Militant Network Busted

Palestine Bleeds

Fuel Hike

Economic Crisis

As predicted, the Pakistani rupee dove to a historic low against the US dollar—now valued at Rs.255.4—after the exchange cap was lifted due to...

Pink Bus Service

Pink bus service for women is set to be launched in Karachi from the February 1, as per the decision by the Provincial Minister for Transport,...

Repression Continues

In an unsurprising development of events in India, the police detained students for watching a screening of the banned BBC documentary on Prime...

Border Reopened

With the threat of Covid-19 looming, the Pak-Iran Corridor was closed in order to contain the transmission of the disease. Four years later, all...

Toxic Gases

The mysterious deaths of 19 people—16 of them children—in the Muachh Got district of Karachi over the past two weeks were extremely troubling,...

IMF Visit Announced

After the PDM government finally let go of the disastrous policy to peg the rupee, the IMF on Thursday announced that it will be sending its mission...

Strict Labour Laws

Forced labour in Pakistan has been politicised, hidden and long-present. While national policies had always been ratified, inaction on the issue has...

Gas Woes

Pakistan’s energy crisis continues to find new risks as one of its main liquified natural gas (LNG) suppliers has failed to send its cargo to the...

Fawad Chaudhry’s Arrest

The political tussle between the government and the opposition continues to escalate in its intensity, and there appears to be no willingness on...

Interest Rate Hike

Pakistan’s central bank has increased the interest rate to 17 percent, the highest since October 1997. While this was more or less expected, the...

Human Rights Crisis

The seventh annual report of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) painted a depressing picture of what life is like for the people of the...

KP and Punjab Elections

Following the dissolution of assemblies in Punjab and KP, the election commission on Wednesday reached out to authorities in both provinces with...

Power Breakdown

The massive breakdown in the national grid on Monday triggered the worst electricity outage across the country in months, paralysing life and crucial...

Prison Riot

Danger ensued at a district prison in Gujrat after a fight broke out between police officers and inmates, trans­forming the scene into a full-blown...

FM In Tashkent

The Foreign Minister landed in Tashkent to attend the 26th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Eco­nomic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)...

A Troubling Verdict

The announcement of the verdict by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on the extrajudicial killing case of Naqeebul lah Mehsud will undoubtedly come as a...

Abandoning Tourism

Amidst political instability, ill-thought out visa policies, inefficient proce dures and safety concerns born out of the re-emergence of terror...

PTI Resignations

Back in April of last year, 123 PTI MNAs resigned from their seats. The notification at the time stated that after these resignations would be...

Charsadda Attack

Militant attacks in the month of January continue unabated as on Saturday, one cop was martyred and two others were injured when unidentified...

Afghanistan UN Delegation

A high-level UN delegation visited Afghanistan last week and sent a clear message to the Afghan government that isolating women will also isolate...

Pharma Industry Shortage

Pakistan’s economic condition has been precarious for some time. The country has been in a balance-of-payments crisis for the last couple of weeks....

Protecting Journalists

The federal government’s revelation in the Senate on Friday, that as many as 42 journalists have been killed in Pakistan over the last four years,...

Education Bill

Education in Sindh is riddled with systemic and deep-rooted challenges. Government schools were devoid of textbooks for half of the educational year,...

Caretaker CM

The inability of provincial lawmakers in Punjab to even agree on a single name for the position of caretaker Chief Minister has now expectedly led to...

Need For Stability

After weeks of delays and non-committal statements, the government looks to be coming around on its failure to pass the review of the IMF and work...

Russia Energy Agreement

The eighth session of the Pakistan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission that was being held in Islamabad this week has resulted in major agreements...

Iran Border Attack

The security situation in the country just became a little more complex than it already is after the attack that took place earlier this week where...

Standing For Truth

Nutritious Meals

Inflows

Shrinking LSM

Climate Education

KP Assembly Dissolution

Regional Stability

In a new interview with the Al Arabiya news channel, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif extended an olive branch to the Modi-led BJP regime in India....

ECP Suspension

The ECP has suspended 271 lawmakers over asset and liability disclosure issues. This figure is quite large and comes after the filing was incomplete...

Sindh LG Polls

The second phase of the local government elections in Sindh finally wrapped up after many delays thanks to the ECP’s steadfastness, and the results...

Dissolved Assembly

Late Saturday evening, the Punjab Assembly stood dis solved following PTI and PML-Q’s combined efforts. Now begins the process for a caretaker...

Peshawar Attack

Once again, the TTP has claimed an attack that illustrates how the group has become more audacious as it targeted the Sarband police station at the...

ODI Series Loss

The ODI series loss at home against the Kiwis is quite disap pointing given the promising start to the series, and the man ner in which we continue to...

To develop a SMART Highlighter Pen

Using a highlighter to study is an excellent way to make the most of your notetaking. Being a Bookish Person and a business student, who likes to read...

Endless Delays

Yet again, the Sindh government filed a request for the delay of the local government elections that were scheduled to be held on January 15, stating...

Copter use

Imran Khan’s use of the government helicopter has come under fire again during the Senate session held on Friday. During this session, the Minister...

Debt Rolled Over

Honouring the historic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan, a $2 billion loan has been rolled over and an additional loan of...

Pointless Assembly

A fter Imran Khan’s backtracking from the demand from his allied Chief Minister in Punjab to carry out a trust vote, Monday’s session in the...

Crisis Worsens

Experts and countless food departments across the country had given out warnings of an impending wheat crisis back in 2020; more alarm bells were rung...

Circular Debt Plan

Circular debt in the oil and gas sector has increased to Rs 1,500 billion. Plans are now underway to introduce a multi-pronged strategy to resolve...

Geneva Conference

The IMF’s ninth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) has been pending since September. On January 6th, the PM stated that the IMF team is set...