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EditorialThe Express Tribune |
Pakistan's deteriorating air quality has become a public health emergency that demands far more than seasonal interventions and official...
The rising incidence of sexual violence in Pakistan is symptomatic of a society where impunity and institutional negligence continue to endanger women...
COP31 has opened in Antalya with the same familiar and dispiriting contest over money. The UN Secretary-General has urged leaders to "get...
New political realignments are being envisaged to push a strong anti-government agenda. JUI-F is at the vanguard of efforts to build a strong...
Sindh's deplorable healthcare continues to degrade, making a mockery of the government's claims of improving public health services....
The government's newly unveiled Auto Policy 2026-31 ambitiously promises to make vehicles affordable for the middle and lower-middle classes,...
United Nations agencies dealing with climate change and food security have issued an SOS, detailing Pakistan's vulnerability on these counts. In...
Pakistan's emphatic 2-0 victory over South Korea at the 23rd Asian Team Squash Championship in Islamabad marks a historic milestone. World No 28...
Exorbitant fees charged by private medical and dental colleges have long placed an enormous financial burden on students and their families, raising...
The struggle for power in Israel has entered a decisive phase as former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has been called to form a government. That...
Pakistan's marine waters harbour a wealth of biodiversity that remains largely unexplored and inadequately protected. The first recorded sighting...
The chorus of voices calling on the government to fix the tax system keeps growing, and the latest notable suggestion comes from the local head of the...
President Trump is in a pushback mood. Unrelenting, he apparently wants a decisive military settlement with Iran. His latest outbursts are indicative...
Pakistan's sporting potential extends well beyond cricket, although opportunities to recognise and develop talent in other disciplines remain...
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency's (NCCIA) raid on a call centre on Sharea Faisal, Karachi for alleged cyber fraud, which led to the...
Pakistan's initiative to institutionalise dialogue as a mechanism for peace has received an endorsement from the UN Security Council. A...
Karachi's streets and pavements have increasingly become casualties of unchecked encroachments, depriving citizens of public spaces and worsening...
Punjab's decision to raise the child-protection age under its vagrancy law from 14 to 16 is a welcome, overdue correction. A 14-year-old is not...
The tectonic political shifts across the Atlantic Ocean are likely to have a profound impact on the Middle East. The Persian Gulf and Arab monarchies...
The UN's latest cryosphere reports are concerning for any reader, but especially those of us who worry about Pakistan's water, food and...
Pakistan's growing appetite for social media presents an enormous economic opportunity, particularly at a time when unemployment and limited...
It is blue all over the United States. The Reds have taken a backseat in the House of Representatives and the Senate, pushing the final two years of...
Pakistan's struggle against polio is being undermined not only by the persistence of the virus but also by the violence directed at those working...
The government's latest effort to bring down fuel prices revises the petrol pricing mechanism by asking oil refineries to absorb the difference...
In a breakthrough of sorts in the legal realm, PTI lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar met Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, in Adiala jail after a...
The authorities continue to fail as yet another heavy vehicle barrelling down Karachi's roads claims a precious life. Forty-five-year-old Faiza,...
The use of excessive force by police personnel remains a serious concern in Pakistan, where allegations of torture and abuse of authority continue to...
There is widespread war hysteria despite credible diplomatic maneuvering in the Middle East. The fear of the unknown stems from an impulsive American...
Pakistan's growing hepatitis C burden has become a damning indictment of its public healthcare system. Figures recently presented by the Ministry...
Looking toward the East has always been a key strategy for Pakistan to enrich its economic base. The tremendous success achieved by ASEAN member...
The announcement that 45 researchers from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) have been ranked among the world's top 2% of...
Pakistan's commendable position in a recent ranking of innovation outputs is a quiet but telling illustration of the country's potential....
The revival of the Pakistan-China Friendship Hospital in Islamabad under a public-private partnership is a welcome development, particularly at a time...
With the Middle East on tenterhooks anticipating a new round of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, President Trump has further compounded the equation...
Sindh's water problems are usually framed as scarcity caused by upstream issues - too little snowmelt, too little rainfall, or too little water...
Cylinder explosions have become a disturbingly familiar occurrence across Pakistan. The latest tragedy occurred in Tharparkar where nine people...
A deeply divided Israel might see Benjamin Netanyahu stay on as Prime Minister. The October 27 ballot has returned a hung parliament with neither the...
Another deadline has been announced for Karachi's long-suffering University Road, where the K-IV water augmentation project has become yet...
Yet another UN report has confirmed the genocide in Gaza shows no signs of abating, even though the Israeli government had agreed to a ceasefire...
The resignation of a former puisne judge of the Islamabad High Court has stirred a debate within the judicial fraternity. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani...
Another year of climate commitments has yielded another disturbing record. Greenhouse gas concentrations reached unprecedented levels in 2025,...
The SBP's decision to hike its benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 12% comes in a bid to insulate the domestic economy from a widening...
Pakistan's stance on opposing the excessive and arbitrary use of the veto power is based on the cardinal principle of ensuring justice and...
The inauguration of Sindh's first engineered sanitary landfill at Jam Chakro is a welcome and long-overdue step towards addressing Karachi's...
The confirmation of a polio case in Karachi is a reminder that no part of the country can be considered safe from the crippling disease. The city had...
For Palestinians who have endured years of relentless bombardment and starvation, the prospect of losing humanitarian assistance is yet another cruel...
Pakistan's first nationally representative mental health survey has revealed a quiet but serious crisis gripping the nation. Evaluating nearly...
Diplomacy is the art of navigating a path through adversity. Russian President Vladimir Putin's off-the-cuff proposal for a trilateral summit...
The decline of Pakistan hockey, once the pride of a passionate nation, is a painful reality. A sport that formerly brought home multiple World Cup...
A ceasefire under which children continue to be slaughtered is an affront to humanity and a mockery of international diplomacy. More than 340...