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THE continued detention of Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders — including Dr Mahrang Baloch in Quetta and Sammi ...

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Women’s rights

PAKISTAN’S legal system has issued some important rulings in recent days concerning women, which deserve more...

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Eid amidst crises

Eid amidst crises

WHILE the more fortunate will be sharing the joys of Eidul Fitr with their families, many in the Muslim world will ...

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No invitation

FOR all of Pakistan’s hockey struggles, including their failure to qualify for the Olympics and World Cup as well...

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Dreams of gold

PROSPECTS of the Reko Diq project taking off soon seem to have brightened lately following the completion of the...

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Hard habits

Hard habits

Their job is to ensure that social pressures do not build to the point where problems like militancy and terrorism become a national headache.

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Turkiye protests

DAILY protests have continued in Turkiye since the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 19. While the...

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Balochistan violence

Balochistan violence

How long can the state allow this unending cycle of violence in Balochistan to continue?

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New CEC?

New CEC?

The ruling parties should avoid getting involved in another controversy around the ECP.

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Capacity issues

TALK about disjointed development. Pakistan is now producing high-speed train coaches for its low-speed tracks....

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Hints of hope

PAKISTAN’S economic growth has slowed in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal year from a year ago as the...

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Fear tactics

Fear tactics

TO say that the media fraternity’s worst fears are now coming true would be to suggest that there was a chance ...

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Black Sea truce

WHILE the Trump administration may have no problem with Israel renewing its rampage in Gaza, it is playing ...

27.03.2025 100

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Time to talk

IN an encouraging development, the government has signalled openness to PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s ...

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Some progress

Some progress

THE finalisation of a deal between Pakistan and the IMF on the first Extended Fund Facility programme review and a...

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Deadly roads

DESPITE daytime restrictions on heavy vehicles, Karachi continues to witness one horrific traffic accident after...

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Drought warning

DRIVEN by rising temperatures linked to climate change, increasing drought events across Pakistan have affected tens...

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Kabul visit

Kabul visit

CONSIDERING the generally poor state of Pak-Afghan relations, the recently concluded three-day visit of Pakistan’s...

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Losing again

WHEN Pakistan’s high-risk Twenty20 approach did not work, there was no fallback plan and they collapsed in a heap...

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Unforced error

Unforced error

THE state is understandably keen on neutralising the threat posed by various militant and terrorist outfits, but it...

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Shortcut tactics

Shortcut tactics

IMF’s decision to veto move to reduce retail power tariffs seems to be against interests of middle-class consumers.

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Unsafe passages

WRETCHED social conditions add an extra layer of cruelty to ordinary lives. The UN’s migration agency says that...

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TB burden

AS the world observes World Tuberculosis Day, we confront the sombre fact that despite being both preventable and...

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Climate action

Climate action

Waiting for outside help to arrive will only aggravate our climate challenges and not mitigate them.

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JFK files

THE latest cache of declassified documents from what are known as the ‘Kennedy files’ have not really impressed...

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Biased proposal

PAKISTAN’S tax system is extortionist, unpredictable and unsupportive of investment and economic growth. It...

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Judicial disputes

ANOTHER day, another spat within the judiciary. It appears that there is still very little realisation within the...

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Muzzled voices

A NEW era of censorship is upon us. The FIA’s arrest of journalist and founder of media agency Raftar, Farhan...

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Another ultimatum

THESE are fraught times, but the government must still find it in its heart to be a little more accommodating....

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Running on empty

Running on empty

World Water Day should remind country’s rulers that water crisis threatens the very survival of our future generations.

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Anti-Muslim actions

MUSLIMS in India have endured incessant scrutiny of their nationalism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...

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Inheritance rights

THE Federal Shariat Court’s ruling that it is un-Islamic to deprive a woman of her right to inheritance is a...

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Personal priorities

Personal priorities

IT has been a pattern. Ever since it returned to power in 2022, the ruling PML-N has allocated tens of billions from...

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Education interrupted

THE sudden closure of major universities in Balochistan, ostensibly due to ‘security concerns’, marks another...

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LSM decline

THE slump in large-scale manufacturing amidst the adjustments the economy is forced to make in order to stay afloat...

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Victim complex

Victim complex

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments to an American podcaster regarding the Pakistan-India...

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NFC weightage

THE NFC Award has long been in need of an overhaul. The government’s proposal to bring down the weightage of...

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Strength in unity

WILL it count as an opportunity lost? Given the sharp escalation in militant violence in recent weeks, some had ...

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Genocide resumes

Genocide resumes

TWO months after a ceasefire temporarily suspended their slaughter, the people of Gaza once again confronted...

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Sugar crisis

GREED knows no bounds. But the avarice of those involved in the sugar business — from manufacturers to retailers...

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BTK settlement

WHEREVER the money goes, controversy follows. The PMLN-led federal government, which recently announced that it will...

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A new direction

A new direction

WITH the security situation in Balochistan and KP rapidly deteriorating, Pakistan’s civil and military leadership...

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Killer traffic

MYSTERIOUS and unstoppable. It is these words that perhaps best describe the recent surge in traffic-related...

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New reality

THE US retreat from global climate finance commitments could not have come at a worse time. Pakistan faces an...

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NAP revival

NAP revival

IT is clear that in the midst of a fresh wave of terrorism, particularly after the Jaffar Express hijacking, the...

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Fault lines

IT was a distressing spectacle, though a sadly predictable one. As the National Assembly took up for discussion the...

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Embracing crypto

IT seems a little prod was all it took for Pakistan to finally ‘embrace the future’. The Pakistan Crypto Council...

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After the review

After the review

Should prepare economy for durable growth by attracting foreign private investments to boost productivity and exports.

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Children in jails

PAKISTAN’S children in prison have often been treated like adult criminals. The Sindh government’s programme to...

15.03.2025 100

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Toxic prejudice

WITH far-right movements on the march across the world, it is no surprise that anti-Muslim bias is witnessing high...

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