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THE numbers are encouraging, yet one cannot help but rue the opportunities still being lost. The GSMA’s Mobile...
LULLED into a sense of false security by its own denial and apathy, Pakistan is a long way from achieving tangible...
THE landmark 18th Amendment and seventh NFC Award radically reshaped Pakistan’s fiscal federalism by transferring...
A hearty bologna sandwich with cheddar, a fluffy vegetable omelette, crisp salad and a creamy sweet chilli mustard sauce, folded and toasted until...
THE draft ‘Data Governance Policy’, released by the IT ministry recently, is a welcome step towards modernising...
THE death of 14 children in the roof collapse of a private tuition centre in Lahore has plunged the entire country...
THE recent appeal endorsed by civil society members from Pakistan and India, urging the prime ministers of both...
ALARMING regression has been witnessed in the Asian teams at the FIFA World Cup. A record nine representatives from...
THE Supreme Court’s recent ruling that jewellery, bridal gifts and dowry articles given to a bride remain her...
THE management control of PIA has finally been transferred to a consortium comprising private investors and the ...
IT must be a shared humanity that has bonded the ‘leader of the free world’ so closely with his counterparts in...
THERE is little disagreement that Punjab needs stronger tools to combat organised crime, habitual offenders and...
THE message from Islamabad to Kabul seems to be clear: any act of terrorism inside Pakistan found to be linked to...
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NOT satisfied with the genocidal violence it has unleashed in Gaza, the current Israeli administration is doing all...
THE AGP’s latest audit report of federal civil accounts is a detailed record of governance failures and...
Across the world, successful civic governance is made possible through effective, responsive local bodies, which are closest to the voter.
CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Lionel Messi do not seem to be going away quietly. At least, not yet. The duo might have left...
WHAT is a UNSC resolution worth if it is never implemented? Pakistan and China felt compelled to convene an informal...
The latest US-Iran exchange should therefore be treated not as proof that dialogue has failed, but as a warning of how easily it could.
PAKISTAN is watching an epidemic unfold as the menace of narcotic abuse hits every fourth household in Karachi ...
Pakistan cannot rely on international partners to compensate for weak governance and inconsistent implementation at home.
Though not a bad document per se, the budget for FY27 is a familiar one, and familiarity in our economic history is rarely cause for comfort.
THE Pakistan Psychiatric Society’s challenge to the Federal Shariat Court’s ruling on attempted suicide deserves...
THE fraught situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir requires immense patience and cool heads. Temperatures are raised on...
Israel is the biggest source of instability in the Middle East, and it is high time the US ended its blind support to Tel Aviv, if it genuinely wants...
The partnership marks a significant step in strengthening BankIslami's cybersecurity posture through cutting-edge intelligence capabilities.
ISLAMABAD is growing rapidly. Its planning, however, remains stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Despite years of ...
THERE is now no question about it: the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation) (Amendment) Bill of 2026 is a...
Perhaps a good place to start would be the resumption of work on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.
WITH the newly elected lawmakers of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly taking oath on Monday, the PPP looks set to head...
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday formally lifted long-standing restrictions on the airing of ...
CLICHÉS are an essential part of political rhetoric. But when repeated often, they lose their impact. So when...
Topics expected to be discussed include housing policy, urban development, investment confidence, infrastructure planning and the future outlook of...
ABHI Microfinance Bank entered 2026 with a gradual build-up of a more digitally enabled banking model.
THE love for football in Lyari knows no bounds. The World Cup might be underway thousands of miles away in North...
ONE of the government’s ‘novel’ proposals to snag tax evaders has collided with some harsh realities. On...
Climate risks are increasing and public investment should reflect that reality.
THE KP budget does not read like a document of a province getting its fiscal house in order. Revenue is projected at...
FOR years, efforts to reduce maternal deaths have focused heavily on postpartum haemorrhage — the severe bleeding...
Either Israel must silence its guns and withdraw from all of Lebanon, or face isolation and boycott from the international community.
WORLD Refugee Day, observed today around the globe, marks 75 years since the adoption of the 1951 convention ...
IN April last year, India suspended the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, which contains no provision allowing it to...
Pakistan’s diplomats are second to none, and if these states seek to engage this country constructively, a new modus vivendi for the subcontinent...
COURTS and commissions have often been up in arms over the health and ecological hazards associated with...
WHETHER it is Sindh’s struggle to secure clean drinking water or Balochistan’s difficulty in improving the...
THINGS have moved rapidly where the Iran-US memorandum of understanding is concerned. While the physical document ...
Miami's most decorated residential architect returns to Pakistan alongside London interior studio Jolie in its first-ever project in the country.
PUNJAB’S budget for FY27 is a mix of good and bad political choices, with a cash-strapped centre tightening the...
CONSIDERING the advance state of urban decay that affects Karachi, voices are often raised calling for the megacity,...