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  • Decentralising degrees

    Sindh’s move to bring degrees closer to students promises access, but demands serious investment

  • Back from the brink

    Iran steps back from repression as protests fade, opening a narrow window for dialogue with the US

  • Populism at the border

    US visa suspension casts migrants as balance-sheet risks, Pakistanis caught in the crossfire

  • Tanker mafia challenge

    Mayor Wahab’s plan to dismantle the "tanker mafia" is daring, but can it work without a functional pipe network?

  • Losing trees

    Cutting 29,000 trees in Islamabad sparks outcry, saplings cannot quickly replace the benefits of mature greenery

  • Welcome move

    New pre-immigration clearance for UAE travellers in Karachi will ease visa snags, protect genuine commuters

  • Teachers or brutes?

    Child's death in Manghopir highlights the urgent need for teacher accountability, ending corporal punishment

  • Hostile remarks

    National consensus is vital as the K-P CM, federal government clash over Afghan-based terror allegations

  • Iran on the edges

    Trump must stop meddling to avoid regional catastrophe, volatility

  • PTI's Karachi rally

    PTI’s street politics tests the balance between democratic space, coercive policing and governance duties

  • Wedding burials

    Islamabad gas blast exposes the deadly cost of negligence, urgent need for safety vigilance

  • New provinces?

    Without local bodies and fiscal fairness, new provinces risk becoming another layer of weak governance

  • Fragmented Somalia

    Israel's decision to recognise Somaliland as an independent state is a calculated attempt at destabilisation

  • ICG report

    Kabul's refusal to deal with terrorist outfits operating from Afghanistan have taken its toll on Pakistan

  • Anti-encroachment campaign

    As campaign extends, businesses in Saddar face the consequences

  • Avoidable accidents

    Heavy vehicle accidents in Karachi claim lives due to poor road conditions, untrained drivers

  • Trouble for Tehran

    Iran's mass protests reveal economic struggles, political solution must emerge without external, violent intervention

  • Bleeding SOEs

    Pakistan's state-owned enterprises face severe crisis, losses up 300%, taxpayer-funded bailouts up to Rs2.1 trillion

  • Massive' operation

    Sindh’s operation against Katcha belt dacoits aims to restore order in a long-troubled region plagued by violence

  • Ascending PSL

    PSL expands to 8 teams with Hyderabad, Sialkot, signaling growth, international investment despite IPL gap

  • Time to talk

    PTI, opposition take to the streets, government faces mounting pressure, calling for dialogue

  • Karachi in the dumps

    Without governance reform, even billions won’t rescue Karachi from chronic dysfunction

  • Uneven recovery

    Pakistan’s recovery is enriching the wealthy while poverty deepens, the middle class erodes

  • High-seas brinkmanship

    Seizing sanctioned tankers may push great-power rivalry toward a new Cold War flashpoint

  • Fake documents, fake doctors

    Fake degrees and admissions threaten healthcare integrity while honest students pay the price

  • Fixing gas sector

    Gas circular debt tops Rs3trn as the state weighs taxing all citizens to cover sectoral failures

  • Terrorism and its epicentre

    Afghanistan’s terror nexus demands decisive, united action as Pakistan faces rising attacks and infiltration

  • Justice delayed

    Year after Mustafa Amir’s murder, bail for prime suspect exposes deep failures in Pakistan's legal system

  • Judicial independence

    Amnesty warns Pakistan’s 27th Amendment undermines judicial independence, right to a fair trial

  • Trump's neo-colonialism

    Global order at risk as Trump’s foreign policy revives memories of failed US interventions

  • Pollution and accountability

    Without credible air data, Karachi’s fight against pollution remains stalled

  • Export slump

    Export slump, rising imports push Pakistan’s monthly trade deficit up 25%

  • A unanimous way ahead

    Pakistan, China align on Afghanistan, counterterrorism, development at strategic talks in Beijing

  • Hindutva diplomacy

    India's once-strong relationship with Bangladesh is teetering after a series of missteps by New Delhi

  • Recognising child marriage

    Legal inconsistencies are wrought in the country's legal framework, as minimum legal age for marriage is not uniform

  • Work from jail

    Proposal by the Inspector General of Jails in Sindh to introduce a 'work from jail' model

  • Cervical cancer vaccine

    Sindh’s HPV vaccine push faces resistance rooted in deep-seated public mistrust, misinformation

  • Trapped at kitchen table

    Pakistan's economic crisis: survival takes precedence as food, housing, utilities consume 63% of income

  • The fall of Maduro

    Trump’s move in Venezuela risks fueling anti-US sentiments, destabilising the region

  • Need for talks

    A broad-based dialogue among the stakeholders is a sine qua non for stability

  • Education crisis

    Recent Household Integrated Economic Survey reveals how far Pakistan still lags in terms of education

  • C-section surge

    It has saved millions of lives by intervening when childbirth turns perilous

  • Strength in numbers?

    Pakistan’s increasing population demands long-term planning, not short-term fixes

  • Beyond the thumbprint

    Broader biometric recognition marks a structural shift in Pakistan’s digital state

  • The tax lacunae

    FBR misses targets again, raising fears of fresh indirect taxes on an already strained middle class

  • Karachi's plight and double-deckers

    The city is not designed for ill-planned public transport, needs a different approach to civic infrastructure

  • Navigating 2026

    Pakistan's growth optimistically projected at 3.2% for current fiscal year, structural deficits highlighted by IMF

  • Another manhole death

    Recurring manhole deaths signal systemic failure to curb urban negligence brought on by incompetence, corruption

  • Lawyers' thuggery

    According to FIR, a group of lawyers allegedly attacked Butt, assaulted his counsel during the chaos in court

  • Laudable reconnect

    Decision to resume direct flights between Karachi, Dhaka from next week, increase in trade volume, is a good sign