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IT gives insight into the obduracy of those in whose custody Imran Riaz Khan is being held that multiple appeals from various quarters have not had...
HOSTING multilateral summits is a matter of great prestige for states, as world leaders gather at the same table to talk global politics and discuss...
THE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has been made to suffer a steep price for the events of May 9. It appears deflated in the wake of a sweeping crackdown...
THE decision of the military’s top brass to try those arsonists who attacked various sensitive installations and monuments in the country in the...
WHILE the question about the ban or no ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after the May 9 arson attacks on the state buildings and military...
DESPITE successive governments’ efforts, tobacco use continues to remain a significant public health challenge for Pakistani authorities....
A RECENTLY released report by two UN agencies should serve as a wake-up call to the ruling elite — that is, if they can spare some time from their...
THIS government’s legislative interventions will be remembered for making even good things seem bad because of how cynical and self-serving the...
DESPITE successive governments’ efforts, tobacco use continues to remain a significant public health challenge for Pakistani authorities....
A RECENTLY released report by two UN agencies should serve as a wake-up call to the ruling elite — that is, if they can spare some time from their...
THIS government’s legislative interventions will be remembered for making even good things seem bad because of how cynical and self-serving the...
FOR years, successive tree plantation policies have come up short. Nevertheless, the latest effort to go green comes from the Sindh Forest Department;...
THOUGH he managed to win the presidential run-off by a whisker, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will stay in Turkiye’s driving seat for the next five years,...
THE rift within the Supreme Court shows no signs of healing. With the incumbent and incoming chief justices still seemingly jousting over issues big...
IT’s a symptom of a society’s morbid soul when the living are tortured and murdered with impunity. On Friday, Karachi police arrested a man for...
ON the face of it, the UK’s Conservative cabinet is amongst its most diverse ever, with persons of colour in top positions. Leading the pack is...
PAKISTAN’S economy faces a severe multidimensional crisis amid a gloomy and uncertain outlook. A recent State Bank report on the state of the...
THE Indian establishment seems determined to send veteran Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik to the gallows. The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front head was...
IN its glee over the travails of its nemesis, the PTI, at the hands of the establishment, the government has sunk to a new low. On Friday, Health...
OH, how the mighty have fallen. It is difficult not to feel sorry for the PTI’s youthful support base as they witness some of their loudest leaders...
THE National Games are supposed to be a quadrennial celebration of Pakistan’s top athletes who showcase their sporting excellence at the event. It...
AWAY from the suffocation building on the political front, figures regarding the state of the economy, approved by the National Accounts Committee and...
AS the nation remains bitterly divided, with certain forces strengthening their already suffocating grip over national life, the only hope lies in the...
AS temperatures soar faster and furiously, meteorologists conclude that extended hot spells will hit every year. Therefore, the government’s...
THERE can be little argument with the fact that Pakistan’s economy is in dire straits; as most economists of repute have observed, unless the state...
WHETHER there is sufficient evidence to conclusively prove a quid pro quo between Imran Khan and Malik Riaz in the Al Qadir Trust case is for the...
PAKISTAN’S current economic realities and the state of its health infrastructure fly in the face of lofty claims about healthcare and disease...
FAR from the power centres of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore lies Balochistan, a vast land where misery prevails with its people forsaken by the...
THE idea would be unthinkable in any self-respecting democracy, yet here we are again. The government is considering banning the PTI over the events...
THE state has cast a wide dragnet to haul up all those allegedly involved in the May 9 rioting, while also using the opportunity to weaken the PTI....
IN an ominous throwback to one of the most dispiriting aspects of militancy in Pakistan, the war on girls’ education has started once again. Late...
IT is a familiar story. A political party, thinking it can take on the country’s all-powerful establishment, crosses a red line and quickly finds...
A RISE in cyber harassment cases in the country points to how digital tools and social media are manipulated by individuals to intimidate, bully and...
AS the establishment vows to show no mercy to the PTI for the events of May 9, and the PDM helps the military in bringing Imran Khan and his party to...
THE future chief justice of Pakistan is being put to the test. Justice Qazi Faez Isa has been tasked by the PDM government to head a three-member...
TWO recent American reports paint an unflattering picture where the state of religious freedom in Pakistan is concerned. The US State Department’s...
AWAY from the bitter divisiveness on the political front, the National Assembly on Monday enacted laws that will have a salutary effect on a large...
SHARING tax resources has always been one of the biggest causes of strife among the centre and provinces. Perhaps the only time we saw this friction...
IN insecure times, Nadra’s effort to leave little to chance should garner appreciation. The authority recently announced its NSOR platform, which...
INDIA’S efforts to normalise its dubious annexation of held Kashmir have suffered a serious blow as a number of G20 countries have either refused to...
WITH the Lahore High Court opening the door to parliament for the PTI, could we finally see politics return to the floor of the National Assembly and...
WHILE the question about the ban or no ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after the May 9 arson attacks on the state buildings and military...
AFTER spending four months in custody, and petitioning the highest court of the land, Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, leader of the Gwadar-based Haq Do...
A STRANGE game is playing out in Lahore. Punjab’s caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir has spent days proclaiming the presence of dozens of...
PAKISTAN’S balance-of-payments troubles have spiralled into a full-blown economic crisis over the last several months. Amid stagnating growth and...
A TOP power ministry official has cautioned that power supply to the residents of Karachi may face disruption if the government does not immediately...
THE ‘one-percenters’ have reportedly stepped in to attempt to resolve the continuing impasse in the corridors of power. A fresh attempt is being...
FOR numerous reasons, mostly geopolitical, Pakistan’s volume of trade with its neighbours — with the exception of China — is very low. Trade...
AS a vicious political flare-up grips Pakistan, the continuing IDP crisis has fallen by the wayside. A joint report by the Internal Displacement...
IT is quite clear that the state has decided to show no mercy to the PTI or its cadres after the violent events following Imran Khan’s short lived...