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Global arms race

THE figure is staggering. According to the annual report of Sweden-based think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, global military...

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Musical chairs

THE petitioners are quite helpless. Yet again, they are being expected to wait while the bench supposed to hear appeals against an earlier Supreme...

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Business concerns

WITH the country confronting one of its gravest economic crises, it is time for the government and business community to sit together and find a way...

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Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly rebuking Tel Aviv for it, many people...

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Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling stemmed from a case where a divorced...

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Digital growth

TECHNOLOGY divides us. According to a new UNDP report on Pakistan, titled Doing Digital for Development — Access, Adopt, Anticipate, Accelerate,...

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Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless imports, large carryover stocks being...

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Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone into stasis, with no breakthrough...

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Ties with Tehran

THE official visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which ends today, has been marked by mutual praise, and promises to improve ties, particularly...

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Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to move, is suffering due to old age,...

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Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national carrier will be concluded by the...

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By-election trends

WHILE it is too early to deduce a definitive political trend from the provisional results of Sunday’s 21 by-polls held so soon after the Feb 8...

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Janus-faced

THE US has done it again. While officially insisting it is committed to a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it rejected a...

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Raisi’s visit

IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi, who begins his three-day trip to Pakistan today, will be visiting the country during interesting times. While...

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Not without reform

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says that the economy has the potential to grow 10 times its size to $3tr for Pakistan to become a...

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Was the Faizabad sit-in commission doomed from the start?

LEAKS from the Faizabad commission report have opened a can of worms about an event that gripped the nation some seven years ago, but one that can...

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Olympic preparations

THIS past week marked the beginning of the 100-day countdown to the Paris Olympics, with the symbolic torch-lighting ceremony. The Olympic torch will...

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IHC letter

THIS is a historic opportunity for the judiciary to define its institutional boundaries. It must not be squandered. With the Supreme Court’s next...

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Elections in India

INDIA’S mammoth multi-stage elections have begun and the popular issues gripping the voters this time are unemployment, inflation and related...

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To build or not to build — the Iran pipeline conundrum

THE rooftop of Vaqar Zakaria’s home in Islamabad is strewn with photovoltaic panels that he says have lowered his electricity bill to virtually...

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Karachi terror

IS urban terrorism returning to Karachi? Yesterday’s deplorable suicide bombing attack on a van carrying five Japanese nationals in the city’s...

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President’s speech

PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari seems to have managed to hit all the right notes in his address to the joint sitting of parliament this Thursday....

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Isfahan strikes

THE Iran-Israel shadow war has very much come out into the open. Tel Aviv had been targeting Tehran’s assets for over a decade, particularly in...

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Melting glaciers

AFTER several rain-related deaths in KP in recent days, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority has sprung into action to minimise the chances of...

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Insufficient inquiry

UNLESS the state is honest about the mistakes its functionaries have made, we will be doomed to repeat our follies. And when these mistakes concern...

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X post facto

AS has become its modus operandi, the state is using smoke and mirrors to try to justify its decision to ban X, formerly Twitter. After weeks of...

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Never-ending suffering

OVER the weekend, the world witnessed an intense spectacle when Iran launched its drone-and-missile barrage against Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s...

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Hepatitis crisis

THE sheer scale of the crisis is staggering. A new WHO report flags Pakistan as the country with the highest number of hepatitis C cases in the world...

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IMF’s projections

THE next few years are likely to see Pakistan trapped in low-growth mode. International lenders maintain that economic growth in the country will...

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Future energy

PRIME MINISTER Shehbaz Sharif’s recent directive to the energy sector to curtail Pakistan’s staggering $27bn oil import bill through robust...

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Dharna inquiry

THE Supreme Court-sanctioned inquiry into the infamous Faizabad dharna of 2017 has turned out to be a damp squib. A three-member commission tasked...

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Saudi FM’s visit

AFTER a two-day stay, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, accompanied by a delegation including other ministers, wrapped up on Tuesday what...

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Tough talks

NO matter how painful, a larger, medium-term IMF bailout, with complementary financial support from ‘friendly’ countries, is imperative for...

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Going off track

LIKE many other state-owned enterprises in the country, Pakistan Railways is unable to deliver, while haemorrhaging public funds by the billions....

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Caught unawares

PAKISTAN has once again been caught off-guard by the devastating impact of unseasonal and intense rains across its provinces, with dozens of lives...

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On the margins

IT appears that we are bent upon taking the majoritarian path. Thus, the promise of respect and equality for the white in the flag is not being kept....

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Opposition alliance

AFTER the customary Ramazan interlude, political activity has resumed as usual. A ‘grand’ opposition alliance has emerged, comprising several...

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Iran’s counterstrike

THE Middle East, indeed, the entire international community, was on tenterhooks after Israel struck the consular section of Iran’s embassy in...

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Tragic travels

FOR those embarking on road and boat journeys, the probability of fatal accidents has seen a steady rise. The recent spate of mishaps should serve as...

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Upholding the law

THE recent discord in Bahawalnagar offers a chance to reflect on the sanctity of the law and its enforcement across all ranks of our security...

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Noshki killings

THERE have been numerous incidents in Pakistan’s history where innocent people have been singled out and murdered on the basis of their ethnic or...

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Living rough

WE either don’t see them or don’t want to see them — not even when they are actively trying to get our attention. In fact, we have become so...

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An eventful season

THE Senate chairman and deputy chairman were elected unopposed, and 41 new senators were sworn in on Tuesday, bringing to a close the reconfiguration...

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Security lapses

THE attack on Chinese engineers in Bisham recently was a grim reminder of the complexities the state faces in ensuring the safety of foreigners. The...

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Saudi investment

CONSIDERING the decades-old ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, it is not surprising that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chose to visit the kingdom...

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Charity for change

PAKISTANIS are large-hearted people who empty their pockets at the slightest hint of another’s need. The Stanford Social Innovative Review reported...

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Walton land allegations

THE allegations of corruption and violation of rules in the sale of Lahore’s Walton airport land by the Civil Aviation Authority to the Punjab...

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Killing fields

PERHAPS rankled by the daily flood of grisly news — murders, armed robberies, muggings and kidnappings — and panic among the public, the PPP and...

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Middle East heat

A SENSE of foreboding prevails over the Middle East, as regional states in particular, and the international community overall, await Iran’s...

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World Bank’s advice

IN recent years, Pakistan’s fiscal situation has deteriorated significantly due to persistently low tax revenue collection and burgeoning public...

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