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IT turned into a surprisingly high-profile event. On Wednesday, Pakistan signed an MoU with SC Financial...
THE US government’s decision to suspend immigration visas for nationals of 75 countries, including Pakistan, marks...
THE Punjab government’s decision to restrict future official vehicle purchases to electric and hybrid models...
The combination of bravado and terror portends more darkness.
We need to start thinking about how we can create more income-generation opportunities.
Men are not what they think but what they do.
A multipolar South Asia will limit Delhi’s ability to unilaterally shape the norms of regional forums.
THE federal decision to permit potato exports to Pakistan’s main markets — Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond — through Iran is unlikely to offer...
AROUND the same time last year, I wrote the economy has reached what I called “peak stability”. This was a stage where all the measures taken to...
A Great Dane is no match for a hungry Rottweiler.
HATE speech against Muslims in India is no longer sporadic. It is organised and increasingly led by those in power. ...
HOME is often described as a sanctuary for safety and comfort, but for countless victims of domestic violence (DV), it becomes the very place where...
AMERICAN President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the UNFCCC has created a crisis for global multilateralism and international climate...
Ingredients -K&N’s Combo Wings (425g) -Coriander for garnish -Peri peri sauce as required Method Assembling: 1. Prepare K&N’s Combo Wings as per...
IT is a pragmatic response to the various immigration-related issues that had been accumulating. On Tuesday, Pakistan and the UAE agreed to pursue...
WITH Iran standing at the very edge of a dangerous precipice, regional powers must step up and do what they can in a diplomatic capacity to defuse...
The unrest in Iran seems to have encouraged the US president to threaten military action.
THE planning minister’s proposal to declare an ‘export emergency’ reflects a growing realisation that there ...
ROUTINE predictions about the impending demise of Iran’s repressive theocracy over the past couple of decades tended to be little more than wishful...
WITH the constitution of the 11th National Finance Commission, the debate around revenue sharing takes centre-stage. For years, the federal...
IMBALANCED human development lies at the root of the polarisation and perennial conflict witnessed in Pakistan. A recent report District...
PUNJAB’S decision to strap body-worn cameras onto nurses, ward boys, security guards and pharmacy staff is the...
THE call by a panel, led by the planning and development minister, for “urgent ease of doing business reforms” to more than double export revenues...
This is the time for the left to be initiating and, where possible, spearheading mass movements against the rightward slide.
THE KP chief minister’s eventful visit to Sindh has thrown up the same questions that his recent, equally eventful...
THE tragic blast in Islamabad that killed a newly-wed couple and six others, and left many injured, has once again...
Authority is kept from women at the workplace.
Competition is constrained by design, not accident.
Islamabad’s greenery is being replaced by big roads, flyovers and underpasses.
NOTHING truly fundamental has changed in humanity. Sure, we traded skins for suits and spears for smart bombs but at our core we have remained...
“The stark reality for the vast majority of people in the non-Western world, transcending everything, is poverty. Currently one quarter of the...
THE Balochistan government’s decision to formally merge the over century-old levies force into the Balochistan Police and abolish the distinction...
IT is often said that every process has at least three versions. How the bosses think it works, how it actually works and how it ought to work. Let...
OVERTHROWING governments in Latin America has long been the US practice from a familiar playbook. The US has for decades intervened by military...
THE political leadership appears out of sync with the annual wrath of the elements. Scores of trees in Islamabad ...
WHEN Donald Trump says that his power is restrained only by “my own morality”, he is not just boasting, he is making a case for a philosophy that...
Bangkok became the stage for one of the biggest moments in esports this year. As the PUBG MOBILE Global Championship (2025 PMGC) Grand Finals lit...