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EDUCATION shapes the destiny of a nation. Sadly, Pakistan’s public education sector is experiencing a national...
SOLAR net metering reforms are back in the limelight. On Thursday, Power Minister Awais Leghari announced that he...
Long-term security can only be achieved when there is equitable development across Balochistan.
A true mark of justice is that it occurs in real time.
Poverty is not the only factor behind violence.
Humaira Asghar Ali’s case is more fundamentally about how Pakistani society treats women who choose paths that diverge from
Social Darwinists and Bible Belt preachers propelled America into joining the Gaza genocide.
THESE are tough times, but the country is lucky enough to still be considered home by a large expatriate workforce, which keeps remitting a vital...
THE government’s latest push to offload PIA signals a bold move, considering the failure of the first such attempt in October. Months after serious...
THERE has been over a decade of virtual silence from both the federal and provincial governments with regard to our rapidly rising population...
PAKISTAN has adopted several climate policies, including the National Climate Change Policy (2021) and its Nationally Determined Contributions...
TALK of ‘revival’ of the long-dead Karachi Circular Railway has turned into a running joke for denizens of this unfortunate metropolis. The last...
“THE World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that close to $83 billion worth of counterfeit drugs are sold annually, and one in 10 medical...
AS the world turns, and new, previously unimaginable, events shape our lives and perspectives, our responses to those events mould our mindset. Can...
THE continued detention of BYC head Mahrang Baloch and five other activists indicates that the state is uninterested in engaging non-violent Baloch...
IF 2024 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. We saw how the national elections were manipulated. We saw how a coalition of failed...
THE order by an Islamabad judge to take down 27 YouTube channels is only the latest example of how Peca continues to be weaponised to silence...
IT seems like the appeal from Kot Lakhpat Jail has fallen on deaf ears. “[…] The time for negotiations has passed,” comes the missive from...
TWO vast and deep revolutions are sweeping the world and transforming our relationship with things that we otherwise take for granted. One is the...
Anosh Ahmed, a Pakistani-American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is reshaping healthcare access through a model of hands-on, strategic...
AN optimist is one who believes in reincarnation. In that sense, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the supreme optimist. The title ‘Dalai Lama’ —...
A FIVE-storey building recently collapsed in Baghdadi, a dense neighbourhood of Lyari, killing at least 27 people and leaving many more maimed and...
AS Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, along with their respective delegations, sat down to dinner in the White House on Monday, Israeli forces...
THE federal government’s proposal to revive the jirga system in the newly merged districts is being seen as a prelude to the restoration of the...
RECENT commemorations of the Emergency Indira Gandhi imposed on India in 1975 are frequently fraught with warnings about how the Congress might...
IMAGINE a country with a rambunctious and recently liberated media, filled with journalists sticking microphones up official noses and breaking...
NATIONAL security rests on strong defence and a strong economy. In May, our armed forces delivered on defence. It is now time to serve the citizens...
FAILING to plan is planning to fail, as the old saying goes. This seems to have occurred in the case of Karachi, a city, quite literally, left to...
STEP by step, Pakistan is, at least on paper, moving closer to recognising, adopting and regulating cryptocurrencies and virtual assets at the...
PAKISTANIS’ obsession with exotic pets keeps ending in tragedy. Incidents like the recent lion attack in a Lahore neighbourhood, which left a woman...
THE 10-year-old film Spotlight was recently added to Netflix in Pakistan. It’s an old-time favourite; understandably so as it’s based on events at...
THEY haven’t a clue about diplomacy on the big stage nor about getting along, leave alone being popular, with the neighbours. Hindutva and its...
THREE key verdicts from the Constitutional Bench have again stoked fears about judicial capture under the 26th Amendment. The decisions may not be...
PAKISTAN’S cotton economy is in a crisis. Production has fallen from a peak of 14m bales 10 years ago to 5.5m bales during the last crop cycle,...
THE citizens of Pakistan have spoken. But is the state listening? In the aftermath of DawnMedia’s Breathe Pakistan conference held earlier this...
THE concept of ‘minilateralism’ is relatively new in international politics. In an evolving global environment, states are avoiding hardcore...
A landmark partnership between EV Technologies and Bykea was formally announced at a recent event in Karachi, following the success of an extensive...