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PSB’s waning authority

IT has been two decades since the National Sports Policy was introduced but its implementation leaves much to be...

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Saarc’s future

FOR nearly a decade, Saarc has lain dormant, a victim of India’s stubborn refusal to engage with Pakistan. The...

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No preparedness

With frequency of calamitous weather events increasing, the country cannot afford to be in denial after every tragedy.

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Building collapse

IT was an avoidable tragedy. Another residential building collapsed in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood on Friday,...

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Russian recognition

NEARLY four years after the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul, Russia has become the first country to recognise the...

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Extreme step

DEMOCRACY is noisy and may even get messy. Rowdy protests are a common feature of parliamentary proceedings....

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Unabated violence

SEVERAL acts of terrorist violence over the past couple of days illustrate the grave threat militant groups continue...

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Civil strangulation

THE HRCP has sounded the alarm about the increasingly shrinking space in which it is allowed to function. In a...

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Restraint needed

THE PTI leadership seems to have finally managed to get its leaders in the same room and, for now at least, on the...

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UN paralysis

ALTHOUGH tens of thousands of people in Gaza have been slaughtered and starved by Israel, the UN has been unable to...

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Forced to fly solo

ALREADY left reeling by the abrupt, sweeping rollback of American development aid under President Donald Trump, the...

03.07.2025 100

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Letter from jail

If space for reconciliation remains, both the government and PTI must seize it.

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ECP reshuffle

THE present Election Commission is at the centre of so many storms that it seems prudent to reconstitute it without...

02.07.2025 100

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Regional partners

SENIOR officials from Pakistan, China and Bangladesh met in the Chinese city of Kunming recently to test the waters...

02.07.2025 200

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Dengue season

WITH the monsoon season underway in Pakistan, the threat of another dengue outbreak hangs over us. The warning signs...

02.07.2025 100

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Solar policy

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured the public that his government would never discourage Pakistan’s...

01.07.2025 100

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PTI in disarray

TIME has not been kind to the PTI and the party paints a sorry picture today. Despite putting up a brave front for...

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Terrorist threat

It should be remembered that a recent UN report very clearly stated that Afghan Taliban continue their support for TTP.

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Cancer drug scandal

SHOCKING research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed that essential chemotherapy drugs for the...

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Equal marriage

THE Supreme Court recently issued a verdict advocating equal rights in a marriage. The verdict originated from an...

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Hague court’s ruling

The country must deploy the best legal and diplomatic minds to defend its water rights.

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Standing with Palestine

WHILE there may have been pressure from external quarters to do otherwise, Pakistan is right in not joining the...

29.06.2025 100

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No lessons learnt

TRAGEDY has struck our scenic north once more. In Swat, at least 13 people drowned after being caught in a sudden...

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Reserved seats

Reserved seats

THE Constitutional Bench’s most recent decision is an attempt to provide legal closure, but it may just engender...

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Wasted history

PRECIOUS little has been done to reverse the sliding fortunes of our syncretic inheritance. While, historically,...

28.06.2025 100

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Petty behaviour

THOUGH India’s narrative linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam terrorist attack has largely failed to find any takers ...

28.06.2025 100

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Same tune

PAKISTAN’S Rs17.6tr ‘austerity’ budget for FY26, passed by the National Assembly on Thursday, focuses ...

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System shock

THE level of hysterical Islamophobia propagated through mainstream Western media and global social media by both...

27.06.2025 100

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Vaccine backslide

THE findings of a landmark study in The Lancet offer a nuanced verdict on half a century of childhood immunisation....

27.06.2025 100

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Vigilance needed

Vigilance needed

There must be zero tolerance for hate speech both in the real and virtual worlds.

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Forgotten prisoners

TO lessen tensions with the opposition, it is necessary for the government to refrain from taking any step that ...

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Drugs on campus

A NARCOTICS crisis has long been brewing in Pakistan, whether or not we admit it. As illegal substances flood our...

26.06.2025 90

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Gaza ceasefire now

And after a long-term ceasefire takes effect, those responsible in Tel Aviv for the crimes committed in the occupied territories must face justice.

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Faisal Jewel brings global recognition to Pakistan’s real estate sector

A major high-rise project by Faisal Town has received two international awards for its design and innovation, highlighting a growing role in modern...

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Asia on edge

THE World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report lays bare the continent’s...

25.06.2025 200

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Judicial extensions

WITH the public’s attention on the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East, the Judicial Commission of...

25.06.2025 200

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Uneasy calm

AFTER several days of dangerous escalation in the Middle East, matters seem to be cooling off. The US-Israeli...

25.06.2025 100

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NEVs, but for whom?

THE government’s policy gymnastics following Pakistan’s unexpectedly rapid adoption of rooftop solar have ...

24.06.2025 100

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OIC reaction

The bare minimum OIC can do is to take firm action against the butchery of Palestinian people and resist regime change.

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Agriculture concerns

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif appears relieved that the IMF did not turn down Pakistan’s request to exempt...

24.06.2025 100

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Exam leaks

FOR students who put in countless hours of hard work for their secondary school exams — mainly to secure admission...

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Finishing the job

THE federal health minister’s assertion of a 99pc reduction in polio cases in Pakistan, while impressive on the...

23.06.2025 100

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US aggression

If there is any state in the world that the international community must be concerned about harbouring weapons of mass destruction, it is Israel.

23.06.2025 200

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Sunken dreams

THE heartrending fate of people escaping conflict, deprivation and instability across the globe is among the...

22.06.2025 100

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Farcical nomination

Many citizens have expressed dismay and embarrassment over this symbolic capitulation to the US presidency.

22.06.2025 200

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‘Hybrid’ talk

IN the past, while most elected governments would at least publicly bristle at the mention of being partners in ...

22.06.2025 60

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Monsoon readiness

OUR cities are once again staring down the very real prospect of waterlogged streets and stalled life with PMD’s...

21.06.2025 100

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Seniority crisis

THE Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has determined that there is nothing wrong with Pakistan’s president...

21.06.2025 100

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Tax tussles

Lawmakers should try and fix the broken tax system rather than advocating for new amnesties.

21.06.2025 100

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Income tax rate

FINALLY, some clarity. After the confusion created over the applicable rate on the lowest income tax bracket due to...

20.06.2025 100

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