Editorial

Bill for protecting domestic workers' rights in Sindh has taken too long to be enforced

Pakistan's challenge is not the lack of tax measures but their uneven enforcement

Pushback from Iran has taken the Middle East by surprise, forcing President Trump to ask Italy, Oman for mediation

A decade on, Karachi’s K-IV water project faces delays, doubts, another deadline

Pakistan’s T20 campaign ends in frustration as middle-order failures, timid tactics cost dearly

Pakistan, Italy, Spain, Greece push legal migration to curb trafficking

Under-trials form 73% of Pakistan’s prison population

13.4m girls out of school despite improved infrastructure

Middle East on brink as Iran retaliates against US–Israel strikes

Consensus must be rooted in constitutional supremacy, restoration of democratic processes

Airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, meant to target terror sanctuaries, are a lawful retaliation from Pakistan

Punjab’s Rs11.7bn VIP jet sparks outrage amid inflation and public hardship

Power losses top Rs1trn as Pakistan’s grid falters under theft and inefficiency

UK MPs urge fair trial for Imran Khan as Islamabad court fixes sentence suspension pleas

Without stricter safeguards, celebration cannot trump human life

FBR must ensure tax reform targets evasion, not essential medical care

Cross-border attacks risk regional peace, violate international law

Govt offers fresh talks to opposition amid Imran Khan health row, trust deficit persists

Melting glaciers threaten millions; Pakistan must shift from advisories to climate action

Begging surges as poverty deepens; arrests won’t fix a crisis rooted in joblessness

Karachi blast exposes deadly cost of illegal gas compressors, chronic regulatory failure

“Greater Israel” rhetoric risks replacing international law with divine mandate

Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan were self-defence after Kabul failed to curb TTP terror bases

Pakistan has just recorded its highest poverty rate in over a decade

Punjab Crime Control Department's (CCD) first year of operations has seen costly successes

SBCA has taken a reactive stand against fire safety inadequacies

Delayed diagnosis costs thousands of young lives each year

NADRA’s tech success overshadowed by massive birth record backlog

Rising naval deployments heighten fears of a Middle East flashpoint

$10bn peace force launches, but Pakistan holds back amid Gaza mandate doubts

.Railways posts Rs2.4bn surplus against Rs27.4bn dues — reform now unavoidable

.HEC’s AI mandate risks quality gaps amid faculty, funding shortages

Accommodation scandal forces PHF chief out amid Pro League debacle

Soldier Bazaar blast exposes Karachi’s deadly culture of regulatory neglect

Pakistan warns Kabul over terror safe havens after Bajaur attack kills 11 soldiers

Recent decision by the federal ombudsperson for protection against harassment established men's paternity leave rights

Pakistan must move beyond incremental fixes, undertake structural reform if it is to bridge the widening skills gap

Government decision to raise prices by Rs5 and Rs7.32 for petrol, HSD, respectively, on Ramazan eve disturbs lives

Over six years, maternal, neonatal deaths stay high; water contamination, weak health systems persist

Aggregate losses have declined consecutively, from Rs905 billion in 2023 to Rs832 billion in 2025

Beyond insurgency-hit Afghan border areas, militants now operate freely in settled districts

For Team Pakistan, losing to India looks like a well-entrenched hobby now

Confronting decades of exclusion, institutional neglect

Dossier tabled by far-right says Palestinians must prove ownership of the land, otherwise Israel will claim it

Pakistan's demographic trajectory is rapidly approaching a breaking point

Pakistan is no stranger to climate disasters, including floods, heatwaves, infrastructure damage

Human motivation is driven by a hierarchy of needs

A moral indictment of a system that consistently fails to protect women, vulnerable citizens

The katcha belt has been cleared before, but it revives because of entrenched socio-economic deprivation

India faces scrutiny as alleged offshore killings, confessions trouble diplomacy