Kabul’s choice

Least bad option for Pakistan seems to be limited engagement with Kabul, with pressure from regional states on Taliban to do more against militants.

Updated 16 Sep, 2025 08:18am

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Insolence on the field

DIPLOMATIC ties between India and Pakistan might continue to be strained following the arch-rivals’ four-day...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 07:30am

Transgender policy

THE transgender community has endured contempt for too long. Abuse, sexual violence, battery and isolation persist...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 07:29am

Fiscal failure

The resurgent debt-to-GDP ratio increasing to 70.2pc in one year should be of concern to policymakers.

Updated 15 Sep, 2025 08:40am

Easing repatriation

THE spectacle of Afghan families trudging back across the border from Pakistan has become sadly familiar. Since...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Stifled press

THAT global press freedom is at its lowest in half a century speaks poorly for the health of the pen. The...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Palestinian state?

If the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people is to be halted, Arab and Muslim countries need to put up a united front.

Updated 14 Sep, 2025 08:55am

Renewing the past

THERE seems to be much to celebrate on the heritage and culture front in Punjab, where experts have been at work...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 07:47am

Education disrupted

A MIX of natural calamities, terrorism and bureaucratic ineptitude has resulted in difficulties for students in...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 07:47am

Security at stake

Imran Khan's stance against military operations is a problematic one. However, there needs to be political ownership of such choices.

Updated 13 Sep, 2025 08:22am

Panda debut

FORMAL assurances from the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to provide $285m in...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

Where are they?

THE Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances was created in 2011 with directives by the Supreme Court to...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

Climate emergency

The devastation will test both the state’s resolve and ability to rehabilitate displaced communities.

Updated 12 Sep, 2025 08:08am

Peace committee

THE formation of a national-level committee to deal with hate speech, extremism and terrorism can only be welcomed....

Published 12 Sep, 2025 07:18am

Gen Z revolt

NEPAL’S restless youth have shaken the political order. What began as outrage over a sweeping ban on 26 social...

Published 12 Sep, 2025 07:17am

Widening war

By striking in Doha, Israel has crossed a line with profound implications for regional security.

Updated 11 Sep, 2025 08:49am

Public insecurity

BIG Brother has been watching us. There have been multiple disclosures over the past year about how the activities ...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 07:33am

Tax directory

THE government’s decision to publish tax records — payments and declared incomes — of taxpayers may be...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 07:32am

Split court

Laws, rules and justice are not merely tools of governance, but provide architecture for trust, fairness and peace in society.

Updated 10 Sep, 2025 08:33am

False freedom

THE Commonwealth likes to talk a big game when it comes to democratic values. Its leaders signed lofty “media...

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:16am

Gas issues

THE extension of captive levy — already imposed on the industrial customers of the two public sector utilities...

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:16am

Leaky state

Instead of finding scapegoats for data leak, the authority would be better served with a bit of self-reflection.

Updated 09 Sep, 2025 08:34am

Cancer burden

IT has been a long time coming. Finally, Pakistan is set to create a national cancer registry after President Asif...

Published 09 Sep, 2025 07:34am

Sign of hope

HALFWAY through the T20 tri-nation series final, it seemed as if Pakistan had not done enough. Afghanistan were in...

Published 09 Sep, 2025 07:33am

Crop devastation

Govt must use unfolding crisis to push overdue structural reforms in this neglected sector.

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 08:34am

Mental health crisis

MENTAL agony plagues too many people. New data from the WHO warns of a crisis of staggering proportions: one billion...

Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:19am

Digital literacy

LITERACY today is not merely the ability to read and write. It is the ability to function in a digital economy. This...

Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:19am

Hybrid failures

There's a need to move away from the hybrid model in the interest of democracy.

Updated 06 Sep, 2025 10:50am

Tricky regulation

MEMBERS of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue recommended last Wednesday that all those associated...

Published 06 Sep, 2025 04:54am

HPV vaccine

By including the vaccine in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, it is hoped that awareness levels are heightened.

Updated 07 Sep, 2025 08:36am

Flood accountability

All political parties must recognise that disaster is not a moment for politicking, but a test of governance.

Updated 05 Sep, 2025 08:32am

Wapda’s demand

NEPRA must rigorously scrutinise Wapda’s petition for a staggering 91pc revenue hike to Rs365bn in FY26 from...

Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:42am

‘War or peace’

MANY clichés are bandied about regarding China’s rise as the new superpower — an economic and military behemoth...

Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:42am

Kalabagh again

The cry for new reservoirs underpins how deeply our power elites are stuck in old, redundant concepts.

Updated 04 Sep, 2025 08:30am

A new threat

THE deadly suicide bombing targeting a BNP-M meeting in Quetta on Tuesday has exposed a lethal new actor involved in...

Published 04 Sep, 2025 07:07am