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Back in parliament

MORE than two years after MNAs loyal to former prime minister Imran Khan fatefully resigned from the legislature following the April 2022 vote of...

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Brutal crime

THE horrific incident of a woman allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband and three-year-old daughter near Sukheki in Hafizabad district, Punjab,...

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Upholding rights

EVEN a perceived threat to civil rights and freedom of expression undermines democracy; it impedes the enforcement of laws and creates a trust deficit...

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PTI’s ‘hunger strike’

IN a theatrical display of protest, the PTI has introduced a novel concept: the four-hour hunger strike. While one might appreciate the creativity...

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Macabre spectacle

ISRAELI Prime Minister BENJAMIN Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday was a shameful spectacle. Here, a man accused...

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Judicial constraints

THERE is little wrong with the proposal in principle, even if the timing raises some concerns. During a Wednesday session, the Senate Standing...

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Rating risks

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent discussions with the executives of the two top global credit rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s, are...

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Hamas-Fatah deal

THE Beijing Declaration signed in the Chinese capital on Tuesday reiterates the need for internal Palestinian unity at a critical time when people of...

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Bad measures

THE ongoing tussle between the current regime and PTI will only end up causing lasting harm to Pakistan. This much can be expected when all rules and...

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Political vendettas

IT seems that the PML-N and PPP need to be reminded again that they are doing themselves a considerable disservice by either directing or quietly...

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IPP debate

A FIERCE debate blaming the exorbitant electricity prices on expensive power purchase agreements with IPPs has been raging for the past couple of...

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Reforming militants

A MAJOR question confronting the state concerns those militants who have laid down their arms — euphemistically referred to as the ‘good’...

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Stressed cotton economy

DECREASING cotton production should be a worry for the government because of its socioeconomic implications. Early arrivals for the current period...

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Frankfurt vandalism

THE state needs to seek serious answers from the German authorities regarding the July 20 mob attack targeting Pakistan’s consulate in Frankfurt. A...

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Security concerns

THE clarification was much needed and, perhaps, could have come sooner. The DG ISPR’s Monday press conference was helpful in addressing some key...

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Seeking Priya Kumari

PRIYA Kumari — the minor girl who vanished on Ashura in 2021 while serving water at a sabeel in Sukkur district — is one of our many festering...

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Blow to occupation

THE International Court of Justice has delivered a legal blow to the decades-old Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. In a non-binding...

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Population calamity

PAKISTAN’s population bomb is not ticking anymore; it has already exploded. The detailed results of the 2023 digital census published by the...

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Civil unrest

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA and Balochistan are smouldering. Civil unrest has rocked the two provinces in recent days, with large protests culminating in...

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Grave concerns

PUNJAB Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s open assault on the Supreme Court for ruling in favour of the PTI in the reserved seats case came as a shock....

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Olympics contingent

FROM 10 in Tokyo the last time, it is now down to seven in Paris, and split across just three disciplines. When Pakistan’s contingent marches out...

21.07.2024 100

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Fitch’s estimate

FITCH seems to be more optimistic about Pakistan accelerating its economic growth rate to 3.2pc during this fiscal year from last year’s 2.4pc than...

20.07.2024 200

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Bangladesh chaos

CHAOS has engulfed Dhaka, as well as other parts of Bangladesh, over the past few days. Anti-government protests had been gaining momentum for several...

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Royal tantrum

DESPITE the government’s protestations, a constitutional crisis seems to have been averted — at least for now. After two days of deliberations,...

20.07.2024 200

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Urban flooding

THE provincial authorities have been taking precautionary measures, or so we have been told, to cope with emergency situations that could result from...

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Oman terror attack

THE normally peaceful sultanate of Oman was shaken by sectarian terrorism on Monday when militants belonging to the self-styled Islamic State group...

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Misplaced priorities

TROUBLE is brewing in KP, where terrorist outfits are growing ever more emboldened in their attacks. This week, two outrageous assaults on a...

19.07.2024 200

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Diversity in UK politics

THE recent UK elections have ushered in the most diverse parliament in the nation’s history. Under the leadership of newly elected Prime Minister...

17.07.2024 200

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Export delusions

THE trade ministry’s ‘plan’ to almost double exports to $60bn over the next three years is nothing more than wishful thinking. The ‘new’...

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A way forward

IN the midst of the storm triggered by the government’s ill-advised announcement about banning the PTI, there is a ray of hope. Aide to the prime...

17.07.2024 300

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‘US, them’ and the spectre of political violence

AS FOOTAGE of the attack on Donald Trump was aired by US media on Saturday, participants in a Muslim religious gathering in Virginia waited for more...

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Non-stop massacres

THE massacre of innocents continues in the killing fields of Gaza, as most of the world looks away. Moreover, many of Israel’s foreign enablers are...

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Nato at 75

EMERGING from the ashes of World War II, and locked in confrontation with the Soviet-led Communist bloc for over four decades during the Cold War,...

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Banning PTI

IT is dangerous for a government to appear so desperate. Like grains of sand, power slips quicker from the hand the tighter the fist is clenched. In...

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Is UK’s Labour party paying heed to its ‘Muslim dilemma’?

IT has been ten days since the Labour party won a landslide in the UK’s general election and now the relish is slowly fading with practical...

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Drug fog

THE country has an old drug problem. While the menace has raged across divides of class and gender, successive rulers have failed to clear its fatal...

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Afghan challenge

THE recently released UN monitoring team’s report on Afghanistan captures the dilemma confronting the international community where dealing with the...

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Iddat ruling

IT was a needless, despicable spectacle which only ended up uniting both conservatives and progressives in condemning the state. Now, some five months...

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Miles to go

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s budget for the present fiscal year has whipped up seething anger against his administration at home but won him a...

14.07.2024 200

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Cricket shake-up

SOMEONE had to take the blame and bear the brunt of the fallout from Pakistan’s disastrous showing at the T20 World Cup. This past week saw Wahab...

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Same old script

WHEN it comes to the troubling issue of enforced disappearances/ missing persons — either Baloch or belonging to other ethnic/ religious groups, or...

13.07.2024 100

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Looming flour shortage

FOR once, it is hard to argue against the reason that compelled flour mills to call a nationwide strike from Thursday. The flour mill owners are...

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Injustice undone

THE verdict is in. It was the PTI, not ‘PTI-backed independents’, which won the most seats in the Feb 8 general election. This distinction, for...

13.07.2024 200

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Anti-smog strategy

BY acknowledging that smog is a year-round problem, and not just a winter issue, the Punjab government has taken the first meaningful step towards...

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Temporary extension

THE cabinet’s decision to allow ‘legal’ Afghan refugees — meaning those with Proof of Registration cards — to stay in the country till June...

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Misery and despair

A PERVASIVE gloom darkens the days of almost all working-class Pakistani households. From tea shops to opinion columns in local newspapers, the...

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Negligence at PHOTA

THE impression that the state is being careless towards aspects of organ trade control is damaging. Recent news about the Punjab Human Organ...

11.07.2024 200

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Taxing agriculture

OUR inability to collect sufficient tax revenue is resulting in persistently high fiscal deficits, forcing successive governments to accumulate an...

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Population crisis

PAKISTAN is the world’s fifth most populous nation, yet the resources and socioeconomic tools needed to provide for over 240m souls are severely...

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Arshad Sharif judgement

THE judgement of a court in Kenya has brought some clarity to the brutal murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in that country in October 2022....

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