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WHILE the absence of new polio cases since Feb 10 is welcome news, this pause in transmission must not breed...
FOREIGN Secretary Amna Baloch’s trip to Dhaka has breathed new life into Pakistan’s long-dormant relationship...
AS the bloodbath in the Middle East continues unabated — from the Israeli genocide in Gaza, to the American...
AFTER sealing qualification for the ICC Women’s World Cup, Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana immediately set her sights...
CAN the state ever turn the dream of communal harmony into reality? A slew of injustices torment Pakistan’s...
The consequences of the state taking decisions without regard for its people can be seen yet again in the form of widespread restlessness and anger.
DRIVEN by a major spike in workers’ remittances last month, the country’s current account posted a record ...
AMONGST the ‘enemies of the people’ in Trumpian America are elite universities seen as the bastions of liberal...
PAKISTAN’S sputtering democracy finally seems to have stalled. It had been evident for the past few years that the...
THE desecration of 85 Muslim graves at a cemetery in Hertfordshire in the UK is a distressing act that deserves the...
THE freak hailstorm that swept across northern Pakistan on Wednesday, claiming lives and causing destruction,...
THOUGH the BNP-M may have ended its 20-day protest sit-in outside Quetta on Wednesday, the core issues affecting...
FEARS that mob attacks on international fast-food franchises would end up in tragedy have come true, after police ...
DESPITE all the talk about becoming a ‘hard’ state, Pakistan is still looking incredibly soft when it comes to...
While remittances have provided critical support to current account, they have also been a double-edged sword.
FROM American threats of bombing Iran, things have taken a more positive turn as President Donald Trump’s emissary...
WITH a long, hot summer looming ahead, the last thing the country needs is two provinces fighting over water. Yet,...
REMITTANCES hit an all-time high of nearly $4.1bn last month, breaking the streak of $3bn per month during the...
PAKISTAN’S polio case count, with 105 days of the year lapsed so far, is in the single digits. But the question ...
SUPREME Court Justices Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Mansoor Ali Shah’s judgment on the use of AI in the judiciary landed...
State authorities on both sides must investigate latest attack, while Tehran should locate perpetrators and bring them to justice.
ANOTHER round of climate-induced misery is upon us. The Met Office predicted last Friday that this week would be a...
WITH the Trump administration’s trade war on China and the rest of the world having led to global economic...
IN Trumpian America, even those foreigners with legal status are finding that the walls are closing in on them. As...
THE recent notice sent by the FIA to former senator Farhatullah Babar is deeply troubling — and revealing....
THE recent declaration by ulema affirming that organ donation after death is not only permissible but an act of...
In the absence of a trade agreement, under WTO rules, Pakistan cannot reduce duty rates for the US without doing the same for other countries.
IT was a monumental triumph: Noor Zaman came back from the brink to clinch the Under-23 World Squash Championships...
A CONCLAVE of local divines that had gathered in Islamabad on Thursday have made two important points: firstly, that...
WESTERN countries have been quite cruel to the Afghan people. Not only did they lay waste to the latter’s homeland...
BRIGHT young Pakistanis face an uncertain future in the US. The Trump administration, not content with merely...
THE build-up to the 10th season of the Pakistan Super League, cricket’s most lucrative product in the country, has...
THE problems of Balochistan are “political and must be resolved through political means”. This view, espoused by...
IT is quite the coup. One of the most recognisable names in the global cryptocurrency market has been roped in by ...
THE latest Citizens’ Report by Pildat on the performance of the Senate of Pakistan is a sobering account of...
The Baloch unrest is partly the result of the belief that the province’s resources are being used for the rest of the country rather than for...
AMID dramatic aid cuts, the WHO has sounded the alarm about the dangers to Pakistan’s mothers and newborns, asking...
THE unrest within the Islamabad High Court shows no sign of abating, and it is perhaps just as well that the ...
THE government’s decision to establish the National Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre (Niftac) ...
NECESSITY is indeed the mother of invention, as witnessed in Gilgit-Baltistan. In these areas, where climate change...
SOMETHING is stirring within the PTI. Some of its older hands are back in the limelight, ostensibly to make another...
A full-blown trade war is upon us as the era of the rules-based, multilateral trading order is nearly over.
MONTH after month, the figures of crimes against women in the country indicate that our society is close to...
AS expected, the government of Pakistan is moving ahead with its plan to forcibly repatriate Afghan Citizenship Card...
PAKISTAN is a water-stressed country and tens of millions remain water-insecure, forcing large communities to ...
ISRAEL’S war against Gaza is not a campaign against Hamas — it is a war against a people. The latest ground...
THE state’s efforts to stifle political activity in Balochistan are unlikely to improve the situation, and instead...
IT is getting embarrassing for the Pakistan cricket team, and for the sport as a whole in the country — the lack ...
US is still Pakistan’s "number one export destination"; govt constitutes committee to formulate policy response.
THE Modi government has passed a new bill targeting the Muslim community, this time eyeing swathes of priceless real...