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Fatal open manholes, shameful police cover-up in Lahore highlight a lethal lack of civic accountability

Pakistan remains Nipah-free, but officials ramp up border screening as the deadly virus surfaces in India

Trade is up 20% as Pakistan and Bangladesh "bury the hatchet"

Each Pakistani now owes Rs333,000 as total debt hits Rs80.5tn, threatening to eclipse the national GDP

Fires do not claim at least 73 lives simply because a match is struck

Khan, in solitary confinement, denied audience for more than 100 days, is unbecoming of democracy

Officials can tout record $38.5 billion remittances as an economic triumph, does not make the claim true

Tirah Valley’s crisis exposes dangerous gaps in state coordination on security, relief

Ruling risks squeezing compliant taxpayers while encouraging business fragmentation