|
Dawn |
If the senior-most judges are so helpless, what hope does the common citizen have?
AS the world marks Wetlands Day, Pakistan’s critical ecosystems find themselves in an unenviable position. The...
We have not even begun to introduce structural changes.
WITH the start of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for dialogue,...
President Trump is shaping a global order based on the principle of ‘might is right’.
‘What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza.’
What is it like to watch one’s home being razed to the ground?
PAKISTAN’S mobile operators need more spectrum, the radio waves that carry voice calls and wireless data, as their present government-rationed...
JUDGES in Pakistan, in the last decade or two, have been labelled as PTI judges, PML-N judges, PPP judges, and so on. This labelling of judges with...
LAST summer at the Paris Olympics, Arshad Nadeem stunned everyone by winning the first gold medal for Pakistan in the javelin event. Unlike his...
A DAY before the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists (BAS) reset the notional Doomsday Clock on Jan 28 at 89 seconds to “midnight” at which time human...
THE past year was not a good one where deadly terrorist attacks go, for according to the military’s data, 2024 saw the highest number of civilian...
BEING one of the two countries — out of 194 member states of the World Health Organisation — that have not been able to eradicate polio is a...
DESPITE the immense pressures they routinely face, Pakistani journalists have always cherished and jealously safeguarded their freedoms. There is...
THE AI wars have begun. For years, America sought to hold China back when it hindered access to its semiconductors, and more recently, its AI...
AT some point, those currently responsible for this nation of 240m souls will be confronted with the question: what have their policies achieved?...
HARMONISING the provincial agriculture income tax regimes with federal personal and corporate income tax rates is one of the key goals of the...
AS political scientist Adam Przeworski said, “Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.” Loss in elections is but a part of the...
A TEST match finishing in two-and-a-half to three days is not a good one to watch irrespective of whether or not your favourite wins. If we want 15...
IN early January, the Supreme Court opened up a case relating to katchi abadis that had been dormant for almost a decade, triggering panic amongst...
OVER the last four centuries, the physical sciences have undergone a metamorphosis marked by breath-taking discoveries and the evolution of...
THE Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy. A growing chorus within the legal community has been calling for challenges to the 26th Amendment...
JOURNALISTS took to the streets in protest; human rights groups warned against the dangers; and digital rights experts cried themselves hoarse. But...
US President Donald Trump has bent diplomacy full circle. He has reversed inter-state relations to a pre-Westphalian age. The conduct of...
TWO fresh initiatives involving new features in people’s CNICs should help enhance inclusivity for special persons, along with promoting organ...
PAKISTAN’S economic and climate turnaround hinges on the active participation of the private sector. A web of robust partnerships with it can be...
HOURS after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced its monetary policy decision cutting the key policy rate by one percentage point, the...
WITH Donald Trump and his brood shifting to the White House again, who do you think is bracing the most for the worst that can happen without...
WHILE candidate Trump was able to get away with making outrageous statements on the campaign trail, what President Trump says will be construed...
INDIA has recently decided to upgrade its relations with the Taliban government. On Jan 8, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri travelled to Dubai...
THEY waited for nothing. The PTI, making good on its threat to boycott the fourth round of negotiations between the opposition and the ruling...
PAKISTAN seemed to have found the blueprint for Test success at home: raging turners that had brought three wins in a row. After winning the...
A MARGINALLY deeper sense of history might have dissuaded Donald Trump from proposing the ‘cleaning out’ of Gaza’s Palestinian population as his...
SEVENTY-seven years ago on Jan 30, 1948, a right-wing militant assassinated M.K. Gandhi in retaliation for his solidarity with Muslim victims of...
THE controversy surrounding the recent visit of the federal interior minister to the US highlights the prevailing mess in our system of governance,...