Editorial

Supreme Court's landmark verdict last week brings much-needed clarity to these deeply entrenched issues

UN General Assembly offers leaders an opportunity to place their country's position before the world

PTI's demands primarily centre on legal and procedural rights

Global sea level rose by almost six millimetres in 2024

Closed mill haemorrhaged Rs79.3 billion over the past three fiscal years alone

Need of the hour is to ensure that de-escalation takes place instantly

AI-assisted surveillance and automated threat detection could alter how future crises unfold

Navigating this treacherous path without a misstep is Pakistan's greatest challenge

Xi's landmark welcome says it all

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El Niño is a reminder that the world remains woefully unprepared for the public health consequences of extreme weather

Call centres in Karachi alone had facilitated international fraud worth approximately $60 million

According to a 2021 assessment by WWF-Pakistan, shark landings in the country fell by more than 85% over five decades

98% of schools in Gaza damaged or destroyed; Unicef reports 660,000 students' education affected by Israeli onslaught

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hints at a possible meeting between Trump and his Iranian counterpart

Government must recruit qualified teachers, ensure basic facilities like toilets, clean drinking water, electricity

Pakistan must therefore avoid the temptation to substitute prohibition for protection

Compounding these tensions, the federal government says it is mulling Governor's rule in K-P

Pakistan has entered 23 disciplines as athletes from 45 countries and regions gather for competition across 43 sports

The K-P government's anti-polio campaign, involving 35,000 personnel, needs strong support

Female literacy stands at 47% against 68% for men

The PCB cannot afford to operate behind closed doors while the national team's reputation crumbles

New report says our score is below the South Asian regional average, our performance on air quality is appalling

The only path forward is dialogue with the opposition, driven by a sincere intent to address their core grievances

Question is why so many people can disappear in a city that has invested heavily in surveillance and policing

One area where Pakistan is objectively doing well in the gender gap ranking

Security forces are doing a remarkable job to stem the rot

There was a time when Pakistan's commercial theatre was regarded as a vibrant, if slightly rough-edged, cultural space

The family's protest should not have to continue for the machinery of the state to demonstrate that it is functioning

Pakistan did some plain talking at the UN Security Council when it said that it has every right to defend itself

Punjab's decision to equip police with body cameras a step in the right direction as far as transparency is concerned

It should not take 14 newborn deaths for a major hospital to discover its most basic safety systems are inadequate

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian interests are pushing the region toward a major crisis

Official figures show that MDCAT registrations have fallen from 204,253 in 2022 to 138,158 this year

There is arguably still ample room for central bank to aggressively raise policy rate by another 100 basis points

All such austerity gimmicks, have proved to be a hoax, as the rich and powerful remain immune to these restrictions

Damage is not limited to the value of what is stolen

Salaried class paid a collective Rs91 billion, which is about 325% of the entire real estate sector's taxes paid

Tendency to politicise sports is also undermining interaction in other areas of interstate relations

The BRICS summit in New Delhi has come as a precursor to a change in realpolitik

It is no secret that life holds little value in Karachi, given the fact that every other day brings news of death

Pakistan's collapse to a clean sweep at Edgbaston closes one of the bleakest chapters in team's recent Test history

Sri Lanka have now eliminated Pakistan in three successive Asia Cup semi-finals

Jamaat-e-Islami has staged nationwide sit-ins in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta

Health officials and government functionaries claim 98% of citizens are fully vaccinated

Consider the case of a 13-year-old boy who received a full vaccination course at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

Sophistication of these crimes has also changed the nature of the threat

Necessitates sustained diplomacy in the face of the whims and wishes of forces bent on furthering the conflict

Lawlessness survives on illegal weapons that continue to circulate and an incompetent police force stretched thin

There has been a staggering 3,000 per cent increase in dengue cases across the country in a single decade