FM urges Afghan leadership to reach comprehensive political settlement
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged Afghan leadership to use this historic opportunity for reaching a broad-based and comprehensive political settlement of Afghan...
Government launches uniform education curriculum
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said launched the Single National Curriculum (SNC), saying that it would prove an important milestone in transforming the...
Why didn’t they fight? Speed of Afghan collapse surprised even the Taliban
The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan was the result of not only their strength on the battlefield and a strategy that began in the...
Taliban declare end to war as they overthrow Afghan government
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul while Western nations scrambled on Monday to...
Casualties reported amid chaos at Kabul airport as Afghans attempt to flee
Thousands packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after...
Climate change crisis is already unfolding and serious policy action is overdue
‘The message from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change could hardly be clearer. Business as usual means global temperatures will rise by more than...
National Security Options?
“Pakistan has options”, National Security Adviser Moeed Yousaf reportedly remarked during an interview with the Financial Times. Apparently, Dr Yousaf has been quite vocal...
Who’s who behind the Taliban leadership
The Taliban movement's inner workings and leadership have always been largely shrouded in secrecy, even during their rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
As...
Jinnah’s Christians: From Pakistan Movement to the Formation of Pakistan
The Christians’ unquestionable and undeniable allegiance and commitment to Pakistan needs to be flagged again in the frame of historical reference when the 74th...
The Taliban return
It is all over bar the shouting. The Taliban have not just taken some more cities, but are taking back the capital of Afghanistan,...
Declining positivity rate
The decline in the positivity rate should not be taken to mean the end of the fourth wave of the covid-19 pandemic that was...
CITY NOTES: Fighting corruption in Kabul
We mark Independence Day one day before India does. Why, I’m not entirely sure, because the British let us go on the same day....