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HIV/AIDS shock

OVER the past two decades, Pakistan has faced several HIV eruptions and the ignominy of ranking second among nations...

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Hope with restraint

PAKISTAN’S ongoing economic engagement with Saudi Arabia marks a radical shift in a relationship traditionally...

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Failed talks

DESPITE the efforts of friendly states to broker a long-term peace and resolve differences between Pakistan and...

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Going rogue

WHEN officials of sensitive agencies are accused of breaking the law, the state needs to thoroughly investigate, and...

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Caution for now

THE State Bank’s decision to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 11pc for the fourth monetary policy review ...

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AI in Urdu

AMERICAN technology giant Meta has introduced, or perhaps one should say, unleashed AI on speakers of the Urdu...

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Tomato relief

LIMITED tomato imports from Iran and small supplies from Sindh and Swat have finally reduced the pressure on...

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Toxic skies

THAT time of year is upon us again when Punjab’s cities start to choke under a grey pall. The minarets of...

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Istanbul impasse

Intelligence-based operations must be conducted to prevent militants from crossing the border, and targeting innocent Pakistanis.

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Weapon displays

IT is commendable that the Punjab government is moving to eliminate illegal weapons from the province. It now ...

27.10.2025 100

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Dim prospects

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s newly announced Roshan Economy Power Package is being hailed as a ‘landmark’...

27.10.2025 100

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Stale methods

THE state’s lawfare against journalists to mute free speech has contributed to the existing atmosphere of...

27.10.2025 100

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Meeting denied

NEVER have the courts appeared so helpless in enforcing their writ. On Thursday, a three-member Islamabad High Court...

26.10.2025 80

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Maternity rights

PAKISTAN has long failed to recognise that economic growth and gender equality are inseparable. And so, the recent...

26.10.2025 200

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Collective security

IN these times of frequent global conflict, as the old order collapses and new rules are being written, there is ...

26.10.2025 100

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Last snowprints

THE majestic snow leopard is vanishing from Pakistan’s high mountain ranges, and this alarming decline in numbers...

25.10.2025 90

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Cost of closure

THE closure of Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan since fighting erupted between the two countries earlier this...

25.10.2025 100

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TLP ban

AFTER the federal cabinet approved the ban on the TLP a day earlier, the interior ministry published a notification...

25.10.2025 200

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Government’s offer

IT does not hurt to show some magnanimity. A federal minister has indicated that the government may be open to ...

24.10.2025 100

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Wheat policy muddle

THE government’s wheat policy is mired in utter confusion. Sandwiched between global lenders and wheat farmers, it...

24.10.2025 100

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Unfinished blight

The country’s approach, though vast in scale, still struggles with three persistent gaps.

24.10.2025 100

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Hope after defeat

FOR the Pakistan women’s cricket team, the writing was on the wall after South Africa amassed 312-9 in 40 overs of...

23.10.2025 80

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Delayed local polls

PREDICTABLE as it was in the wake of the Punjab government’s passage of a new local government law, the Election...

23.10.2025 100

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The ‘hard state’ approach

AS the administration expands its dragnet around the TLP, there is once again talk in official circles of applying...

23.10.2025 200

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Smog season

AS temperatures begin to drop, smog makes an unwelcome arrival in many parts of the country, particularly Lahore and...

22.10.2025 200

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Blame solves little

AS lives continue to be lost in Pakistan’s renewed battle against terrorism and violent extremism, the role played...

22.10.2025 100

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New captain

THE rumour mill had begun to churn last week; eventually matters became clear as the Pakistan Cricket Board ...

22.10.2025 100

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Dengue returns

EVEN floods and ferocious monsoon spells could not compel the authorities to take timely precautions. Dengue has...

21.10.2025 100

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Cost of violence

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s acknowledgement that Pakistan’s financial stability hinges on curbing...

21.10.2025 100

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Doha truce

AFTER over a week of hostilities during which some of the fiercest exchanges took place between Pakistan and...

21.10.2025 200

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Hunger outbreak

FEEDING people will be harder than ever as the UN World Food Programme warns of a hunger emergency for nearly 14m...

20.10.2025 200

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Absent transparency

THE sale of the loss-making First Women Bank to a large investment company based in the UAE for a modest $14.6m,...

20.10.2025 100

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Need for safeguards

ONE of the key manifestations of extremism in Pakistan is the misuse of blasphemy laws. While sacrilege can never be...

20.10.2025 200

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Unfair vanity

OUR social prejudices equate beauty with fairness, although skin-lightening products are the darkest side of the...

19.10.2025 100

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Eradication in peril

PAKISTAN’S anti-polio campaign has once more been marred by bloodshed. Over the past week alone, three security...

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Measured response

Dignity in repatriation cannot exist without humanity in intent.

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Farm sector crisis

A REPORT submitted to parliament by the finance minister exposes the grim state of Pakistan’s agriculture sector....

18.10.2025 100

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Family matters

IT seems that the elders of the Bhutto and Sharif clans have sorted out the bitter differences that had erupted...

18.10.2025 100

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The TLP issue

THE state’s crackdown on the TLP is in full swing. On Monday, members of the far-right party and LEAs clashed in...

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Going nowhere

P AKISTAN has done it again. The country has held on to its spot near the bottom of the Henley Passport Index,...

17.10.2025 200

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Grassroots deprived

T HE Punjab government’s move to bulldoze the controversial Punjab Local Government Bill, 2025, through the...

17.10.2025 200

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Spiralling conflict

W ITH at least three major cross-border clashes within a week, there is an urgent need to address the core issues...

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Invisible childhood

THE world rightly sees child domestic workers as modern slaves, while domestic labour is categorised as informal...

16.10.2025 200

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Encounters surge

THE menace of extrajudicial killings of suspects by law enforcers is an age-old problem in Pakistan. But as rights...

16.10.2025 100

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Navigating fragility

PAKISTAN remains caught between cautious economic optimism and persistent challenges. This is the central message of...

16.10.2025 200

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Victims of vengeance

THE ordeal of the 42 Pakistani fishermen released from Indian jails this week exposes yet again the inhuman cost of...

15.10.2025 100

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Washington meetings

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is in Washington to participate in the IMF-World Bank plenary meeting and engage...

15.10.2025 100

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Mideast peace?

AS some of the world’s most powerful leaders gathered in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday,...

15.10.2025 200

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Arshad’s challenge

BESET by injuries and a dip in performance, Pakistan’s javelin superstar Arshad Nadeem faces a new challenge: his...

14.10.2025 90

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New KP CM

THE PTI has managed to get its way. At least for now, it has succeeded in having its man installed in the office of...

14.10.2025 100

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