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T he recent military conflict between Israel and Iran not only destabilised an already fragile Middle East but also posed a grave threat to the...
I n its chequered history of consolidating democracy, alternating between long martial laws and interludes of democratic dispensations, the state...
F rom the end of the World War II in 1945 until 2001, the United States was involved in 201 out of 248 armed conflicts around the world, according...
O ver the past couple of decades, Lahore has seen some mega-budget mass transit projects come to life. The recently unveiled Punjab budget for the...
A pall of gloom seemed to have descended on Karachiites when it was revealed that K-IV project will receive a sum of Rs 3.2 billion during the...
O On June 1, India’s chief of defence staff, admitted that his country had lost more than one aircraft during the May 7 encounter with the Pakistan...
R ivers have always been at the heart of human existence. Since ancient times, they have provided food, water and a reason for people to settle and...
A s Pakistan’s two most populous provinces unveil their education budgets for FY 2025–26, the emerging picture is one of fiscal ambition tempered...
“A single creak in the night—only then do we realise how deep family secrets can burrow.” H orror at its best thrives within the fine line between...
O n June 26, US President Donald Trump said he would likely seek a commitment from Iran to end its nuclear ambitions. Speaking in The Hague where...
“N ot ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.” – Alfred North Whitehead In the previous essay we explored the factors...
Cricket’s popularity in the sub-continent goes beyond mere sport; it’s deeply woven into the cultural fabric, national identity, and even political...
I n the world of professional sports, success is rarely accidental. It is earned through vision, persistence, grit, and unyielding belief. The...
P arts of The Mall are now being watched over by body-worn cameras on traffic police personnel. When she approved the project in September, Chief...
Patience (PBS – June 15) W ho doesn’t love a twisty detective show? Enter Patience, a light-hearted procedural-meets-prestige drama that focuses...
P akistan is running out of drinking water. The International Institute for Sustainable Development points out that Pakistan is already a water-...
D esigned to tighten taxation screws and promote greater formalisation of the economy, the Finance Bill, 2025, promises to turn chaos into order....
I srael’s attack on Iran defied every tenet of strategic rationality and moral logic. For weeks, many seasoned analysts and regional observers had...
T he federal budget for 2025-26 was presented on June 10. In keeping with the tradition, the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 was released a day...
P akistan’s food safety and export safeguards are under siege. In March 2025, the National Food Security and Research Ministry and the newly...
P akistan stands at a critical juncture where its economic vulnerabilities threaten not just prosperity but also national security. With external...
T he Israeli strike on Iran is a stark violation of international law and Iranian territorial sovereignty, akin to India’s May cross-border raid...
P overty continues to cast a long shadow in Pakistan. A 2025 World Bank report notes that nearly 45 percent of the population lives below the...
I n his foreword to the 2022 edition of Shan-ul Haq Haqqee’s dictionary, Farhang-e-Talaffuz, linguist and lexicographer Dr Rauf Parekh rightly...
“T he Finance Bill 2025-26 appears to be the most confusing document that any government has produced in years. It revolves around going after the...
T he federal budget for fiscal year 2025-26, presented by the finance minister in the National Assembly on June 10, has an ambitious fiscal...
D During last month’s Pakistan-India military escalation, the ports remained open and functional. Civilian aircraft flew as scheduled and...
P ublic education remains far from the core priorities of the ruling elite in Pakistan. The transformative ideas of Paulo Freire—articulated in his...
T he federal budget 2025 cannot be described as reform-oriented. The government has apparently managed to convince the IMF that it needs to roll...
T he world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and the most powerful man, Donald J Trump, are no longer allies. After their relationship exploded all over...
I n the hall at Peshawar Press Club, medical experts, gynaecologists and health officials gathered recently not just to share information, but to...
L ahore has become synonymous with bad air quality, ominous smog, and now, extreme heat. One after the other, environmental challenges continue to...
‘Common Sense Protects Us’ Faisal Kapadia, formerly a member of the iconic music group Strings, is a smart man. He is not entrenched by the view...
I n recent months, economic headlines about Pakistan have been dominated by the stability vocabulary. The fiscal deficit is shrinking, the current...