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When the lab shifts East

The global landscape of scientific research has undergone a sea change. The Nature Index 2025 rankings reveal a clear shift: nine of the world’s top...

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Rida-e-fatima khan

Building a shared future: Celebrating 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China, Pakistan

Seventy-five years of sharing weal and woe, seventy-five years of friendship as strong as steel. In 2026, as China and Pakistan mark the 75th...

yesterday 10

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Tang Mengsheng

Trump's apocalyptic rhetoric

On April 7, as a fragile ceasefire hung in the balance, US President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary threat that stunned legal observers across...

previous day 10

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Hamza Rao

Islamabad’s vision for Regional Architecture

Islamabad hosted Iran and the USA, two parties in a direct war with each other. Pakistan managed to broker a fragile ceasefire between them. One...

previous day 20

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Dr Shazia Anwer Cheema

Fuel costs and fiscal realities: Pakistan’s tightrope walk

Fuel price increases in Pakistan almost always trigger a strong public reaction. That response is understandable, given the direct impact on household...

06.04.2026 10

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Khurram Khan

National interest above all: Why economic sovereignty must remain non-negotiable

At a time when Pakistan is navigating a fragile yet promising path toward economic stabilisation, the imperative to safeguard its core economic...

27.03.2026 40

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Abdullah umar

Middle east today and the world order

The Middle East today stands at the edge of its most volatile moment in decades, as the rapidly escalating US–Israel–Iran confrontation reshapes...

10.03.2026 50

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Nazia Jabeen

An economy that excludes cannot compete

That is not philosophy. That is a fact. And in 2026 facts demand action. Let us look at the numbers. Pakistan’s female labor force participation...

07.03.2026 30

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Dr zeelaf munir

The guardians of memory: How women in Kashmir turn everyday life into a battlefield of resistance

In the grand, often male-dominated archives of history, resistance is often measured by the size of a protest or the intensity of a battle. However,...

04.03.2026 30

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Naila altaf kayani

After New START: Who guards the guardian?

For years, Washington has long self-appointed itself as the custodian of the nuclear order, sanctioning, isolating and threatening states under the...

01.03.2026 50

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Hamza Rao

West turns to east as Trump disrupts global order

US President Donald Trump’s second-term foreign policy increasingly bypasses the State Department, relying instead on a tight circle of handpicked...

26.02.2026 20

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Afshan hussain

The day Pakistan’s skies answered back

With every nation, there are days when everything that it stands for is tested—days that can make or break the nation. Pakistan, although still...

26.02.2026 20

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Muhammad Khan

The AI countdown: Pakistan’s moment to leap

Just as mobile phones skipped landlines, AI gives Pakistan a rare chance to skip stages of development if the jump is deliberate, not accidental. The...

22.02.2026 40

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Asad Shabbir

Surge in Terrorism

Target killing is one of the most divisive methods of terrorism that has been practiced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Unlike other types of attacks that aim...

22.02.2026 30

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Kashmala Ismail

Coordination without Washington

Empires rarely receive a formal resignation letter from history. What they encounter instead is a subtler mutation: the moment when obedience quietly...

22.02.2026 30

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Hamza Rao

Restraint-escalation paradox facing Pakistan

Air power has been the primary tool for limited wars in the India-Pakistan dyad ever since 1998, when the two countries, in tandem, opted to become...

22.02.2026 50

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Irfan Ahmad

How can you benefit from AI the most?

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most powerful tools available today, yet many people use it most simply, asking basic questions and getting...

22.02.2026 100

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Shaukat Ali Khan

Law ministry sticks to its guns over $20 billion LNG deal

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

28.01.2026 20

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Rauf.klasra

Resuming Hearings: SC constitutes six benches for 2011

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

28.01.2026 10

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Qaiser.zulfiqar

Compounding the misery: Relief efforts halted in AJK

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

24.01.2026 20

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Roshan.mughal

Little that is new

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

11.01.2026 20

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Amina.jilani

‘No objection to IPL participation’

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

11.01.2026 30

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Express

Blast damages oil tanker in Chaman, injures one

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

23.12.2025 20

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Aamer.ahmed.khan

Boney M frontman found dead

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

23.12.2025 20

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Aamer.ahmed.khan

Wrong end of the stick?

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

04.12.2025 30

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Aamer.ahmed.khan

Blasphemy backtrack

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners. They know Pakistan as a volatile...

01.12.2025 30

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Editorial

Terror strikes on New Year’s Day: Suicide bomber kills 21 outside Egypt church

A bomb killed at least 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on New Year’s Day and the Interior Ministry said a...

16.10.2025 60

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Reuters

Increase in petroleum prices: Allies, opposition join hands against govt

The already embattled government came under fire from its own coalition partners as well as from the opposition for its Friday’s decision to...

14.10.2025 30

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Agencies

Harassment of working women: Ministry of law yet to implement the act

President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned separate “outrageous terrorist bombing attacks” in Egypt and Nigeria and said the US was prepared to...

30.08.2025 30

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Irfan.ghauri

Assistance: Obama offers help after attacks in Egypt, Nigeria

President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned separate “outrageous terrorist bombing attacks” in Egypt and Nigeria and said the US was prepared to...

30.08.2025 30

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Reuters

Stepping up: Scores of officers slated for promotion

The Central Selection Board (CSB) on Saturday recommended the promotion of 128 bureaucrats to grade 20. The secretariat group that serves the federal...

27.08.2025 50

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Aamir.ilyas

Rahim Yar Khan: Unusual rise in kidnappings

Law-enforcement agencies should launch a combined operation against criminals in Rahim Yar Khan district to curb the rising incidence of kidnappings,...

01.08.2025 30

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Asad.kharal

Is there a leadership crisis?

The decision to divide India in 1947 was made after a great deal of effort by Quaid-i-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. During the discussions and...

16.07.2025 30

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Ansar.hussain

Merging Jinnah hospital and SMC: Confused Sindh Medical College students call off protest for now

Pakistan, one of only four countries where polio still exists, has a long way to go in its battle against the crippling disease, agreed participants...

09.07.2025 20

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Mahnoor.sherazee

Suhrawardy and Jinnah

Pakistan, one of only four countries where polio still exists, has a long way to go in its battle against the crippling disease, agreed participants...

01.06.2025 20

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Khaled.ahmed

Missing Hauritz helped England: Swann

Pakistan, one of only four countries where polio still exists, has a long way to go in its battle against the crippling disease, agreed participants...

03.05.2025 20

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Aamer.ahmed.khan

Combating polio: Fund shortage, red-tapism are major hurdles

Pakistan, one of only four countries where polio still exists, has a long way to go in its battle against the crippling disease, agreed participants...

15.03.2025 30

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Sehrish.wasif

Ashura bombing: Compensation demanded for victims

The price increase in petroleum products on the eve of the New Year has dealt a crushing blow to the already limited financial resources of the cash...

13.03.2025 10

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Express

Taking wing: Caged bird trade being regulated

The price increase in petroleum products on the eve of the New Year has dealt a crushing blow to the already limited financial resources of the cash...

13.03.2025 20

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Express

Security: Police station for sector G-13 soon

The price increase in petroleum products on the eve of the New Year has dealt a crushing blow to the already limited financial resources of the cash...

13.03.2025 20

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Express

Inflation woes: Oil price bomb drops on G-B

The price increase in petroleum products on the eve of the New Year has dealt a crushing blow to the already limited financial resources of the cash...

13.03.2025 20

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Express

Defamation Bill: A tool for justice or a muzzle on free speech?

We are living in a digital age where almost everyone has access to the internet. The digital ecosystem is widely dominated by technology such as...

13.03.2025 30

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Syeda Alizeh Ahmed

Wujuud-i-Zan: Mussamat Tajo's fight for justice

We are living in a digital age where almost everyone has access to the internet. The digital ecosystem is widely dominated by technology such as...

13.03.2025 30

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Mishal Khan