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Turning Pakistan’s natural beauty into economic strength

Turning Pakistan’s natural beauty into economic strength
Pakistan has long possessed all the ingredients needed to emerge as a major tourism destination, yet its vast potential remains only partially realised. From the snow-covered peaks of the north to the archaeological treasures of ancient civilisations, fro…
The dual nature of the monsoon
The arrival of the monsoon season in Pakistan has always been a paradox. For an agrarian economy dependent on its life-giving rains, it is a harbinger of prosperity, promising to replenish reservoirs, irrigate crops, and sustain livelihoods. Yet, in an in…
A Threat to Identity
Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, commemorating India's unlawful annexation and occupation of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, was marked nationwide yesterday.  In the six years that have passed, India has consolidated its oppressive control over the Ka…
A new sunrise for Pakistan-Iran relations
Along with the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding inked, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's two-day visit is a show of a willingness to go beyond symbolism and concentrate on meaningful cooperation between two of the region's most important ne…
The Choking Hazard
Large-scale production of plastic garbage seriously harms both the environment and human health.  In an effort to address the city's plastic trash, the Sindh Solid trash Management Board in Hyderabad opened the first Polyethylene Plastic Recycling Pl…
A race against time for implementation
The first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy 2025, a comprehensive document outlining an ambitious path for the development of an AI ecosystem in the nation, was approved by the cabinet this week. By 2030, the strategy aims to train one million …
Devastating floods
Pakistan, a nation acutely vulnerable to the vagaries of climate change, faces the perennial threat of devastating floods. With its vast river systems, particularly the Indus, and susceptibility to intense monsoon rains and glacial melt, floods have becom…
A new chapter for Pakistan-US ties
The recent trade agreement between Pakistan and the United States, marked by a revised 19% tariff on Pakistani exports and a commitment to jointly develop Pakistan's oil reserves, heralds a potentially transformative phase in their often-complex relations…
A Moral Stain
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s recent address at the high-level international conference on Palestine in New York was more than just a diplomatic statement; it was an impassioned clarion call, resonating with the anguish of a nation long suffering and the m…
A dual crisis
In the past, a climate-conscious individual would frequently advocate for a Stone Age way of life in order to rescue the planet Earth in comedy routines. As it happens, that individual was correct: in order to prevent the climatic catastrophe that is now …
A critical juncture
The figures are alarming.  The number of polio cases this year has already reached 17, despite desperate attempts to stop its spread.  The disease's geographical distribution is even more worrisome.  The most recent cases come from Umerkot …
Tariff Shock
When US President Donald Trump decided to issue an executive order imposing an additional 25% duty on Indian goods on Wednesday, blaming New Delhi's continuous imports of Russian energy, the already deteriorating US-Indian relationship reached a new low. …
The dual nature of the monsoon
The arrival of the monsoon season in Pakistan has always been a paradox. For an agrarian economy dependent on its life-giving rains, it is a harbinger of prosperity, promising to replenish reservoirs, irrigate crops, and sustain livelihoods. Yet, in an in…
A Threat to Identity
Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, commemorating India's unlawful annexation and occupation of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, was marked nationwide yesterday.  In the six years that have passed, India has consolidated its oppressive control over the Ka…
A new sunrise for Pakistan-Iran relations
Along with the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding inked, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's two-day visit is a show of a willingness to go beyond symbolism and concentrate on meaningful cooperation between two of the region's most important ne…
The Choking Hazard
Large-scale production of plastic garbage seriously harms both the environment and human health.  In an effort to address the city's plastic trash, the Sindh Solid trash Management Board in Hyderabad opened the first Polyethylene Plastic Recycling Pl…
A race against time for implementation
The first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy 2025, a comprehensive document outlining an ambitious path for the development of an AI ecosystem in the nation, was approved by the cabinet this week. By 2030, the strategy aims to train one million …
Devastating floods
Pakistan, a nation acutely vulnerable to the vagaries of climate change, faces the perennial threat of devastating floods. With its vast river systems, particularly the Indus, and susceptibility to intense monsoon rains and glacial melt, floods have becom…
A new chapter for Pakistan-US ties
The recent trade agreement between Pakistan and the United States, marked by a revised 19% tariff on Pakistani exports and a commitment to jointly develop Pakistan's oil reserves, heralds a potentially transformative phase in their often-complex relations…
A Moral Stain
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s recent address at the high-level international conference on Palestine in New York was more than just a diplomatic statement; it was an impassioned clarion call, resonating with the anguish of a nation long suffering and the m…
A dual crisis
In the past, a climate-conscious individual would frequently advocate for a Stone Age way of life in order to rescue the planet Earth in comedy routines. As it happens, that individual was correct: in order to prevent the climatic catastrophe that is now …

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