Veteran Kashmiri leader dies after prolonged illness in Islamabad Funeral prayers to be held tomorrow in Chechian, Mirpur at 3pm Former AJK PM served nine terms as assembly member from Mirpur ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu...

Govt flatly denies ‘final offer’ to PTI on early polls, ECP overhaul

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Friday categorically rejected reports claiming the government had decided to make a “firm and final” offer to the...

41 Indian-sponsored terrorists eliminated in two Balochistan operations

RAWALPINDI: Security forces personnel have eliminated 41 Indian-sponsored terrorists during two operations in Balochistan. According to an ISPR statement issued on Friday, on 29 January...

Pakistan urges dialogue in a bid to help defuse Iran-US tensions

-- PM speaks to Iranian President, stresses dialogue amid regional tensions -- The two leaders reaffirm Pakistan–Iran's commitment to peace through diplomacy -- Dar and Araghchi...

850 billion was saved in last financial year paying off debt early

The revelation, by Finance Minister’s Adviser Shehzad Khurram, that in 14 months the government has paid off Rs 3.65 trillion of debt early, would be welcome, had it not...

Threats to public health

With one virus not eliminated, another threatens. Pakistan is drawing international attention because it is one of the last two countries where children are still being infected by the...

A new trade Axis

The era when global trade was commanded by a narrow axis of industrial powers and relying on Western markets is collapsing. On January 27, the European Union and India...

Snow, militancy and the cost of incompetence

High in the mountains of Tirah Valley in District Khyber of KP, where the air is thin and snow blankets the valleys like a heavy, unyielding shroud, life is...

Trump’s march toward imperialism?

Has the USA crossed an invisible threshold— moving from the imperfect discipline of democracy toward the raw logic of imperial power? This question now dominates global debate as policies...

Transfer of technology?

US President Donald Trump’s latest manoeuvres show signs of his learning from Israel, as the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro resembled the kidnapping of war criminal Adolf Eichmann,...