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Making migration accessible

Migration "should be a choice and not a necessity," said the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Pakistan's Chief of Mission...

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Trade gap and forex slump

A slump in economic growth amid the adverse regional situation is set to impact balance of payments as the fiscal year comes to an end. Trade deficit...

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Pragmatic hypocrisy

The Government of India has spoken, and its message is a glaring admission that its national pride is only for show. The country's federal sports...

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Soaring medicine prices

The prices of essential medicines had already been rising at a concerning pace well before the Iran War created a global supply chain collapse....

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PSL delivers

Peshawar Zalmi has lifted the Pakistan Super League 2026 trophy, closing a season which, more than anything else, strengthened the sense that the...

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Breaking up with plastic

Punjab's governance is either drastically overconfident or highly efficient, judging from its claim to declare Rawalpindi completely...

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Crisscrossing in the Strait

There is some high confusion in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the US are apparently testing each other's patience. Tehran claims that it has...

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Student suicides

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has finally responded to the nationwide protests in the wake of a medical student committing suicide,...

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Heat without relief

Karachi touched a searing 42°C on May 3, with the "feels-like" temperature surging close to 49°C. While it marks the city's hottest...

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Need to invest in people

Pakistan has registered another poor showing in the World Bank's Human Capital Index Plus (HCI ), ranking 130 out of 174 nations and well behind...

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Smarter phones, weaker bonds

Almost two decades ago, the vortex of the world wide web was mostly limited to one smartphone per household, or perhaps a family computer. Access to...

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'Accidental' crime

If you live in a violent city like Karachi, you don't shed the violence at your doorstep when you enter the safety of your own house. The asinine...

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Tax shortfall

The FBR is once again under the spotlight as it has miserably failed to broaden the tax network. It is alarming to note that the taxmen are facing a...

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Pluralistic religious education

The Sindh government's decision to expand religious education in schools by adding three textbooks for Hindus is a commendable effort to make...

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Apna Ghar

A country where millions remain trapped in rented spaces, often at the mercy of rising urban costs, cannot claim to have addressed its most basic...

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Economic cost of the war

A doomsday scenario is looming large for Pakistan as a victim of the war in the Middle East. The government, with a weak economic edifice not...

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Afghan brinkmanship

The Afghan Taliban are once again in a breach of trust as they carried our unprovoked firing along the border with Pakistan. This is a negation of...

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Solar relief

The recent back-and-forth over solar regulations has worked to confuse even the most engaged consumers. Nepra's latest decision to abolish the...

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Fake degrees proliferate

Another chapter has been added to Pakistan's rich history of academic fraud, with 1,200 lawyers being sent notices by the Punjab Bar Council...

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Trump life attempt

Saturday's assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was resolved without any loss of...

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Child marriage law

Child marriage in Pakistan has never been sustained by law alone. Instead, it has survived because the law itself has remained fractured. The passage...

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Out of hibernation

A TTAP huddle after a hiatus of weeks has raised a plethora of questions as to its proactivity. The six-party opposition alliance has been in limbo...

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Election on the rubble

Democracy, it seems, bends easily in Pakistan. A natural disaster, a security alert, an administrative hiccup - any of these can become grounds to...

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KCR revival!

The Sindh government's latest effort to revive the Karachi Circular Railway appears on course to hit another familiar roadblock, as...

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Food self-reliance

It is heart-wrenching to note that Pakistan, despite being an agrarian state, is well behind the threshold of self-reliance in food security. A host...

26.04.2026 40

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Migration death toll

In 1947, Pakistan marked its place on the global map through an idealised notion of migration. Almost 80 years later, the struggle to migrate remains...

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Congo fever season

Every year, as Eid al-Azha approaches, millions of Pakistanis flood into cattle markets with their children. More than being a place of merely buying...

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Shuttle diplomacy

Pakistan's mediation efforts to broker perpetual peace between the United States and Iran are now universally acknowledged. It is a marvellous...

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HIV uptick

Hospitals are meant to be places of cure, not corridors where life-altering infections are silently passed on. The surge in paediatric HIV cases...

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Saudi generosity

Riyadh has once again rescued Islamabad's fragile balance sheet by doling out an additional $3 billion. This magnanimity has come at a time when...

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Unconscionable conditions

Protests by daily-wage sanitation workers in Rawalpindi this week are a clear reminder of a crisis we have willfully ignored for far too long. These...

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Taunsa's HIV saga

The BBC's harrowing investigation regarding the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taunsa not only exposes the many wrongs in our healthcare system,...

16.04.2026 30

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IMF's forecast

Fresh projections from IMF have offered a sobering, yet not entirely discouraging, snapshot of Pakistan's economic trajectory. According to the...

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Veto should go

Pakistan's stance on abolishing the veto power is rational and well-ordained. It is meant to make the United Nations a responsible entity, and...

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Violating right to free education

Poverty, food insecurity, gender inequality, and funding – all of these reasons have been used by the government on various occasions to explain why...

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Credibility boost

Pakistan's economic narrative, long weighed down by uncertainty and stopgap actions, received a measure of reassurance this week as Fitch Ratings...

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Round two coming up!

Islamabad is all set to hold a second round of talks between the US and Iran aimed at averting a catastrophic escalation in the ongoing war between...

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Digital surveillance

The initiative on the part of Sindh Police to opt for digitisation to improve the law and order situation, and to monitor crime, mobs and traffic...

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Polio security

Yesterday, the government initiated a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, aiming to reach over 45 million children under the age of five. Such...

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Global education ranking

Earlier last year, 18 Pakistani universities secured places in the 2026 edition of QS World University Rankings released by a UK-based higher...

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Chaotic exams

Every year, as examinations begin under the Board of Secondary Education Karachi, the same pattern of disruption and disorder resurfaces, exposing an...

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Sporadic rains

As sporadic rains and thunderstorms sweep across multiple regions of the country, the disruption they bring is becoming as predictable as the...

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No breakthrough is no breakdown

The marathon peace talks held in Islamabad between the United States and Iran are a tribute to diplomacy. The 30-plus hours of intricate parleys after...

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Underutilised funds

Public money, meant to build roads, schools, hospitals and livelihoods, is once again sitting idle. The latest data on the Public Sector Development...

12.04.2026 30

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Another illegal annexation

Earlier this month, Israel's security cabinet reportedly approved in secret the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank....

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Balochistan's failing health

With a land mass that covers about 44 per cent of the entire country, Balochistan stands as the largest province of Pakistan, as well as the least...

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Euphoric picture

Forecasting an optimistic picture of growth for Pakistan, the Asian Development Bank is confident that the economy will grow, and sustained reforms...

11.04.2026 40

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K-P: cashless economy

With the introduction of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Digital Payment Bill 2026, K-P has taken a big step towards becoming Pakistan's first cashless...

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Another committee

The Sindh government has constituted yet another high-level committee, this time to "ensure the execution of the inquiry report" into the...

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New teaching practices

The education sector in Pakistan is notable for its overreliance on archaic methods of teaching, especially the technique of rote memorisation which...

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