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Beyond Warnings: Building a Climate-Resilient Pakistan

Jul 07, 2025

As the rivers swell and monsoon clouds gather, Pakistan once again stands at the brink of disaster. The recent tragic deaths of tourists swept away by the surging Swat River painfully echo the devastation of the 2022 floods, which killed hundreds, displac…

A Coordinated Strategy Against Terrorism is Urgently Needed

Mar 06, 2025

Pakistan continues to face a persistent and multifaceted terrorism threat, yet the state has not been able to implement a matching counterterrorism (CT) response. The alarming rise in terror-related casualties, particularly among civilians and security pe…

Pakistan’s Economic Future at Stake

Mar 05, 2025

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is currently in Islamabad to assess Pakistan’s progress on the $7 billion funding programme. The outcome of this review is critical, as it will determine whether the next tranche of funding will be disbursed…

Justice Denied

Mar 04, 2025

The Pakistani justice system has utterly failed to protect women, as revealed by a recent report from the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO). The statistics are alarming—conviction rates for honour killings and rape stand at a mere 0.5%, w…

Judicial Independence Under Threat

Mar 03, 2025

The concerns voiced by critics of the 26th Amendment have proven to be not only justified but alarmingly prescient. Since its enactment, the judiciary’s decisions have increasingly appeared to be influenced by executive interests, casting doubt on the ind…

A Legislature in Service of Itself

Mar 02, 2025

One year into its tenure, the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan has managed to outpace its predecessors in legislative output, passing 47 laws in record time. On the surface, this would suggest an efficient and responsive legislature. However, a deeper e…

Ramazan Price Hikes: A Burden on the Common Citizen

Mar 01, 2025

With the holy month of Ramazan set to begin in a day or two, an unfortunate and familiar trend has already surfaced: an unjustified surge in prices of essential commodities. While inflationary pressures have slightly eased compared to previous years, the …

The Need for Urgent Transformation

Feb 28, 2025

The gap is huge, to say the least. Pakistani banks and the bankers who run them appear ill-prepared for the challenges being unleashed by rapid technological disruptions, particularly the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). While they are aware of the c…

Locked Away and Forgotten: Pakistan’s Prison Crisis

Feb 27, 2025

Pakistan's prisons are a stark and shameful reflection of a system that has utterly failed its most vulnerable citizens. Imagine, if you will, over 102,000 people crammed into spaces designed for barely 66,000. This isn't a dystopian novel; it's the reali…

A Desperate Flight

Feb 26, 2025

The biting winter wind whipped through the makeshift tents huddled on the outskirts of Islamabad, a stark reminder of the harsh reality facing Afghan refugees. Families huddled together for warmth, their faces etched with worry. They had fled their homela…

A Growing Concern for the Region

Feb 25, 2025

Reports of internal divisions within the Afghan Taliban are cause for concern, particularly as they highlight tensions between the ideological old guard based in Kandahar and the more pragmatic elements of the movement. These power struggles have signific…

July 7, 2025 National

S.K. Niazi Calls for Political Stability, Criticizes PTI’s Declining Influence

July 7, 2025 Sports

Wayne Milder declared his innings before breaking Brian Lara’s historic record

July 7, 2025 World

Tariffs to be implemented from August 1; Trump’s new U-turn and new threat

July 7, 2025 Sci-Tech

Apple takes fight against 587-dollar million EU antitrust fine to court

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