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PAKISTAN’S illegal organ trade has once exposed a brutal truth: where poverty, weak oversight and medical malpractice meet, vulnerable people can be...
As we celebrate 79th Independence Day of Pakistan, it is appropriate that we take stock of what Pakistan was, what it went through in recent decades...
US-China relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world today. The trajectory not only affects the well-being of the people of...
Dealers' association says an increase of Rs1.34 per litre in margins has been approved by the government.
Every year, as the fourteenth of August approaches, the country begins to wear its identity a little more visibly. Green and white flags appear on...
PAKISTAN’S Independence Day is not merely an annual ritual of flags and parades; it is a reaffirmation of a promise, the promise that this nation...
August 14, 2026 marks the 79th Independence Day of Pakistan. A day filled with pride, devotion and integrity for every Pakistani, regardless of caste,...
PAKISTAN faces a rapid population surge, with an estimated population nearing 260 million and an annual growth rate of roughly 2.5%. Ranking as the...
Pakistan’s gravest crisis is not merely its shortage of foreign exchange, rising debt, increasing poverty, frozen exports, mega corruption or...
PAKISTAN is facing an alarming rise in patients. In recent years, even expensive hospitals are overflowing. People stand in long queues, spending...
COURTS of law are meant for imparting justice between the parties and a party that ap-proaches the court with filthy hands taints the stream of...
GREENLAND, the world’s largest island, occupies a unique and often misunderstood position in global geopolitics. Geographically part of the North...
THE soil of Gaza has become an archive of unmeasured grief, but a few events capture the sheer scale of human erasure as starkly as the mass burial in...
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s three-day visit to Saudi Arabia has taken place at a decisive moment for Pakistan’s foreign policy. The visit is...
Imagine a Pakistan where chambers of commerce run national apprenticeship programs, where government innovation funds back student startups in...
COTTON, often called Pakistan’s “white gold,” has long been the backbone of the country’s agriculture and textile economy. It is not merely a...
In Pakistan, the most important aspect of wellbeing remains the most neglected. Ten years after this crisis was last written about, the diagnosis has...
ANY national ecosystem requires performance indicators and benchmarks against which progress can be measured. Global indices provide a holistic view...
Pakistan’s textile and garment industry stands at the centre of the country’s economic identity. It contributes approximately 8.5 per cent of GDP,...
Pakistan’s major cities experience the same cycle of disruption every monsoon. A few hours of heavy rainfall are enough to inundate roads, submerge...
A child who does not get enough to eat during her first thousand days will earn less throughout her life. Stunted growth leads to impaired cognitive...
Every revolution sells itself as the end of an old cruelty and the birth of a fairer order. Almost none of them keep that promise without first...
Let’s be honest: Pakistan’s system of government currently resembles a family WhatsApp group where everyone has admin rights, nobody agrees on...
On 3rd August 2026, about one in every five Ethiopians put down their usual work and picked up a shovel. Be it a minister, diplomat, farmer or...
PAKISTAN’S governance crisis is habitually diagnosed as a failure of legislation. Every economic downturn, constitutional controversy, environmental...
FOR half a century, Pakistan’s economic debate has circled the same two prescriptions: com-press imports or expand exports. Both have failed to...
“Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth… are signs for people of understanding.” (Qur’an 3:190) “Indeed, in the creation of...
AUGUST 5, 2026, marks the seventh anniversary of the revocation of Article 370 and Article 35A, the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir...
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are considered important instruments for any economy to enhance exports through bilateral market access and tariff...
Quite a few so called specialists and analysts, ill-informed or misguided, present an overly skeptical assessment of Pakistan’s Brownfield Refining...
Dr. Maqsood Jafri is a distinguished poet, writer and thinker whose literary achievements extend across seven languages, including English, Urdu,...
Pakistan’s agriculture is at a pivotal moment. What will define its future? Agriculture remains central to Pakistan’s economy and food security,...
THE economic, social and political progress of any country depends largely on the quality of its education system. Nations that fail to invest in...
For two decades Gwadar was a slogan before it was a port. Every Pakistani government since Musharraf has called it “the next Dubai,” and every...
NOWADAYS, skills acquisition is being discussed on almost every platform, leading to a growing demand for skills. Conversely, education, which enables...
THE Brahmaputra River is Asia’s mightiest river, originating from the Himalayas, near Mount Kailash in Tibet. The river flows from the Tibetan...
A ceasefire is not a peace treaty. It is simply a cessation of firing. The clue is in the name. Peace was never going to break out the moment...
PAKISTAN is currently facing several serious economic challenges with inflation emerging as one of the most pressing and sensitive issues. The...
As the world marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2026, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, the plight of journalists in Indian...
SAUDI Arabia’s approval of a civil nuclear cooperation framework with the United States under the “123 Agreement” marks a defining moment in...
IT is true that a man thinks and plans one thing, and something else happens. Pakistan’s Afghan policymakers had to face the same fate during the...
Analyst says investor sentiment has improved after the US and Iran paused military strikes.
Analyst says investor sentiment has improved after the US and Iran paused military strikes.
Mettis Global attributes rally to “easing geopolitical tensions and a sharp decline in global oil prices”.
When a person reaches a point where death seems easier than life, the essential question is no longer whether the law has been broken. It is what...
DOCTORS occupy a singular place in Pakistani society. A few professions command greater public trust and the title “Dr.” continues to carry...
Within hours of the assassination of the judges, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for the attack. The speed of the...
There comes a moment when even the most careful observer has to set aside the language of nuance and call a thing what it actually is. What happened...
THE Real Face of the Taliban, written by senior journalist Saifullah Khalid, is the result of more than three decades of observation, field experience...
While global initiatives have significantly reduced the public health burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency...
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