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FIFA's crisis of trust

Gianni Infantino built his FIFA presidency on the promise of a clean break from the corruption years of Sepp Blatter. That promise has not survived...

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HIV probe

Children contracting HIV while receiving treatment at a public hospital is a deeply disturbing development that cannot be allowed to pass as another...

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The resolve to rise

As Pakistan turns 79 today, the nation reiterates its resolve to live up to the ideals of its founding fathers and build a welfare nation-state....

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Fatal healthcare

The consequences of a worsening economy and a gradually deteriorating country are not merely fiscal. When in conversation about how Pakistan's...

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Growth at a crossroads

The government is growing increasingly concerned about the state of the economy due to the impact of the US-Iran war and the stress it is placing on...

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Right to justice

Judicial relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan is overdue. The government has unnecessarily transgressed by keeping the PTI founder in solitary...

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Assad's sentencing

The former strongman of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, stands condemned as he was sentenced to death in absentia. The Alawite dynasty scion who ruled Syria...

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Redirected funds

There is something deeply troubling about a development programme designed to help some of Balochistan's poorest flood victims becoming the...

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Poison on our plates

A disconcerting amount of packaged kitchen staples fail to meet national quality standards. About 48% of all ghee samples analysed by the Ministry of...

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Murder unanswered

The death of Mir Raza, the owner of a Karachi-based dessert chain, has now taken a new turn. A kidnapping case that briefly drifted toward a theory of...

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111 days and counting

Pakistan continues to receive praise from the international community for emerging as a central intermediary in the US-Iran war. Its diplomacy and...

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Netanyahu's stunt

Benjamin Netanyahu is undeniably a troublemaker who cannot be relied upon to make peace. He stands accused of war crimes in Gaza - where the ICJ ruled...

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Lifesaving jabs

The death of a child is one of the greatest tragedies a nation can bear. But if that death were preventable, it asks pointed questions and demands...

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Theatre of the absurd

US President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders in yet another attempt to feed his obsession with ending birthright citizenship. This comes...

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Dawn of regional amalgamation

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement testifies to the fact that Pakistan has emerged as a net-security provider in the region. It is a historic...

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Makkah consensus

The tripartite defence agreement signed in Makkah between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is epoch-making in essence. It is premised on the...

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ART centres

HIV outbreaks in hospitals are almost always the result of sheer medical negligence and when such negligence is exercised against children - one of...

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Broken law, broken lives

At least 1,914 cases of child abuse were reported across the country during the first six months of 2026 alone, a staggering number that should be...

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A drought ends

After three long years, the Pakistan cricket team finally outplayed an opponent in an away test match. The run of eight tests without a win began...

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The unsung frontline

Pakistan's struggle against terrorism has often been narrated through the lens of military operations, and rightly so. The Pakistan Army has...

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Political path ahead

The incarceration of Imran Khan, in defiance of the jail manual, is now becoming a source of irritation and embarrassment. The former PM's sons,...

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Abuse of authority

No woman should ever have to fear the very institution entrusted with protecting her. Yet when the alleged perpetrator is a police officer and the...

06.08.2026 30

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RAW's killing spree

UN rights experts are the latest group to sound the alarm over India's audacious campaign to assassinate prominent dissidents abroad. In a...

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AJK goes to PML-N

The PML-N is poised to form its government in AJK as the state awaits the third and final leg of polling on August 10. Following the first two phases...

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No ground to concede

Seventeen dead, more than twenty wounded, an entire district placed under emergency - this is the arithmetic of Sunday's suicide bombing outside...

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MQM's dilemma

The MQM-P is in disarray as recent infighting exposes its deep fault lines. Once the heartthrob of Karachiites for defending the city's rights,...

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Bracing for the rains

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, most of Pakistan has experienced either near normal or below normal rainfall in the month of...

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Controlling rabies

No one should die of rabies in 2026. It is among the deadliest diseases known to medicine, yet it is also among the most preventable. That Sindh has...

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No space for pedestrians

Being on the roads of Pakistan - as a driver, rider or pedestrian - can be a fatal gamble. Punjab alone tells the story in numbers: Rescue 1122...

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The terror matrix

Pakistan is facing a profound security crisis as militant violence hit a sharp peak in July 2026. During this deadliest month, over 112 security...

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Unsung urban heroes

The recent protest by over 300 sanitation workers in Rawalpindi is a damning indictment of how Pakistan treats the men and women whose blood, sweat...

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Mortality-cooling trap

The idea that there are people dying in Pakistan because they lack access to air-conditioning seems like a convoluted, tone-deaf take by a...

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An orphaned generation

The number of children orphaned by the Israeli onslaught has crossed 60,000, and there is no sign that the Zionist government can be shamed into...

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Normalised tragedy

For Pakistan's coal miners, the greatest danger has never been the darkness beneath the earth but the indifference above it. Negligence this time...

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Fragile economic recovery

The reignition of tensions in the Middle East is worrying planners in the Ministry of Finance, who are now accepting that inflation is going to be a...

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The system syndrome

The contention that the present system is not delivering is not new. It has been debated for decades, as we experimented with democracy,...

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Beginning to emerge

Pakistan's men's football team will step onto unfamiliar ground later this year when it competes in the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup in...

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Karachi killings

Karachi has learnt to live with violence. It knows what it means to live under the shadow of extortion rackets and organised criminal syndicates. That...

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Time to de-escalate

Pakistan threw its weight behind diplomacy as it vowed to bring the arch-foes, the US and Iran, back to the table. The Foreign Office on Thursday...

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Gearing up for August 5

After a long hiatus, the PTI has apparently decided to flex its muscles and kickstart a mass-contact campaign. Its decision to stage a public rally on...

30.07.2026 30

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Hepatitis crisis

Pakistan is in the grip of a hepatitis crisis of staggering proportions. With an estimated 12 to 15 million people infected with hepatitis B or C, the...

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Social support for beggars

Under the Punjab Vagrancy (Amendment) Act 2025, begging was made a non-bailable offence in the province last year, with 'ringleaders' facing...

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Hidden epidemic

HIV in Sindh is more widespread than initially believed: this is the inescapable conclusion one has to draw from the latest infections uncovered at...

29.07.2026 20

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A water security policy

Pakistan is trapped in an abusive relationship with the monsoon season, as the same rains that are crucial for farmers are death-bringers for people...

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AJK ballot

Marred by protests, the first phase of the AJK Legislative Assembly elections has ended with a PML-N victory in the Mirpur division. The PML-N...

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Digital roll call

This year, the Sindh government has been making impressive strides in education by introducing reliable, transparent systems through widespread...

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Credit rating upgrade

For the first time since 2016, Pakistan has regained a 'B' sovereign credit rating from S&P Global Ratings. The upgrade from our...

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Modi's waning control

A ruling party built on a majority of over 300 seats has just discovered that street numbers can outweigh parliamentary ones. Dharmendra...

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Powering distrust

Pakistan's power sector has long been trapped in a vicious cycle of inefficiencies and mounting circular debt. Consumers have repeatedly been...

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AI reckoning has arrived

OpenAI's recent admission that its AI models went rogue, broke out of its test environment and hacked another AI company's systems seemed to...

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