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GSP-Plus status

WITH a review of actions taken to fulfil Pakistan’s commitments under the GSP-Plus preferential tariff scheme...

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Haphazard growth

KARACHI may be Pakistan’s largest city and its economic engine, but the metropolis suffers from a poor quality of...

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Governance failure

THE IMF’s long-awaited Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment report on Pakistan is a grim analysis of ...

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For the children

WORLD Children’s Day is upon us, yet countless children are denied even simple rights that should never be in...

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Accords’ expansion

SAUDI Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman received a rousing reception during his recent US visit, with President ...

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National disparities

THE Population Council’s District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan offers a data-driven picture of vulnerabilities...

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Trial and error

PAKISTAN’s jails are bursting at the seams with undertrial prisoners who endure horrific living conditions on the...

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Misplaced optimism

THE MQM-P’s hope that the coalition led by the PML-N will soon amend the Constitution to incorporate its...

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Gaza resolution

THOUGH the UN Security Council has passed a US-drafted resolution that basically endorses President Donald Trump’s...

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Match manners

HANDSHAKES and sportsmanship stole the show in neutral Sri Lanka at the first blind women’s T20 tournament. In a...

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Forex curbs

THE State Bank’s new restrictions on individual dollar purchases appear to be an attempt to manage a market ...

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Sheikh Hasina verdict

FORMER prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who once ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist, has been sentenced to death...

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Journalists’ safety

JOURNALISTS and media professionals may, perhaps, have been more enthusiastic about the announcement, but the past...

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Cost of no trade

AS border tensions escalate, Kabul’s decision to terminate all trade with and through Pakistan in the next three...

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Agriculture crisis

A NEW FAO report, Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security, is a grim reminder of the toll ...

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Reboot tolerance

DIVERSITY is central to the human spirit. The International Day for Tolerance, which is being observed today, is a...

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AJK power games

IT appears that Chaudhry Anwarul Haq’s tenure as prime minister of Azad Kashmir is about to come to a close, as a...

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Shrinking freedoms

IT comes as no surprise but is nevertheless cause for embarrassment. Pakistan has been placed close to the bottom in...

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Anti-abuse bill

ESCALATING incidents of violence against women, children and other vulnerable sections reflect a dire need to plug...

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KP peace jirga

ALONG with Balochistan, KP has borne the brunt of terrorist attacks in the country, especially from across...

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Judges depart

TWO upstanding justices of the Supreme Court have chosen to exit honourably rather than remain part of a “mute”...

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A courageous stand

PAKISTAN Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi gave credit where it was due. A Sri Lankan exit from the ongoing tour ...

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Ignoring diabetes

WORLD Diabetes Day arrives as new research sheds light on the extent of discrimination Pakistanis living with...

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Gaza mission

WHILE some had touted Donald Trump’s Gaza plan as a masterstroke that would transform the face of the devastated...

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Credit surge

AFTER nearly three years of subdued credit offtake, the renewed borrowing spree by the private sector in the first...

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Afghanistan arms

CONSIDERING the state’s strong belief in the involvement of Afghanistan-based terrorists in the Islamabad and Wana...

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Larger discussion

The 27th Amendment needs open debate, not just in parliament but also within the judiciary.

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K&N’s SmartCooking Recipes: Qeema Macaroni

A delicious blend of minced meat and macaroni cooked with vegetables and savoury sauces, garnished with spring onions.

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Mr Sharaa in DC

IT is quite a turnaround. Once labelled a specially designated global terrorist by the US, with a $10m bounty on his...

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Summit of delivery

WITH world leaders gathered in Belém for COP30, the Amazon rainforest provides an apt backdrop for a conference ...

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Capital terrorism

AFTER a long pause, terrorism has returned to the federal capital, with at least 12 people losing their lives in...

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Renewables option

PAKISTAN must urgently modernise and expand its power grid in order to integrate large-scale renewable energy while...

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Turkish mediation

THOUGH the third round of Pak-Afghan peace talks may have fallen through in Istanbul last week, common friends of...

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Absolute impunity

The clauses give rise to the question: why would any upstanding citizen need such sweeping protections from the law?

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Femicide nation

HOSTILE behaviour — sexual abuse, rape, acid attacks, ‘honour’ killings and more — torment women...

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Fragile future

INTERNATIONAL lenders have sounded the alarm about Pakistan’s growing climate fragility. At the closing plenary of...

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Going nowhere

While internal security is indeed Pakistan’s responsibility, Kabul has a duty to stop armed actors from crossing the border.

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Notification delay

IT has been over three weeks since the opposition nominated veteran politician Mehmood Khan Achakzai as Leader of ...

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Women as equals

A ROUND of applause for the Supreme Court which reminded the nation recently that women’s place in public life is...

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Dangling sword

A 27th AMENDMENT is no longer just a subject of gossip and rumour. It is materialising and has triggered speculation...

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Gaza force

NEARLY a month after the Gaza ceasefire took effect, and despite sustained violations by Israel, international focus...

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PIA protest

THE dismissal of two PIA engineers signals an escalation in the ongoing confrontation between the airline’s...

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Secrecy again

THE race is on. With the ruling PML-N attempting to build consensus around the proposed 27th amendment and ...

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Dengue rising

PAKISTAN is in the midst of a dengue outbreak that has once more exposed the dysfunction within its health system....

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Deregulation plans

THE government’s decision to deregulate the wheat and sugar sectors marks one of the most consequential market...

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Paper promises

NEARLY three years after the much-celebrated launch of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) at COP27,...

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Peace power

FOR India and Pakistan, it is guns, and not dialogue, that must fall silent. In a positive move, the first people-to-people contact since the May...

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Mayor Mamdani

WHAT Zohran Mamdani has achieved with his win in the New York City mayoral race is, to put it in US lawmaker Bernie Sanders’ words, “one of the...

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Urban denial

FOR decades, policymakers have sustained the narrative that Pakistan is a predominantly rural country, with only ...

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Sudan atrocities

THOUGH a vicious civil war has been raging in Sudan since April 2023, the conflict has failed to capture international attention. Yet the reported...

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