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THE recent warning from UNHCR should alarm donor governments. Nearly 8.3m refugees and other forcibly displaced...
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent call to move from stabilisation to growth, job creation and export ...
The best option, therefore, is for Muslim and Arab states to help restore the Saudi-Houthi ceasefire.
What is Israel afraid the world will see?
A lot of Mao’s peculiarities deserve to be noted.
Constitutional courts are judged not by the powers they claim but by the rights they protect.
Russia is likely to remain cautious about deepening its cooperation with Pakistan.
IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...
TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that...
Her story is unusual, but the allegations against her are serious: drug trafficking is not an act of female emancipation simply because the person...
Granting ‘legal personhood’ to AI will create a moral hazard.
The recently inaugurated water diversion project in GB reflects the strength of community-led action.
There is a trend of undermining processes meant to ensure transparency in public bodies.
LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...
AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Afghan irredentism has kept emerging with regularity.
Parenting a teenager is a balancing act.
The Chinese state mainly acts as a facilitator for development in any way it can. In Pakistan, it’s the opposite.
Since 2012, the state’s response to political agitation has undergone a noticeable evolution.
Powered by Dettol and Harpic, the flagship platform begins in schools to provide safe drinking water, rehabilitated toilets, handwashing facilities...
FIVE months after Somali pirates captured an oil tanker carrying a 19-member multinational crew, Somali maritime...
A NUMBER of recent raids conducted by the authorities in different cities point to the growing threat fraudulent ...
Pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, retail investors, and eventually, foreign investors must become bigger participants in the market.
The Nepal tragedy should be seen as a warning for Pakistan.
Internecine conflicts have replaced revolutions.
If the new rules and policy succeed in getting the refiners to do what they have not done in the past 20 years, that will be a big, positive step.
Commentators frequently overlook the foundational premise of the nation itself.
THE observance may have passed, but the message of World Heart Day should not fade with it. The occasion is a useful...
THAT the country is entering the Rabi season with an anticipated water shortage of nearly 25pc, the lowest carryover...
The just solution lies in India addressing the issue through a trilateral dialogue involving the legitimate representatives of the Kashmiri people and...
There is much that China and the US appear not to have discussed.
Pakistan’s strategic direction would be wise to recognise that Pakistan’s expanding strategic horizons cannot be divorced from the pressures it...
The answer to every administrative failure cannot be another layer of control.
Its close military cooperation with Israel has drawn the UAE directly into the war on Iran.
The milestone highlighted the structural evolution of the company's local procurement model.
AS the world remains fixated on the US-Iran conflict, elsewhere in the Middle East, Israel is consolidating its grip...
THE latest signs from Pakistan’s mountains are worrying. Suparco says the number of unfrozen glacial lakes it...
There is an urgent need to tone down the rhetoric and tackle terrorism as a collective challenge for both the affected provinces and the federation.
The absence of shame is hurting the world.
We spend dollars faster than we earn and court crises.
As the lipstick fades, big-power global rivalries deepen with unabashed candour.
The challenge is to build security through development, and development through security.
The project was delivered within just 1.5 years against a 3-year payment plan, while commercial possession had already been handed over to customers...
KARACHI’S decision to neuter, vaccinate and tag stray dogs is a welcome shift from the crude and ineffective...
PUNJAB’S decision to extend its digital surveillance network should be appreciated. However, the question is what...
The challenge is no longer simply access to information, but knowing what deserves belief.
The climate aspect should be a core focus of AI regulation.
Independent news media need more than short-term funding.