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KARACHI — economic powerhouse, cultural melting pot, and bustling metropolis of over 20m souls. There is much that...
CONTROVERSY over demarcation of the common frontier is one of the key obstacles standing in the way of better...
The way we do banking today will not exist in next 10 years, only those will survive who are capable of adopting new technologies.
DRIVING in Karachi can be hazardous, with chaos on the roads, and very little by way of following rules and...
THOUGH Pakistan’s official position on cryptocurrencies has evolved considerably over the years, there still seems...
PAKISTAN’S jails are an embarrassment to any notion of justice and rehabilitation. A report prepared by the...
AFGHAN refugees who fled their country after the Taliban took over in 2021, and who hoped to resettle in the West,...
FOR the past several months, we have repeatedly been told by the prime minister and his cabinet that the government...
PAKISTAN cricket captain Mohammad Rizwan’s assessment was brutal — it could not have been any other way. At ...
Pakistani institutions, such as ECP, have benefitted from Washington’s support in the past.
AS most parents with young children will agree, the easiest way to pacify a bawling child is to hand them a...
PAKISTAN faces two types of drought: one caused by dry weather or lower-than-normal rainfall, and the other ...
The only workable solution lies in Mullah Akhundzada loosening his iron grip on the country.
THE surge in Islamophobic assaults in the UK, as reported by the anti-hate crime charity Tell MAMA, is a stark...
THERE was no other choice. Despite assurances of consultations with key stakeholders, the government passed the Peca...
Pakistan’s fundamental problem is that two of its most important leaders still cannot get over themselves.
IT was a year ago when, in the tumultuous aftermath of the 2024 elections, the state banned X. Today, it remains...
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s ‘hard talk’ at a retail business conference on Thursday was long ...
Recent developments in SC and IHC certainly seem to have lent credibility to perception that judges perceived as a 'threat’ are being sidelined.
RECENT developments in the Senate have provided cause for concern on how parliamentary business is being conducted....
THERE are losses and then some. The finance ministry’s latest overview of the federally owned state enterprises...
Whether Trump’s Ukraine peace initiative succeeds or not, it will be difficult for Kyiv, Europe to face Russian military machine without US support.
THE absence of decent and affordable healthcare in the country continues to ruin lives. An example of this is ...
AND the endless cycle of violence continues. The brutal killing on Tuesday night of seven Punjab-bound passengers in...
Improvement in headline inflation gives policymakers chance to fix investment policies, implement structural reforms.
THE grass, it seems, did appear greener on the other side to millions of people as evidenced by the latest UN ...
IT is not uncommon for politicians to resort to the use of hyperbole in order to boost their public standing. ...
AS bodies continue to fall in Kurram despite a state-sanctioned ceasefire, one wonders how long local militants’...
THE situation in Chilas needs attention and a fair-minded approach so that it can be resolved amicably. Diamer ...
IT is an unfortunate paradox that while on paper Pakistan has some of the most impressive right to information laws,...
GPI goals align with Pakistan's broader economic aims but the manner in which the initiative was launched raises questions.
THE cabinet’s decision to create a Tax Policy Office at the finance ministry has raised hopes that tax policy is...
THE latest report of the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team paints a grim picture of the banned TTP’s growing operational capacity....
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent appeal for climate finance at the World Governments Summit in the UAE...
BEING a child in this society should not be so hard. But recurrent reports of child abuse — from burying girl...
IT is almost here; the moment Pakistan has long been waiting for — the first International Cricket Council...
THERE are good reasons to be wary. With a new US administration under Donald Trump consolidating its grip on that...
YESTERDAY’S devastating terrorist attack in Harnai, which killed at least 11 coal miners and injured seven others,...
THE scam involving over-invoicing to the tune of more than Rs69bn in the import of solar panels raises many ...
THE movement against the deeply problematic Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and the recent amendments made to it...
PAKISTAN’S ability to turn it up at the flick of a switch remains uninhibited. The latest show came in...
A ONE-two punch delivered by an unforeseen, sharp dip in inflation and an extremely slim base of taxpayers is...
Pakistan accounted for six journalist killings in 2024, of which three were deliberately murdered, according to the CPJ.
EVEN though workers’ remittances dipped, albeit negligibly, in January on a month-over-month basis, the earnings...
IT comes as little surprise. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2024, unveiled on...
This latest pronouncement only reinforces the fears of those who see the plan as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing.
HISTORY shows that rulers use hate speech to provoke hate crimes and ‘othering’ among communities. Indian Prime...
ANOTHER tragedy has struck Pakistani migrants seeking a better future. A boat capsizing off the Libyan coast has ...
One wonders whether institutional leadership realises the long-term ramifications of the ongoing "remaking" of judiciary.
PAKISTAN’S recent triumph at the New York Travel and Adventure Show 2025, winning the Best Partner Pavilion Award,...