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IT has been a decade since the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, which killed some 150 students and staff in December 2014. It was the...
Transition will not be easy in a divided country that has just evicted a decades-old dictatorship.
“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.” — Franz Kafka It was well over midnight when the...
A PANICKING administration is desperately trying to prevent raging crowds from storming the capital, breaking through all the barriers on their way....
IT could not have been more bizarre: the government is taking its war against social media to a new level. After banning X, the government now seeks...
https://arab.news/mdjyw Smog has again hit both sides of the border with devastating effect as winter sets in, prompting calls for joint efforts by...
AFTER silently watching Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza for the past one year, the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries have once more met in...
IT was yet another bizarre night. In less than an hour, the government managed to steamroll a series of laws through both Houses of Parliament amid...
Mr Zahid Hussain is a retired engineer, based in Canada. “India and Pakistan fighting over Kashmir are like two bald men fighting for a comb,”...
BARELY a week after bulldozing a controversial constitutional amendment through parliament, the ruling coalition is said to be deliberating a new plan...
IT was the darkest night of the country’s parliamentary history. The spectacle of two opposition lawmakers from Balochistan — one on a wheelchair...
THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP for...
https://arab.news/95ku5 Pakistan is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting of ten regional...
“NO administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none,” remarked US President Joe Biden recently as Israel’s genocidal war in...
IT has gone beyond polemics. The internal fracas has split the country’s top judiciary. While tensions had been simmering for a long time, the...
THE country seems to be heading towards a constitutional breakdown as state institutions clash within and among themselves. A defiant government...
WHAT happened inside and outside parliament last weekend was nothing less than a tragicomedy. Rarely has Pakistani politics stooped so low. Some 400...
https://arab.news/czqdh Pakistan’s deputy prime minister has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of deliberately delaying the...
THE latest wave of arrests of senior PTI leaders following the party’s recent show of strength in Islamabad is a reminder of the escalating...
IT seems like an endless journey to nowhere. We keep moving in circles with no hope of coming out of the rut. The prevailing uncertainty is now...
IT was a well-coordinated wave of terrorist attacks across the troubled province that shook the country. The militants not only targeted security...
THERE have been few instances in Pakistan’s history where an army chief has bowed out without generating controversy. This might not be surprising...
IN a sign of the times, the once all-powerful spymaster is facing court-martial proceedings. Retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed is being charged for misuse of...
It was a great achievement for Pakistan's star athlete, Arshad Nadeem, to win a gold medal in the javelin throw event at the Paris 2024 Olympics and a...
https://arab.news/5nsyx Pakistan’s strategically located western province of Balochistan was once again in the eye of the storm for two weeks,...
PEOPLE’S power has toppled one more authoritarian regime. Another bloody day in Bangladesh ended in triumph for the uprising in that country....
PEOPLE’S power has toppled one more authoritarian regime. Another bloody day in Bangladesh ended in triumph for the uprising in that country....
EVENTS in Balochistan have been extremely disturbing of late. The past few days alone have brought tensions in the troubled region to a head. The...
AFTER months of silence, we heard from the military’s spokesperson. The televised presser was supposed to be a briefing on counterterrorism efforts...
IT is a desperate move that may bring down the entire edifice. The plan to ban the most popular political party in the country is the most senseless,...
https://arab.news/wauut Amid international outcry over forced expulsions, Pakistan has decided to grant a one-year extension in the stay of...
IT can’t get more sordid than this. The judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) who dared to speak out against the interference of intelligence...
THE banker-turned-finance minister appeared nonplussed as he responded to the questions on Budget 2024-2025 that has burdened the already weighed-down...
YET another counterterrorism (CT) campaign is being launched which promises to eradicate all forms of extremism and violent militancy in the country...
NINE months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has finally endorsed a ceasefire plan that promises to end hostilities in...
NINE months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has finally endorsed a ceasefire plan that promises to end hostilities in...
https://arab.news/vk2vr It has been a pyrrhic victory for India’s Narendra Modi who is now elected for a record three consecutive terms as prime...
THE return of Narendra Modi as prime minister for a third term was foretold, but many doubted a landslide victory for his party. While they may be...
YET another case of alleged enforced disappearance has demonstrated the impunity granted to certain forces in the country, which consider themselves...
MORE than two months after taking power, the Shehbaz Sharif government has yet to find its moorings. It is like a rudderless ship with many helmsmen...
DEFYING international pressure, Israel has begun its long-threatened military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It is speeding up the...
https://arab.news/p2877 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid for a third five-year term is pivoted around his campaign against religious...
WITH his appointment as deputy prime minister, Ishaq Dar’s shadow has come to loom larger than ever over the present dispensation. He now virtually...
THERE was nothing surprising about the by-election results. The ruling PML-N won the majority of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies’...
https://arab.news/zuf5y Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long been tied in a strategic partnership that has now taken an economic dimension too. Saudi...
AN eerie calm prevails after Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel. Tehran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israeli territory in...
NICARAGUA has gone to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with a complaint against Germany for “facilitating the commission of genocide”...
https://arab.news/gh3zk In yet another occurrence of the targeted killing of Chinese nationals in Pakistan, questions are raised about grave...
THE rot is much deeper than it seems. What the six brave judges of the Islamabad High Court have penned is just the tip of the iceberg. The shadow of...