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Silent spread

PAKISTAN is losing momentum in its fight against polio. This year, 26 cases of wild poliovirus have been confirmed,...

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Wheat supply curbs

PUNJAB’S unannounced ‘ban’ on interprovincial wheat movement is creating flour shortages leading to price...

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Genocide it is

IT is clear to any observer that what Israel is doing in Gaza is not about destroying Hamas, but exterminating and...

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Rain-borne risks

HEAVY rains have left Pakistan awash not just with floodwater but also disease. Across Punjab and Sindh, hospitals...

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Unchanged rate

THE State Bank’s decision to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 11pc, for the third time in a row, signals its...

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Not enough

WHILE the tone of the participants of the Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha on Monday was certainly hard towards Israel,...

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Transgender policy

THE transgender community has endured contempt for too long. Abuse, sexual violence, battery and isolation persist...

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Insolence on the field

DIPLOMATIC ties between India and Pakistan might continue to be strained following the arch-rivals’ four-day...

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Kabul’s choice

Least bad option for Pakistan seems to be limited engagement with Kabul, with pressure from regional states on Taliban to do more against militants.

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Stifled press

THAT global press freedom is at its lowest in half a century speaks poorly for the health of the pen. The...

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Easing repatriation

THE spectacle of Afghan families trudging back across the border from Pakistan has become sadly familiar. Since...

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Fiscal failure

The resurgent debt-to-GDP ratio increasing to 70.2pc in one year should be of concern to policymakers.

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Education disrupted

A MIX of natural calamities, terrorism and bureaucratic ineptitude has resulted in difficulties for students in...

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Renewing the past

THERE seems to be much to celebrate on the heritage and culture front in Punjab, where experts have been at work...

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Palestinian state?

If the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people is to be halted, Arab and Muslim countries need to put up a united front.

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Security at stake

IT is deeply unfortunate that the security of millions is potentially being put at stake over the persistent...

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Panda debut

FORMAL assurances from the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to provide $285m in...

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Where are they?

THE Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances was created in 2011 with directives by the Supreme Court to...

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Gen Z revolt

NEPAL’S restless youth have shaken the political order. What began as outrage over a sweeping ban on 26 social...

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Peace committee

THE formation of a national-level committee to deal with hate speech, extremism and terrorism can only be welcomed....

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Climate emergency

The devastation will test both the state’s resolve and ability to rehabilitate displaced communities.

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Tax directory

THE government’s decision to publish tax records — payments and declared incomes — of taxpayers may be...

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Public insecurity

BIG Brother has been watching us. There have been multiple disclosures over the past year about how the activities ...

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Widening war

By striking in Doha, Israel has crossed a line with profound implications for regional security.

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Gas issues

THE extension of captive levy — already imposed on the industrial customers of the two public sector utilities...

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False freedom

THE Commonwealth likes to talk a big game when it comes to democratic values. Its leaders signed lofty “media...

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Split court

Laws, rules and justice are not merely tools of governance, but provide architecture for trust, fairness and peace in society.

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Sign of hope

HALFWAY through the T20 tri-nation series final, it seemed as if Pakistan had not done enough. Afghanistan were in...

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Cancer burden

IT has been a long time coming. Finally, Pakistan is set to create a national cancer registry after President Asif...

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Leaky state

Instead of finding scapegoats for data leak, the authority would be better served with a bit of self-reflection.

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Digital literacy

LITERACY today is not merely the ability to read and write. It is the ability to function in a digital economy. This...

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Mental health crisis

MENTAL agony plagues too many people. New data from the WHO warns of a crisis of staggering proportions: one billion...

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Crop devastation

THE devastation unleashed by the floods across Punjab — with Sindh facing a similar situation — is nothing short...

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HPV vaccine

BY and large, it is the low-income countries that face the greatest burden of disease. Several factors contribute to...

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Tricky regulation

MEMBERS of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue recommended last Wednesday that all those associated...

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Hybrid failures

IT is difficult to disagree with the remarks of the Supreme Court’s Justice Athar Minallah, who on Thursday...

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‘War or peace’

MANY clichés are bandied about regarding China’s rise as the new superpower — an economic and military behemoth...

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Wapda’s demand

NEPRA must rigorously scrutinise Wapda’s petition for a staggering 91pc revenue hike to Rs365bn in FY26 from...

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Flood accountability

Flood accountability

All political parties must recognise that disaster is not a moment for politicking, but a test of governance.

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Unkept promises

GERMANY’S announcement that it is considering the cases of Afghans deported from Pakistan is a welcome gesture at ...

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A new threat

THE deadly suicide bombing targeting a BNP-M meeting in Quetta on Tuesday has exposed a lethal new actor involved in...

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Kalabagh again

The cry for new reservoirs underpins how deeply our power elites are stuck in old, redundant concepts.

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Reduced wheat acreage

THE FAO’s assessment of Pakistan’s latest wheat crop is both reassuring and worrying. On the one hand, it...

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Terrorism upswing

THE latest figures regarding the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan indicate that rather than abating, militant...

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Unity for survival

Unity for survival

Even amid a shared tragedy, leaders reach for familiar tactics of point-scoring.

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Society scrutiny

THE ongoing floods, which have swept away homes and livelihoods across vast swathes of the country, have once again...

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Looming Glofs

THE Met Office’s latest high-priority alert for glacial lake outburst floods in Gilgit-Baltistan ought to jolt the...

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Tianjin summit

Tianjin summit

THE SCO’s two-day summit, which concluded in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Monday, offered a glimpse into a more...

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Solar for Gwadar

THE maritime affairs minister last week announced plans to utilise solar energy to power the Gwadar port. It is ...

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IS in Afghanistan

TALIBAN-ruled Afghanistan already has a militancy problem, with various terrorist groups finding refuge in the...

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