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The suspension of four doctors and three health workers in Sindh after five rabies deaths in three weeks is an attempt to patch a much more complex...
Cyber fraud has become one of the most pervasive forms of financial crime in Pakistan, and the state is still struggling to build a response...
There is a crisis of confidence in the Middle East as renewed escalation threatens to bring global supply lines to a standstill. For the first time,...
There are few things more corrosive to the rule of law than the belief that power brings immunity. In Pakistan, people with money and influence can...
The coordinated announcement by Britain, France, Canada, and nine other nations to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements is a welcome step, and...
The pain of losing a newborn child cannot be explained, only felt. The risk of this tragedy is regrettably exacerbated by both an inadequate...
The Karachi police "showed their mettle" earlier this week by "fearlessly" detaining non-violent participants of a sit-in who were...
Houthi brinkmanship is driving the region toward a major conflict. The Yemeni militia's coordinated attacks on several cities in southern Saudi...
As the GSP-Plus renewal is due, Pakistan has to brace itself to meet the EU's trade regulation benchmarks. Islamabad has no choice but to ensure...
International Literacy Day comes around each year with little cause for celebration in Pakistan. Despite decades of promises and successive education...
There is a peculiar, state-manufactured dysfunction currently plaguing Sindh's healthcare department that is entirely nonsensical at face value....
Pakistan's technology sector is enjoying an impressive moment. IT and IT-enabled services exports have reportedly reached $4.6 billion,...
Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israel has left no stone unturned in ensuring that it breaks as many articles of the Geneva...
An influx of recent news regarding femicide and rape against women and girls once again highlights the ever-persistent issue of gender-based violence...
The Indus Delta is dying, and Pakistan is allowing it to happen largely out of sight. Journalists, environmentalists and policymakers have repeatedly...
Jamaat-i-Islami's sustained campaign against the petroleum levy appears to have yielded its first meaningful concession from the government....
Hawala networks are once again becoming a source of concerning headlines, as operators of the notorious informal money transfer system are reportedly...
It has become a convention for American legislators to act as a vanguard team in defending Israeli interests. In doing so, they often act above...
New York City's decision to impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI from pre-school through eighth grade is an unusually...
Pakistan's forex reserves got a shot in the arm as the country raised $3 billion through a dual-tranche Eurobond. This unprecedented success...
Days after plunging his country into a war with Iran at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump claimed...
For years, environmental activists - who understand the urgency of climate change far better than global policymakers - have rallied to prevent global...
The Punjab Assembly's unanimous passage of a resolution seeking to ban social media accounts for children under 16 is a welcome move that...
Pakistan has aptly connected the dots on its agrarian potential by mapping Saudi Arabia as a valued food export market. It plans to export $3 billion...
England's comprehensive victories in the first two Tests of the ongoing three-match Test series have already settled the contest with a match to...
In the wake of the recent PIMS tragedy wherein 14 infants lost their lives to institutional neglect and intentional maladministration behind the...
A disturbingly unusual incident that took place recently at a private hospital in Nazimabad, Karachi, has left the public stunned. A couple visited...
India's continued defiance of its international legal obligations under the Indus Water Treaty is causing concern well beyond the borders of...
A delayed start is better than no start. The decision to kickstart the 1,733-km-long Karachi-Peshawar Main Line-1 (ML-1) project – by commencing...
Pakistan's hockey team beat South Africa 4-3 in a penalty shootout on Friday to finish 11th at the FIH Hockey World Cup in Amstelveen. It is a...
In another upsetting report that surprised no one, the Senate was informed by the Prime Minister's Office that the 2025 floods inflicted an...
A tumultuous and bitterly contested electoral process in AJK - marred by a historically low turnout - came full circle as the PML-N's Iftikhar...
Pakistan's partnership with Google could prove to be one of the more consequential developments in the country's technology sector in years...
Pakistan's credit rating continues to steadily improve, with Moody's Ratings upgrading the country's sovereign credit rating to B3 from...
The general perception about bottled water in Pakistan is that it's comparatively safer and cleaner than what is supplied through taps. This...
A child's journey to school should never be a gamble. Yet in Pakistan, thousands of students travel every day in overcrowded vans, ageing Suzuki...
The threat of a 'Million March' on the federal capital by farmers demands immediate, sympathetic attention. The farmers are demanding fairer...
For Pakistanis who aspire to immigrate to the US, the latest ruling from a US federal court is welcome news. A policy that had suspended the...
Sindh currently operates hundreds of rabies prevention centres that offer free vaccines, available to anyone who simply walks in. Yet, despite this...
Five years have passed since Noor Mukadam was tortured and beheaded in an Islamabad house, and her killer has finally run out of courts to appeal to....
Just days after celebrating the end of a three-year away Test drought, the Pakistan cricket team has delivered a sobering reminder of where it...
Germany's record heat-related death toll this summer should be a warning far beyond Europe. An estimated 14,000 people have died from...
The Supreme Court's directive to transfer Imran Khan to a private hospital – coupled with the government's defiance and talks of a grand...
More than 84,500 complaints have been lodged against Punjab Police in just the first seven months of this year. That is nearly 400 grievances every...
Justice delayed is more than an administrative inconvenience. For many litigants, it can mean years of financial strain, repeated court appearances,...
It was high drama of compliance and defiance enacted by the government. It failed to implement the Supreme Court's order to move former prime...
Oral cancer cases in Sindh have risen by roughly 25% over the past five years, and doctors treating the disease describe a pattern of younger patients...
Pakistan's disastrous run at the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup was capped off with a 5-3 defeat to arch-rivals India, in which the boys in green were...
The PPP is thinking out loud, apparently seeking a pound of flesh from its ally at the Centre, the PML-N. Its position on the floor of the house that...
A young woman named Fatima was shot dead on a Karachi road this week and her husband was left in critical condition with six bullet wounds - all...