KP records highest toll with 21 dead, including 10 children; 13 killed in rain-related incidents across Punjab NEOC issues multiple impact-based weather alerts as the country braces for widespread rain, strong winds, and...

PM, President urge nation to strengthen parliamentary institutions

Both leaders commend efforts and role of Parliament in promoting inclusive, transparent, and participatory governance ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister (PM)...

Two Indian-sponsored terrorists killed, 2 apprehended in Duki IBO: ISPR

President Zardari, PM Shehbaz commend security forces on the successful operation RAWALPINDI: Two Indian-sponsored terrorists of Fitna al-Hindustan were killed by the security forces...

India Acknowledges Jet Losses in Pakistan Clash, Cites Political Constraints

India has officially confirmed that it lost several aircraft during the May 7 clash with Pakistan, admitting to the losses in the context of...

A question of jurisdiction

The International Court of Arbitration has ruled that it continues to have jurisdiction on disputes before it under the Indus Waters Treaty despite India’s having said it held it...

An open wound

The Cabinet Committee on State-Owner Enterprises was told that the SOEs had run up an accumulated loss of Rs 5.8 trillion, of which Rs 342 billion were lost from...

Sustainable development, climate crisis and debt

‘It is easy to be pessimistic about multilateralism nowadays. Recent international gatherings– including the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit, the 2024 Summit of the Future, and multiple United Nations...

Bureaucracy in Bulletproof

In a nation where an elderly shopkeeper has to haggle over every rupee of his electricity bill and a schoolteacher dreads the rising cost of basic groceries, the news...

Shifting gears from mandatory certification to truthful labeling in Seeds

By Dr Riaz Ud Din Mahsood Ishangi The Pashto proverb "if someone leaves the footsteps of their ancestor, ultimately they would not be able to place their own steps on...

Getting it right in Tests

By going down to Sri Lanka by an innings, Bangladesh has fulfilled its destiny. Such blips as its 2-0 whitewash of Pakistan in Pakistan are over, because this time...

White Lies

WhiteLies: Run an ulti ginti

Run an ulti ginti on your front pages, the federal government’s information apparatus has requested the newspapers, on the deadline given to “illegal”...

White Lies: Dollar’s set to come down

The dollar’s going to come down to 260 rupees, says a proud commerce and industries minister. The irony: the minister, who happens to head the...

White Lies: The Lordships on their turf

A petitioner wants five Justices to be sacked, one of them, the new CJP. Amongst the litany of complaints are the allegations of unaccountable...