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THE informal trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan in Beijing has raised...
WHY can’t the PTI and its jailed leader decide what they want? Even while leverage is slipping from its hands, the...
THE PML-N leadership is known for concentrating powers in the hands of the top political office and governing ...
THE death penalty awarded to Zahir Jaffar for the brutal killing of Noor Mukadam in 2021 has been upheld by the...
THE government’s plan to present a climate-focused budget for the next fiscal year is a paradigm shift in national...
A process of reconciliation is sorely needed in the province, solely militarised response will be insufficient.
THE poor response to the government’s bid to sell three redundant thermal power plants indicates the investors’...
ALTHOUGH the effects of climate change manifest themselves throughout the year, they seem particularly more...
EVEN in a world with no shortage of suffering and bloodshed, the violence meted out to the people of Gaza by the...
SIRBAZ Khan has achieved what no other Pakistani has before him. The scale of his accomplishment also makes him one...
THE IMF has slapped Pakistan with several ‘new’ structural benchmarks — some of them quite unusual — under...
IT appears that the ceasefire will hold, at least in the near term. As Islamabad and New Delhi retreat cautiously...
LATE consolation is a norm for Pakistanis. Although welcome, a newly passed bill that demands tough laws and...
THE state needs to make up its mind on the import of used vehicles. According to recent news reports, the FBR may be...
FOOD insecurity across the world has reached unprecedented levels, with conflict, economic shocks, and climate...
MULTAN’S Nishtar Hospital, south Punjab’s largest public-sector hospital, was in the news last year for...
PAKISTAN’S inefficient, growth-inhibiting, distortive and unjust tax system can justifiably be described as the...
WITH South Asia’s peace balanced on a knife-edge, it is important for national political leaders to remain...
For Pakistan, stability means addressing root causes, not simply freezing the conflict, but the tone from New Delhi remains intentionally severe.
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb now has much to his credit, which is why his promise that the M6 motorway will ...
AS the mercury continues to rise mercilessly across Pakistan, it becomes painfully clear that climate change has hit...
Planned import policy reforms signify a major positive shift in the govt’s economic and growth strategy.
IT is a matter of deep embarrassment that Pakistan has become an ‘exporter’ of beggars. Over 5,000 have been...
THE American embrace of the post-Assad Syrian regime is complete, with President Donald Trump meeting the Arab...
The past policy of squeezing salaried classes and fully documented corporations to collect taxes will not work any longer.
BANGLADESH stands at a key crossroads. While the ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s government and the formation of ...
IN the midst of every crisis, there lies great opportunity. With the nation basking in the afterglow of Pakistan’s...
Both countries will have to restart the dialogue process. One major step India can take would be to honour the IWT.
THE Pakistan Super League is back on. Postponed last week following escalating Pakistan-India tensions, the ...
AS Donald Trump landed in Riyadh on Tuesday to a regal reception, questions were swirling whether the American...
AS Pakistan and India count their casualties, tend to the wounded and grieve the fallen, the leaderships of the two...
IN large parts of Karachi, there is no water to be had. The taps have run dry for the past 12 days, bowsers have ...
AS people breathe a sigh of relief after being locked with India in a hair-trigger stand-off, there are those for...
If terrorist groups continue to find sanctuary in Afghanistan, regional integration and increased trade will be difficult to achieve.
NINE summits, five to go. Sajid Ali Sadpara’s quest to fulfil his late father’s dream and elevate Pakistan’s...
TIME is running out. According to the latest Human Development Report, published by the UNDP this past Tuesday,...
THOUGH there were initial reports of violations, the ceasefire between Pakistan and India, brokered by the US and...
THE IMF board’s approval of the second tranche of its ongoing $7bn funding arrangement and a new climate ...
It is Islamabad and New Delhi that will have to do the heavy lifting thesmselves to secure peace.
AMID rising regional tensions, there has been some discussion on the need for people to be better prepared in the...
US VICE President J.D. Vance’s comments that a possible war between Pakistan and India would be “none of our...
Media on this side of the border is also not above blame.
ACROSS Pakistan — from the floodplains of Punjab to the heat-stricken cities of Sindh — the climate crisis is...
THE October 2023 judgement had been widely hailed as ‘historic’. The one issued by five judges this Tuesday will...
Jingoism is evident in both countries, but elements in India’s media, cultural and political sphere have been egging on their country in...
Each side has played its hand to maximum effect, yet each also understands that pushing the envelope too far would risk mutual destruction.
PLANES and bombs are not the end of it. New Delhi is also up to mischief on another front. This weekend, without...
In the immediate future, the global community must step up efforts to de-escalate, and media and civil society on both sides should stop fanning the...
ISRAEL’S rogue behaviour — attacking the Arab population in the occupied Palestinian territories as well as its...
THE World Bank’s red alert — that global waste may rise by 73pc by 2050 — spells trouble for countries like...