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DARKNESS has descended over next-door Iran, where widespread, violent protests refuse to abate, posing the most...
A NEW report by the UN strips away whatever little ambiguity remained around Israel’s conduct in occupied West...
Political and media landscapes are witnessing their own version of McCarthyism.
Flyovers have not solved the city’s problems.
The premise of movies like ‘Anniversary’ is not far-fetched.
SCHEDULE uncertainty persists at yet another multilateral cricket tournament to be held in South Asia. Once again, ...
Against the international backdrop, Pakistani foreign policy has so far delivered well.
PAKISTAN is no stranger to the sharing economy, yet a recent news item about big changes in the country’s...
AFTER 14 years, direct flights between Bangladesh and Pakistan are ready for take-off. Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ first Dhaka to Karachi flight...
An effective criminal justice system evolves.
THE US invasion of Venezuela — however it is ultimately justified in Washington — marks more than a regional rupture. It signals a deeper shift in...
Pakistan must protest at every step India takes towards building works on the western rivers.
ONE would think that everyone in the world knows that nothing is free. Every favour granted, every kindness bestowed has its cost — sometimes the...
PAKISTAN’S troubled relationship with Afghanistan now forms the centre of its security crisis. The International Crisis Group notes the irony that...
THE Sindh government’s decision to launch what its home minister described as a “massive operation” to eliminate bandits in the katcha areas...
IT appears that ‘dialogue’ is fast becoming a buzzword in the federal capital. After both the treasury and...
Women’s daily decisions shape the fertility of our soils.
THE NDMA’s decision to launch a nationwide Infrastructure Audit Programme before the monsoon is a welcome step. It...
FIFTEEN years after the Airblue ED 202 plane crash that killed all 152 people on board, an appellate court in Islamabad has awarded Rs5.4 billion...
Macroeconomic repairs are being carried out by impoverishing the people.
WOMEN’S access to healthcare in Pakistan is shaped not only by poverty, but also by the intersection of documentation, marginalisation and gender....
IT has been said at length before, but bears repeating: the 27th Amendment was a monumental mistake. The same has ...
Absorbing new labour force entrants domestically is increasingly difficult.
Ingredients -K&N’s Nuggets (12 Nuggets) -Nachos as required -Sour cream as required -Salsa as required -Parsley for garnish Method In a bowl add...
THE same question keeps coming up: why don’t you write about the solutions? Let me give two answers here. The first answer is that, in all honesty,...
Is no refuge sacred? Apparently not.
IN Pakistan, the word most commonly used for dance — naach — is often deployed as a form of ridicule. To say someone naach raha hai is rarely...
PAKISTAN’S under-19 cricket team has momentum, and wins, under their belt, as they head into the ICC Under-19 World Cup later this month. A...
THE government’s reported plan of containing the gas sector circular debt of Rs3tr by further raising the petroleum development
PAKISTAN’S decision to seek UNESCAP’s policy advisory and technical support for developing an energy transition investment plan reflects a growing...
SECURITY agencies have prevented what could have been one of the most devastating terror attacks Karachi has faced in years. Acting on intelligence...
THE image of a blindfolded and handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being taken to a prison in New York presented the ugly face of Trumpian imperialism. It is...
IT seemed almost miraculous when the east coast of the US transitioned into 2026 on a pleasant note, occasioned by the inspiring inauguration of...
DESPITE their scale, out-of-school adolescents and youth (OOSAY) are the most overlooked demographic, remaining largely invisible in policy...
THE continuing delay in appointing leaders of the opposition in the National Assembly and by extension, the Senate,...
Women are central to Pakistan’s economy yet real inclusion depends on recognising protecting and elevating their work.
LOOKING back at 2025, several regional inflection points stand out: Pakistan’s four-day confrontation with India, the conflict between Israel and...