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Extortion racket

THE menace of extortion has re-emerged in Karachi, with the megacity’s business community saying there has been an...

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United against disaster

TWO decades after the 2005 earthquake that killed more than 80,000 people, Pakistan’s leaders have offered solemn...

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Political upheaval

THE long lull on the political front may have just been the build-up to a fresh storm. About a week after KP Chief...

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Fatal ‘honour’

MURDER for ‘honour’, executed by systems meant for women’s safety, is gender-based violence at its most ...

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Deepening rift

THE alliance between the PML-N and PPP is in disarray. What began as a public spat over flood relief efforts in...

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Gaza’s future

TWO years after the Hamas attacks targeting Israel created shockwaves that rattled the Middle East, representatives...

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Kech festival

THE usual news stories coming out of Balochistan centre around militancy and marginalisation. Yet every so often, it...

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Hate in India

IN the run-up to the electoral battle in Bihar, yet another calculated eruption of communal tensions and divisive...

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Regulatory lapses

UNSUSPECTING electricity consumers have once again been forced to pay an additional amount — Rs215m — not ...

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Beyond pink ribbons

EACH October, breast cancer awareness returns to the spotlight, with campaigns, charity drives, and public messages...

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Exiting companies

COMPANIES often have ‘their own reasons’ to exit a market. Yet when a consumer products group like Procter &...

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More hot air

India's rulers are intent on sabre-rattling to cover up their inadequacies.

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Reserved seats debacle

THE shadow cast by the Commonwealth Observer Group’s final report on the last general election has loomed large...

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Pension bill

BY slashing its contribution to its employees’ pension benefits to 12pc of their pensionable pay from the 20pc it had initially

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Fragile pause

Unless Palestinians are granted the means to build a viable state, violence will recur.

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State of injustice

THE state has faltered on its promise of ensuring justice for the victims of the Jaranwala incident of 2023, when...

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AJK disorder

FOR the past several days, Azad Kashmir has witnessed deadly protests, as life in the region remains paralysed. At...

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Exports crisis

PAKISTAN’S textile exports are no longer flailing; they are collapsing in plain sight. The inevitable fallout of...

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Hope intercepted

THE interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by Israel in international waters off Gaza has turned into a ...

03.10.2025 200

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Deadly numbers

THE statistics related to the frequency of militant attacks in Pakistan released by two local think tanks are cause...

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Attacking the press

IT is a trend that one associates with authoritarian regimes, which crush protest and cannot tolerate even peaceful...

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Hate on the streets

YET another ugly episode of intolerance has been recorded in Sialkot, where a mob attacked members of the Ahmadi...

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Disturbing spat

THE escalation in the ongoing spat between coalition allies, the PML-N and PPP, over Punjab’s controversial canal...

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Flawed scheme

There is no mention of clear roadmap towards two-state solution, only vague language about a “credible pathway”.

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Mending hearts

WORLD Heart Day has come and gone, but the warnings sounded by medical experts should echo far beyond a single date....

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Terror strikes again

ANOTHER day, another reminder of the fault lines that make it difficult to ensure durable peace in the country. On...

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The Gaza project

EVEN though American President Donald Trump believes that his grand 20-point Gaza plan will bring ‘eternal’ ...

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Erratic planning

THE objections of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association to the government’s plan of boosting power generation...

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Regional CT stance

THE fact that four of Afghanistan’s neighbours have spoken unanimously against Afghan soil being used by militants...

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Petty politics

The pettiness is particularly regrettable given cricket’s history in the region.

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A bench of prejudices

FORMER chief justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has made an admission of communal bias in his reading of history. He...

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Divided by disaster

NATURAL disasters demand unity, not point-scoring. And yet, instead of sandbags, Pakistan’s coalition has reached...

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Justice in retreat

THE judiciary, once regarded as a source of clarity in times of political and institutional uncertainty, now appears...

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Tax U-turn

THE government’s decision to scrap the column requiring tax filers to disclose the estimated fair market value of...

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PM at UNGA

FOR the most part, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hit all the right notes when he addressed the UN General Assembly ...

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Truth or noise?

ON Sept 28, citizens and journalists across the globe mark World News Day, an occasion to remind ourselves why...

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The match ahead

IT was probably the type of victory that was required — a throwback to the old style that had become the hallmark...

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Liquidity strain

THE State Bank’s reported step to slow down its dollar purchases from the interbank market aims at refuelling...

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Oval Office meeting

COMPARED to the coldness of the Biden administration towards Pakistan, bilateral relations under Donald Trump’s...

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Unnecessary wrangling

KARACHI’S transport woes are well-documented. Pakistan’s biggest city and economic engine has no integrated...

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Vaccine challenge

PAKISTAN’S rollout of the world’s first cancer-prevention vaccine has been sobering. A 12-day campaign, ending...

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Poverty trap

Problem lies in a consumption-driven growth model, which has failed to deliver resilience, jobs or equitable progress.

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The expendables

IT is disheartening to see how inconsequential some lives are to society. This Monday, four Lahore labourers died...

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Relief politics

THE Punjab government has announced a generous-sounding flood relief package: Rs1m for a destroyed house, Rs500,000...

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Trumpian tirade

It should be shocking that the American leader should turn MAGA talking points critical of "globalist elite" into key arguments of his UN address.

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Putting up a fight

SIDRA Amin had been accumulating runs throughout the Women’s One-day International series against South Africa. In...

24.09.2025 90

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Sales tax challenge

THE FBR’s admission that the Rs3.6tr sales tax gap — only slightly less than the last fiscal year’s collection...

24.09.2025 100

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Tirah controversy

THE tragic loss of civilian lives in explosions in KP’s Tirah valley highlights the need for greater transparency...

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Better but not enough

PAKISTAN showed some improvement but not enough to change the result for Salman Ali Agha’s men. This time, a week...

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Belated recognition

IT may have come 37 years too late — the Palestinians declared independence in 1988 — but the recognition of the...

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