Kurram ‘roadmap’ The state must provide ironclad guarantees that the local population will be protected from all forms of terrorism. Updated 25 Dec, 2024 08:32am Email Your Name*Cancel
Kurram ‘roadmap’ The state must provide ironclad guarantees that the local population will be protected from all forms of terrorism. Updated 25 Dec, 2024 08:32am Email Your Name*Cancel
Snooping state THE state’s attempts to pry into citizens’ internet activities continue apace. The latest in this regard is a... Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:30am
Snooping state THE state’s attempts to pry into citizens’ internet activities continue apace. The latest in this regard is a... Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:30am
A welcome first step THE commencement of a dialogue between the PTI and the coalition parties occupying the treasury benches in ... Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:30am
A welcome first step THE commencement of a dialogue between the PTI and the coalition parties occupying the treasury benches in ... Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:30am
High troop losses Continuing terror attacks show that our counterterrorism measures need a revamp. Localised IBOs appear to be a sound and available option. Updated 24 Dec, 2024 08:49am
High troop losses Continuing terror attacks show that our counterterrorism measures need a revamp. Localised IBOs appear to be a sound and available option. Updated 24 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Energy conundrum THE onset of cold weather in the country has brought with it a familiar woe: a severe shortage of piped gas for... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:19am
Energy conundrum THE onset of cold weather in the country has brought with it a familiar woe: a severe shortage of piped gas for... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:19am
Positive cricket change HEADING into their Champions Trophy title defence, Pakistan are hitting the right notes. Mohammad Rizwan’s charges... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:19am
Positive cricket change HEADING into their Champions Trophy title defence, Pakistan are hitting the right notes. Mohammad Rizwan’s charges... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:19am
Internet restrictions Notion that Pakistan enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression difficult to reconcile with the reality of restrictions. Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:03am
Internet restrictions Notion that Pakistan enjoys unprecedented freedom of expression difficult to reconcile with the reality of restrictions. Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:03am
Bangladesh reset THE vibes were positive during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent meeting with Bangladesh interim leader Dr... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:26am
Bangladesh reset THE vibes were positive during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent meeting with Bangladesh interim leader Dr... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:26am
Leaving home FROM asylum seekers to economic migrants, the continuing exodus from Pakistan shows mass disillusionment with the... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:26am
Leaving home FROM asylum seekers to economic migrants, the continuing exodus from Pakistan shows mass disillusionment with the... Published 23 Dec, 2024 07:26am
Military convictions Pakistan’s democracy, still finding its feet, cannot afford such compromises on core democratic values. Updated 22 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Military convictions Pakistan’s democracy, still finding its feet, cannot afford such compromises on core democratic values. Updated 22 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Need for talks FOR a long time now, the country has been in the grip of relentless political uncertainty, featuring the... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
Need for talks FOR a long time now, the country has been in the grip of relentless political uncertainty, featuring the... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
Vulnerable vaccinators THE campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan cannot succeed unless the safety of vaccinators and security personnel... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
Vulnerable vaccinators THE campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan cannot succeed unless the safety of vaccinators and security personnel... Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
Strange claim In all likelihood, Pakistan and US will continue to be ‘frenemies'. Updated 21 Dec, 2024 08:43am
Strange claim In all likelihood, Pakistan and US will continue to be ‘frenemies'. Updated 21 Dec, 2024 08:43am
Media strangulation Administration must decide whether it wishes to be remembered as an enabler or an executioner of press freedom. Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:32pm
Media strangulation Administration must decide whether it wishes to be remembered as an enabler or an executioner of press freedom. Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:32pm
Israeli rampage ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with... Published 21 Dec, 2024 07:13am
Israeli rampage ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with... Published 21 Dec, 2024 07:13am
Tax amendments Bureaucracy gimmicks have not produced results, will not do so in the future. Updated 20 Dec, 2024 09:05am
Tax amendments Bureaucracy gimmicks have not produced results, will not do so in the future. Updated 20 Dec, 2024 09:05am
Cricket breakthrough IT had been made clear to Pakistan that a Champions Trophy without India was not even a distant possibility, even if... Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:40am
Cricket breakthrough IT had been made clear to Pakistan that a Champions Trophy without India was not even a distant possibility, even if... Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:40am
Troubled waters LURCHING from one crisis to the next, the Pakistani state has been consistent in failing its vulnerable citizens.... Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:39am
Troubled waters LURCHING from one crisis to the next, the Pakistani state has been consistent in failing its vulnerable citizens.... Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:39am
Madressah oversight Bill should be reconsidered and Directorate General of Religious Education, formed to oversee seminaries, should not be rolled back. Updated 19 Dec, 2024 09:07am
Madressah oversight Bill should be reconsidered and Directorate General of Religious Education, formed to oversee seminaries, should not be rolled back. Updated 19 Dec, 2024 09:07am
Kurram’s misery The state must recognise that allowing such hardship to continue undermines its basic duty to protect citizens’ well-being. Updated 19 Dec, 2024 02:44pm
Kurram’s misery The state must recognise that allowing such hardship to continue undermines its basic duty to protect citizens’ well-being. Updated 19 Dec, 2024 02:44pm
Hiking gas rates IMPLEMENTATION of a new Ogra recommendation to increase the gas prices by an average 8.7pc or Rs142.45 per mmBtu in... Published 19 Dec, 2024 08:22am
Hiking gas rates IMPLEMENTATION of a new Ogra recommendation to increase the gas prices by an average 8.7pc or Rs142.45 per mmBtu in... Published 19 Dec, 2024 08:22am
Geopolitical games While Assad may be gone — and not many are mourning the end of his brutal rule — Syria’s future does not look promising. Updated 18 Dec, 2024 08:29am
Geopolitical games While Assad may be gone — and not many are mourning the end of his brutal rule — Syria’s future does not look promising. Updated 18 Dec, 2024 08:29am
Polio’s toll MONDAY’s attacks on polio workers in Karak and Bannu that martyred Constable Irfanullah and wounded two ... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:33am
Polio’s toll MONDAY’s attacks on polio workers in Karak and Bannu that martyred Constable Irfanullah and wounded two ... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:33am
Development expenditure PAKISTAN’S infrastructure development woes are wide and deep. The country must annually spend at least 10pc of its... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:33am
Development expenditure PAKISTAN’S infrastructure development woes are wide and deep. The country must annually spend at least 10pc of its... Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:33am
Risky slope Inflation likely to see an upward trajectory once high base effect tapers off. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:11am
Risky slope Inflation likely to see an upward trajectory once high base effect tapers off. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:11am
Digital ID bill Without privacy safeguards, a centralised digital ID system could be misused for surveillance. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 01:27pm
Digital ID bill Without privacy safeguards, a centralised digital ID system could be misused for surveillance. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 01:27pm
Dangerous revisionism When hatemongers call for digging up every mosque to see what lies beneath, there is a darker agenda driving matters. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 07:59pm
Dangerous revisionism When hatemongers call for digging up every mosque to see what lies beneath, there is a darker agenda driving matters. Updated 17 Dec, 2024 07:59pm
Remembering APS Ten years later, the state must fully commit itself to implementing NAP if Pakistan is to be rid of terrorism and fanaticism. Updated 16 Dec, 2024 10:43am
Remembering APS Ten years later, the state must fully commit itself to implementing NAP if Pakistan is to be rid of terrorism and fanaticism. Updated 16 Dec, 2024 10:43am
Cricket momentum A WASHOUT at The Wanderers saw Pakistan avoid a series whitewash but they will go into the One-day International... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:21am
Cricket momentum A WASHOUT at The Wanderers saw Pakistan avoid a series whitewash but they will go into the One-day International... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:21am
Grievous trade THE UN’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2024 is a sobering account of how the commodification of humans... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:21am
Grievous trade THE UN’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2024 is a sobering account of how the commodification of humans... Published 16 Dec, 2024 08:21am
Economic plan? So long as the government does not realise that it needs to put its own house in order, growth will remain anaemic and the world will be reluctant to help. Updated 15 Dec, 2024 08:59am
Economic plan? So long as the government does not realise that it needs to put its own house in order, growth will remain anaemic and the world will be reluctant to help. Updated 15 Dec, 2024 08:59am
Registration tussle MAULANA Fazlur Rehman appears to be having trouble digesting the fact that he was taken for a ride. The government,... Published 15 Dec, 2024 08:18am
Registration tussle MAULANA Fazlur Rehman appears to be having trouble digesting the fact that he was taken for a ride. The government,... Published 15 Dec, 2024 08:18am
Dangerous overreach THE latest wave of arrests and cases filed against journalists and social media users under Peca marks an alarming... Published 15 Dec, 2024 08:17am
Dangerous overreach THE latest wave of arrests and cases filed against journalists and social media users under Peca marks an alarming... Published 15 Dec, 2024 08:17am
Half measures The question remains: Were suspects' prolonged detention, subsequent trial, and punishments ever legal in eyes of the law? Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Half measures The question remains: Were suspects' prolonged detention, subsequent trial, and punishments ever legal in eyes of the law? Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:49am
Engaging with Kabul WHILE relations with the Afghan Taliban have been testy of late, mainly because of the feeling in Islamabad that the... Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:35am
Engaging with Kabul WHILE relations with the Afghan Taliban have been testy of late, mainly because of the feeling in Islamabad that the... Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:35am
