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US has ultimately chosen to execute the second option of cutting a deal with Iran

Swiss city by the lake is brimming with tourists this time of the year

Femicide statistics show that over 7,500 women were killed between 2021 and 2024

Pakistan's economy remains deeply connected to climate-sensitive sectors

The proposal was blocked by the US, France and the UK on procedural grounds

In a matter of weeks, the same scorched earth will be inundated by monsoon rains

Cessation of hostilities in each war offers you a moment to reflect on what was lost and what was gained

The path to the MoU has catapulted Pakistan back onto the global radar

Health sector's share in the overall social sector development budget stands at 2.2% of the total social sector

A letter to Hazrat Ali Hajwiri

The ongoing Gaza episode is not a case on the sidelines of human activity

The year 2026 did not bode well for Pakistan in terms of internal security

Pakistan continues to spend much of its policy vim defending legacy sectors through tariff walls

Despite growing unpopularity of clerical regime in Iran, there is a strong sentiment to face off US-Israeli combine

Quaid-e-Azam himself declared that no nation can rise to glory unless women stand side by side with men

Pollard was arrested by FBI, spent years in prison for his actions working against national security interests of US

Temperature extremes should serve as a warning that climate change is now a lived reality

For decades, Pakistan measured poverty through a simple question: how much money does a household earn or spend?

The Taliban remain isolated from the rest of the world diplomatically, politically

The US-Israeli war on Iran has realigned regional and intercity urban spaces

Twenty-two years ago, in 2004, I met Syed Babar Ali for the first time

If mediation can help two adversarial countries find common ground, why are we so reluctant to use it closer to home?

Deep beneath the deserts of Chagai lies one of the world's largest deposits of copper and gold

Suicide, femicide, filicide

The psychological consequences experienced by acid attack survivors are painful and difficult to recover from

Our students deserve all the accolades because of the ordeals they go through to pursue their academic dreams

Economic historians coined the phrase 'vertical integration' to understand the rise of Rockefeller's oil conglomerate

Shibboleths are words, customs or behaviours that distinguish members of a particular group from outsiders

UAE has alienated itself from the rest of the Gulf

Budget also tells a political story

Students have increasingly entered the protest space and aligned their concerns with those of teachers and staff

Meet intellectuals, journalists of our society, you find a blend of Diogenes Jesus of Nazareth

As Pakistan deals with the protests in Azad Kashmir, India's Minister of Water, CR Patil, has dropped a bombshell

The planet itself is about to be demolished within seconds, and these two are the likely escapees

It is the learned helplessness that comes with believing AI has made them obsolete

The fear is real, the pain is real, and the silence imposed on women is cruel

A global economic shock emerging from the Iran conflict is rapidly evolving into a new kind of inequality shock

In competitive examinations such as CSS, success depends on uniform preparation, comparable educational standards

Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have been in the news lately for both good and bad reasons

This year marks the 76th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Portugal and Pakistan

In the midst of India's hallucinatory obsession with Pakistan, what was truly lost was South Asia itself

Churchill's characterisation of the Soviet Union fits modern-day Afghanistan best

The question that refuses to die

It is the fall from grace that hits the powerful states harder than actual defeat

This all may seem like a sudden series of events of the last couple of years

Agentic AI is becoming more financially accessible, which is one of the most significant barriers for SMEs