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Technical fixes are no panacea that will miraculously solve the country’s problems.
The BRICS summit in New Delhi has come as a precursor to a change in realpolitik. High-level international diplomacy saw India lay out the red carpet...
In domains of extraction, there is an urgent need to reduce discretion and fragmentation of state authority, perhaps even with the use of automated...
WITH petrol and diesel prices rising at a steady clip, households are bracing for another round of caustic price...
THE outrage against child abuse rages on. Sadly, state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand. All ...
Brain Drain September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...
Pakistan's collapse to a 3-0 clean sweep at Edgbaston closes one of the bleakest chapters in the team's recent Test history. The manner of...
Policy must be made by those who represent the people.
The unipolar moment may be receding, but the forces that benefited from it are not relinquishing their privileges quietly. Through military coercion,...
When Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal proposed dividing Pakistan into 12 to 15 smaller administrative units—or, alternatively, setting up 160 empowered...
The need for engagement is too often simplified.
It is no secret that human life barely holds any value in Karachi, given the fact that every other day brings news of a murder or a death. It is,...
PAKISTAN’S press freedom crisis is no longer something that can be dismissed as routine criticism. When nine ...
PAKISTAN has become remarkably good at surviving political crises and remarkably bad at ending them. Governments change, leaders are removed, arrested...
EVERY few years, Pakistan holds its breath over a single acronym and every few years, it exhales as if the danger has passed. GSP has survived four...
Technology shares across major Asian markets experienced a sharp downturn following coordinated statements from top artificial intelligence (AI) lab...
The latest ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague has placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 at the center of renewed...
Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few” So said Winston Churchill during the battle of Britain paying...
Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing down AI development in the midst of growing risks posed by the cutting-edge...
Southern Synergy September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...
Canadian president Mark Carney expressed his intention to seek “unique alliance” with the European Union bloc in the midst of escalating trade war...
Cartoon September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Cartoons Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...
Targeted Relief September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...
The debate surrounding the growing risks of artificial intelligence has turned intense as even the bosses of tech giants including Dario Amodei, are...
IT was at my cousin’s office years ago that I met him. He was, according to my cousin, a star salesman, “Hear him Bob,” said my cousin, “He...
It’s 2AM and Ali’s sitting on his window sill staring at the dead body in the middle of his street. Earlier in the day, the sound of children’s...
Shipping a container across borders still eats up hours most small business owners don't have. DHL Group and Alibaba now want to change that,...
The true measure of police performance is not merely the number of cases registered or suspects arrested. The real success of an effective policing...
I am not afraid that AI will kill me by 2030. AI does not need another country’s land. Perhaps AI will not destroy humanity. I am perhaps one of the...
In November 2001, my phone rang. The number was unknown, but the voice was familiar. “The man is ready to meet you again. Can you come to Kabul?”...
In 1945, US President Harry S. Truman put a plain wooden sign on his Oval Office desk: “THE BUCK STOPS HERE”. It was a rejection of the old poker...
The practical necessity of this compassionate data architecture was vividly demonstrated during recent global shocks. When severe energy supply...
A citizen does not need a university degree to make a responsible political choice. Political parties should be expected to explain not merely what...
Iran is Pakistan’s neighbour and a stable relationship with Tehran is essential to border security trade and regional connectivity. Pakistan should...
They are prices that can change the way people travel, work and even eat. When petrol prices moved towards Rs380 a litre during the beginning of the...
When electricity bills rise, fuel becomes unaffordable and the IMF demands fiscal discipline, the government must answer a simple question: who is...
International IDEA makes precisely this distinction: an election management body must be independent not only in law but in its governance, resources,...