city, its financial engine and home to over 20m people —...
THE recent decline in diesel and LPG prices should have brought some relief to consumers struggling with high food...
IS the fragile US-Iran ceasefire — and the memorandum of understanding that underpins it — collapsing? Unless...
Many readers do not read the terms and conditions of online contracts.
Parades, fireworks and boastful speeches mark nations’ decline.
Pegging the next generation of revenues that the state requires urgently to enhanced powers of enforcement and audit is a mistake.
Iran, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia offer immediate economic opportunities.
AFTER ending co-hosts America’s World Cup run in the last-16 stage, Belgium felt justice had been served. It was...
THE surge in terrorist violence in Balochistan highlights the renewed threat confronting Pakistan. The martyrdom of...
THE decision taken by Hamas to relinquish governance of Gaza appears to be designed to put the onus on the US and...
A dark tide has been creeping across much of South America.
Social work is not an act of goodwill; it is a profession.
No rupee in Pakistan truly compounds. We accumulate without amplifying.
Chaotic governance and inconsistent policies continue to deter foreign investment in the country.
Etihad Town Phase - IV marks the developer's ninth project across Pakistan and fifth development in Lahore, further strengthening its presence in the...
A fully digital initiative connecting visa application directly to travel bookings, making it easier to visit Saudi than ever before.
The strategic partnership will enhance cyber resilience and safeguard Pakistan's critical infrastructure from evolving digital threats.
ACHILD will be tried in a court of law over January’s deadly Gul Plaza fire that claimed 72 lives, but not, it...
SUPARCO’S satellite imagery reveals the rapid expansion of Lahore into the floodplains of the Ravi river, with the...
THOUGH America’s 250th independence anniversary observed on Saturday is a significant milestone, the celebrations...
Human agency must be prioritised over content coverage.
We must raise more taxes progressively.