Landmark legislation provides formal legal recognition for Kalash marriages, respecting cultural and religious identity Establishes structured registration system, addressing long-standing social and legal gaps for the community Historic step acknowledges and safeguards the...

Israeli airstrike on Sanaa kills Houthi PM, ministers; succession moves underway

Houthi-run agency confirms PM Ahmad Ghaleb al-Rahwi killed in Thursday’s strike Several ministers also among casualties; multiple wounded reported Deputy Mohamed Moftah named...

Sindh ‘fully mobilized’ for major flood wave as 1.6m people, 1,600 villages at risk: Memon

Sindh Information Minister govt deployed 192 rescue boats, set up 300 livestock camps, besides a round-the-clock monitoring cell CM Murad orders 500 relief...

Seven killed as heaviest monsoon spell batters Peshawar, Lahore

Rescue 1122 evacuates 300 in Peshawar; child killed in house collapse amid torrential rains Lightning strikes, roof collapses claim lives in Kahna, Anarkali...

Water bomb

India’s reneging on the Indus Basin Waters Treaty. Since India released accumulated floodwaters, causing floods to wash over the Punjab, affecting about 1.46 million people, apart from all the...

Government goes solar

Three completely different government organizations, all with different purposes, are opting for solar energy or electric vehicles, not so much for the environmental benefits, as for economic reasons. This...

The Relevance of Literature in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence has been sold to us as the ultimate time-saver and problem-solver. AI can now write poems in seconds, spin out short stories on demand and even mimic...

From ‘Flying Coffins’ to Strategic Void

It was a cloudy day in August 2003 at Ambala when George Fernandes, the Indian defence minister at the time, wearing a G-suit, took a ride in a MiG-21....

How Political Negligence Drowned Pakistan

Lahore is sinking. The historic city that once stood as the cultural heart of Pakistan has been reduced to floating islands of despair. Streets have turned into rivers, cars...

Money talks

AT PENPOINT The 11th National Finance Commission holds its inaugural meeting today under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. The government is working in some haste, though it...

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...