Dog bite menace

The recent disclosure that Mayo Hospital in Lahore alone received 1,796 dog bite cases in 14 months has caused justifiable public alarm and is...

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Ties with Israel

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's latest remarks in Washington mark a significant inflexion point in Middle Eastern diplomacy. His willingness...

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Kabul's myopia

Kabul's quest to reach out to Delhi by antagonising Islamabad is myopic in essence. It is a pity that the landlocked country is behaving in quite an...

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Karachi's water woes

In a city already parched for water, unscrupulous businessmen behind the predatory water tanker networks have exacerbated the problem by siphoning off...

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Steadfast for Palestine

At a time when global responses to the unending Palestinian tragedy oscillate between hesitation and opportunism, Pakistan's position at the UN stands...

yesterday 20

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Vulnerability index

There is no two opinions that developmental mosaic in Pakistan is lopsided, and regions of the country are not dealt with equally by policymakers. A...

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Guilty in exile

An authoritarian leader has finally been convicted. Sheikh Hasina, the long-time strongwoman of Bangladesh, has been found guilty and sentenced to...

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Change of guard in AJK

In a surprising but well-choreographed move, PPP has formed government in AJK at a time when hardly six months are left for the state elections. Raja...

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Back in form

Good news for Pakistan cricket! Babar Azam is back in form. The former skipper hit an unbeaten 102 off 119 balls, steering Team Pakistan to an...

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Torturous zoo

A recent report submitted to the Sindh High Court has exposed a harrowing extent of neglect at Karachi Zoo, revealing profound deficiencies not only...

tuesday 30

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BJP's victory

From Pakistan, we watch India's political landscape not out of rivalry, but because the stability of South Asia depends heavily on the democratic...

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Deadly constructions

Multiple localities in Karachi are home to multi-storey buildings erected on a small patch of land, usually housing an upward of ten people per floor....

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Shrinking digital space

For the fifteenth year in a row, global internet freedom has continued its downward slide — a trend that should concern every society navigating an...

17.11.2025 90

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Gearing up for protest

The country is swinging into an agitational gear in the backdrop of the passage of the 27th amendment. The controversial legislation has drastically...

17.11.2025 50

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Under climate assault

A new report on the impact of climate change underscores that the countries least responsible for the climate crisis are the ones bearing its most...

16.11.2025 40

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Poverty: silent reversal

Pakistan's long-promised escape from poverty is slipping away. For nearly two decades, the country steadily pulled millions out of deprivation. Today,...

16.11.2025 50

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The plot thickens

The reported arrest of suspects in the Islamabad Judicial Complex suicide blast has thickened the plot. Those nabbed – four in all – hail from...

16.11.2025 20

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Thank you, Sri Lanka!

Terror returned to the capital on Tuesday, claiming 12 lives and injuring dozens in a suicide blast timed with unnerving precision. The attack came...

14.11.2025 40

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Uniting for climate change

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has become emblematic of failed potential, largely due to the outsized impact of the...

14.11.2025 60

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Of fissures and resignations

Two men of repute in the superior judiciary registered themselves on the right side of history as they tendered their resignations from the Supreme...

14.11.2025 30

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Continued defiance

Instead of complying with the Doha Accord of 2020, Taliban 2.0 are rather persistent on defiance. Commitments made with the international community to...

14.11.2025 50

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The 27th amendment

Amid a bitterly polarised political environment, the coalition government chose the path of further estrangement by getting the 27th amendment passed...

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Road closure and KIV

The K-IV project — formally known as the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme and informally referred to as University Road's dejected fate...

12.11.2025 20

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Going cashless

Pakistan's heavy reliance on cash has become a structural barrier to economic stability. As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif renews his push for a...

12.11.2025 30

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Bloodshed in capital

A suicide blast in the capital city's judicial complex that left at least 12 people dead and 30 wounded has come at a time when the country is at the...

12.11.2025 20

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Cyber-crime bribery scam

Corruption has entrenched itself so deeply in the fabric of our governance system that it is now rotting institutions from within. Now the National...

12.11.2025 70

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Curbing dengue outbreak

Yet another unsuspecting victim, a teenage girl, has succumbed to dengue in Karachi, bringing the total nation-wide tally to 26 this year. The...

12.11.2025 20

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Assault on the judiciary

There is a call of conscience from members of the judicial fraternity. A letter written by former jurists and senior lawyers has sought intervention...

12.11.2025 60

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The price of stability

The price of gold has been experiencing a phenomenal rise in recent days. Despite a recent dip of some 40 thousand rupees per tola i.e. 11.6 grams,...

11.11.2025 70

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Digital privacy crisis

The recent arrest of a man by National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) for allegedly selling the personal data of millions of citizens online...

10.11.2025 30

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COP30 begins

The world gathers in Brazil today at a moment when the promises of the Paris Agreement are slipping dangerously out of reach. With global temperatures...

10.11.2025 60

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Protecting the elderly

The Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgement that orders provincial governments to enact urgent welfare reforms to protect the elderly from...

10.11.2025 20

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Climate vulnerability

It has become far too easy for the world to warn Pakistan about climate risks while offering little beyond frameworks, advice and debt-linked...

10.11.2025 40

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Istanbul debacle

The Afghan Taliban are squarely to be blamed for the failure of peace talks in Istanbul. Pakistan had demanded the obvious: written guarantees from...

10.11.2025 40

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Failure to protect women

Protecting women is the state's foremost responsibility — and Islamabad's zero-conviction record shows it is failing that duty spectacularly. The...

09.11.2025 80

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Water aggression

India's unilateral act of putting the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance is unlawful and devoid of rationality. Pakistan has rightly aired its...

08.11.2025 40

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The circular debt enigma

The relentless rise of power sector circular debt to nearly Rs1.7 trillion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year is a glaring alarm that...

08.11.2025 20

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Water wastage

Preventable crises are often the ones that hit the hardest, and Pakistan's looming water emergency is no exception. A new World Bank report on water...

07.11.2025 40

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Disincentivising solar power

Power distribution companies (DISCOs) are once again seeking government intervention to cover up their own mismanagement, leaving ordinary citizens to...

07.11.2025 20

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Mess at PIA

The national flag carrier is in a self-inflicted crisis. The ongoing tussle between the flight engineers and the management is now scaling new heights...

07.11.2025 10

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Indian students and Canada

Canada's dramatic spike in rejecting study permits for Indian students — soaring from 32% to 74% in just two years — is a direct consequence of...

07.11.2025 20

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani

An immigrant Muslim is now the new mayor of New York — in a country where anti-immigrant sentiment has become a political currency. Zohran Mamdani's...

07.11.2025 30

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In a 'good spot'?

Pakistan's obsession with a staff-level deal with the Washington-based lender has come full circle. The solace is that the successful second loan...

06.11.2025 20

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Seasonal dengue panic

The Sindh Health Department has announced that two more patients have died of dengue in Sindh, raising the provincial total to eight. The recent...

05.11.2025 20

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Protecting Gaza

For too long, the Muslim world has watched in silence as Gaza burned under the weight of occupation and despair. But as Israel's so-called ceasefire...

05.11.2025 30

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PTI's overarching strategy

The PTI is at a crossroads, groping for a direction to make its way ahead. Having been in the wilderness for more than three and a half years, during...

05.11.2025 10

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Maintenance for parents

The recent ruling by the Lahore High Court, affirming that dependent parents have the right to file maintenance suits against their children is a...

05.11.2025 20

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Prioritising denuclearisation

It is deeply alarming that US President Donald Trump has once again revived the rhetoric of nuclear brinkmanship by suggesting that America should...

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Amendment, again!

That a 27th amendment to the Constitution is in the works is now officially confirmed. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated that he and...

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Defenceless journos

At least 137 attacks targeting journalists so far this year are enough an evidence of Pakistan being a dangerous place for those in the business of...

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