The year of the Quaid

The year 2026, which marks the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, has been formally declared as the Year of...

latest 10

Editorial

Battlefield moon

The increasing militarisation of space should be of concern to every person on the planet, as the leaders of military superpowers ignore previous...

latest 5

Editorial

The flip side

A euphoric picture of the economy painted by the financial guru is merely one side of the story. The fact is that Pakistan, in pursuit of abiding...

latest 10

Editorial

COP30 Belem - quo vadis

The outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), held at Belem, Brazil from 10 to 21 Nov 2025, was anxiously awaited with the ardent hope...

yesterday 50

Shahid Najam

PM's talks offer

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's willingness to enter into talks with the opposition is a welcome move, but he has stopped short of crossing the...

yesterday 30

Editorial

System reset

There are a few givens: One, that following November 2021 - some would argue the cracks had begun before that in the summer - the system had broken...

yesterday 10

Shahzad Chaudhry

Drawing that is the medium and message

I shall start with a clichéd remark that speakers often use to cover up the time while they formulate a reasonable response to a comment that may...

yesterday 10

Sadia Pasha Kamran

Privatised – at last

The agonising ordeal of offloading PIA is finally at an end, as a consortium led by business tycoon Arif Habib has secured a 75% stake for Rs135...

yesterday 30

Editorial

Can America's progressives undo the damage of neoliberalism?

Many Americans today experience a pervasive sense of anger and frustration that has contributed to the rise of far-right politics. Populist leaders...

yesterday 30

Syed Mohammad Ali

The rarest resource

While resources are scarce in the world, one valuable resource that has been as rare as a hen's tooth, overlooked and undervalued, is not oil or...

yesterday 30

Maryam Tamoor

Changing world and shifting geostrategic construct

Wars have traditionally redefined the international order. The year 2025, as it ends, is marked by one of the longest wars in Europe's heartland in...

previous day 80

Inam Ul Haque

Thank you Sindh Assembly: recognition must go beyond

What is more thrilling than a blockbuster thriller is life itself. Just when I had resigned myself to imagining that the plight of stranded...

previous day 40

Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

Deepening diplomatic row

Bangladesh is once again on the edge after an assassin's bullet felled one of the leaders of the student uprising that deposed its long-time...

previous day 40

Editorial

Super flu: next pandemic?

For one hundred years, public health professionals had been working to prepare the world for the next pandemic. They were worried about flu viruses...

previous day 20

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Death anxiety and humans

Humans have two selves. One is the physical self, consisting of mortal and decaying elements. The other is the symbolic self, consisting of...

previous day 60

Muhammad Wajahat Sultan

Pakistan's two-front war

India's hegemonic ambitions seek to bind Pakistan's regional and diplomatic space. Through repeated allegations, reluctance to engage in dialogue...

previous day 30

Saira Samo

Building great varsities: what LUMS, IIT and NUS teach us

In conversations about world-class universities, Pakistan often looks outward, yearning for a simple answer to a complex question: how do we build...

previous day 20

Dr Asghar Zaidi

Tracks of tragedy

According to recently obtained data, Pakistan Railways has recorded a staggering 95 accidents between January 1 and December 20 this year. The...

previous day 20

Editorial

Property law suspension

The decision by Lahore High Court's chief justice to suspend the operation of the newly enacted Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable...

previous day 20

Editorial

AI governance begin?

Over the past few weeks, social media in Pakistan has exploded with frustration. Drivers across Lahore and Karachi have been posting screenshots of...

previous day 40

Naveed R Khan

Regulating solar energy

Nepra's newly released draft Prosumer Regulations, 2025, ostensibly designed to "balance" the interests of electricity consumers and distribution...

wednesday 4

Editorial

Reimagining Peak China narrative

China's Harbin Institute of Technology has recently allowed its doctoral candidates to graduate with a product or design instead of a dissertation....

wednesday 3

Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan

The way forward

The political opposition has come up with a coordinated narrative calling for resorting to democratic norms and undoing all extra-constitutional...

wednesday 50

Editorial

Knocking out archrival

Finals are meant to be close, tense affairs decided by nerve and nuance. Pakistan's Under-19 Asia Cup triumph over India was none of that. It was a...

wednesday 30

Editorial

No more boomers

The World Inequality Report of 2026 shows that Pakistan's 1% of the total population holds 24% of the entire wealth of the country, with the other...

wednesday 30

Zorain Nizamani

Golden children

On the global stage, human statues are performance artists who usually stand motionless in city centres for arts and entertainment. But this trend,...

23.12.2025 3

Editorial

Trump's 'gift' to Pakistan

The most significant headline for Pakistan in 2025 is undoubtedly the unexpected reset in relations with the United States. Few in Islamabad or...

23.12.2025 3

Kamran Yousaf

China's rescue from financial bankruptcy

I have drawn upon this account from the memoirs on which I am working these days because of its relevance for the times through which Pakistan is...

23.12.2025 3

Shahid Javed Burki

The action and the principle

I hope that when future generations talk about the tragedy at Bondi Beach in Australia that happened last week, in the same breath, they will also...

23.12.2025 4

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

From opinion to verdict - without evidence

The line between human rights advocacy and political storytelling becomes dangerously thin when allegations are amplified before they are examined....

23.12.2025 2

Omay Aimen

Force for Gaza

Pakistan's participation in the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza is shrouded in uncertainty. That is so owing to the delay...

23.12.2025 50

Editorial

1971 war — an unequal contest

For Pakistan, the 1971 War was an unequal contest in the face of heavy odds, missed opportunities and unrealised objectives. Faced with a...

23.12.2025 10

Dr Raashid Wali Janjua

Argument vs persuasion

By using the faculty of reasoning, man tries and understand the phenomena around him. The serendipitous understanding is, however, wholly...

23.12.2025 2

M Nadeem Nadir

'Collective suicide'

The recent tragic case of femicide in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood – wherein three women, including a mother, a daughter and a...

23.12.2025 3

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The year of the Quaid

Editorial

Battlefield moon

Editorial

The flip side

Editorial

COP30 Belem - quo vadis

Shahid Najam

PM's talks offer

Editorial

System reset

Shahzad Chaudhry

Drawing that is the medium and message

Sadia Pasha Kamran

Privatised – at last

Editorial

Can America's progressives undo the damage of neoliberalism?

Syed Mohammad Ali

The rarest resource

Maryam Tamoor

Changing world and shifting geostrategic construct

Inam Ul Haque

Thank you Sindh Assembly: recognition must go beyond

Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

Deepening diplomatic row

Editorial

Super flu: next pandemic?

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Death anxiety and humans

Muhammad Wajahat Sultan

Pakistan's two-front war

Saira Samo

Building great varsities: what LUMS, IIT and NUS teach us

Dr Asghar Zaidi

Tracks of tragedy

Editorial

Property law suspension

Editorial

AI governance begin?

Naveed R Khan

Regulating solar energy

Editorial

Reimagining Peak China narrative

Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan

The way forward

Editorial

Knocking out archrival

Editorial

No more boomers

Zorain Nizamani

Golden children

Editorial

Trump's 'gift' to Pakistan

Kamran Yousaf

China's rescue from financial bankruptcy

Shahid Javed Burki

The action and the principle

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

From opinion to verdict - without evidence

Omay Aimen

Force for Gaza

Editorial

1971 war — an unequal contest

Dr Raashid Wali Janjua

Argument vs persuasion

M Nadeem Nadir

'Collective suicide'

Editorial