Editorial

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MMA has witnessed growing enthusiasm across Pakistan, with training clubs, academies emerging in different cities

NCCIA operation targeted alleged international financial fraud network, resulted in detention of dozens of minors

UN, other regional bodies have long relied on institutional statecraft to manage, resolve conflicts

Karachi's streets and pavements have increasingly become casualties of unchecked encroachments

Punjab's decision to raise the child-protection age under its vagrancy law from 14 to 16 is an overdue correction

The tectonic political shifts across the Atlantic Ocean are likely to have a profound impact on the Middle East

The UN's latest cryosphere reports are concerning for any reader

Pakistan's growing appetite for social media presents an enormous economic opportunity

It is blue all over the United States

Compounding the problem are the myths and misconceptions surrounding polio vaccination

Industry officials argue the policy was changed without prior consultation

Monday meet must lead to regularisation of meetings with the imprisoned political leaders as per the jail manual

While measures such as the Sindh government's daytime ban exist, they are not properly enforced

Article 14 of the Constitution expressly prohibits torture for extracting evidence

Encouraging sign, nonetheless, is that Qatari and Pakistani interlocutors are being heard in Tehran and Washington

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45 researchers from NUST ranked in world's top 2% of scientists

9m people live with hepatitis C, 48,000 people die annually from hepatitis-related complications

Singapore's leadership could help elevate Pakistan to a full dialogue partner in the ASEAN

Output strength cannot indefinitely compensate for input neglect

The reality is that healthcare in Pakistan has increasingly become a privilege rather than a fundamental right

The least desired at this critical juncture is a misadventure from Israel, or the Houthis going over the brink

Sindh's water problems are usually framed as scarcity caused by upstream issues

Cylinder explosions have become a disturbingly familiar occurrence across Pakistan

A deeply divided Israel might see Benjamin Netanyahu stay on as Prime Minister

Another deadline has been announced for Karachi's long-suffering University Road

Yet another UN report has confirmed the genocide in Gaza shows no signs of abating

The resignation of a former puisne judge of the Islamabad High Court has stirred a debate within judicial fraternity

Another year of climate commitments has yielded another disturbing record

SBP decision to hike benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 12% comes in a bid to insulate the domestic economy

Pakistan has led from the front in calling for the abolition of this discriminatory prerogative

Network allegedly sold the abusive material internationally in exchange for cryptocurrency

Pakistan adopted national dietary guidelines in 2018

Initiative, nonetheless, to distribute 500,000 Chromebooks among needy students on merit is a welcome move

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Unchecked discharge of hazardous effluents carries serious consequences for the environment

Domestic pharmaceutical industry is having its own problems

Only a sustained dialogue process can lead to a new consensus

Safety requires more than condemnations

Underlying this criminal industry is an uncomfortable economic reality

American military assets stand depleted in the Middle East

Punjab has announced a series of preventive measures, including inspections of smoke-emitting vehicles

Such encounters violate Pakistani law, international guidelines, which permissible only when necessary, proportionate