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Sindh cabinet approves budget, CM Murad Ali Shah promises expanded development push
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Sindh cabinet approves budget, CM Murad Ali Shah promises expanded development push

KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet has approved the provincial budget under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah during a meeting. According to details, the cabinet formally gave approval to…

Budget: The Real Questions

Budget: The Real Questions

Jun 16, 2026
Asif MahmoodIn our context, budgets are usually seen through two familiar lenses. One is to view them as a supporter of the government, and the other is to view them as an opponent. In the first case, every budget is declared excellent; in the second, eve…
Affordable medicine: a right, not a privilege

Affordable medicine: a right, not a privilege

Sep 27, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi A country where millions struggle day-to-day to meet basic needs, the going up price tag of medicine is more than an inconvenience--it is a crisis. The right to health is enshrined in international human rights agreements and recog…
Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas

Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas

Sep 26, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In recent months, several European countries, including Norway, Ireland, and Spain, have taken the historic step of recognizing the State of Palestine. Predictably, these announcements have sparked strong reactions, particularly fr…
More provinces, Strong Federation

More provinces, Strong Federation

Sep 24, 2025
By Sardar Khan NiaziThe debate over the creation of new provinces in Pakistan has once again surfaced, and what makes it promising this time is that the Constitution itself ensures that any such step can only be taken through broad consultation and consen…
IGnoble Peace Prize?

IGnoble Peace Prize?

Sep 24, 2025
 Asif MahmoodThe Nobel Peace Prize was meant to honor those who heal wounds and build bridges. Today it risks becoming a stage for those who exploit grief, glorify violence, and polish their image through foreign lobbies. The campaign to present Mahrang B…
South Asia’s Israel and the Middle East’s India

South Asia’s Israel and the Middle East’s India

Sep 23, 2025
Asif Mahmood India today stands in South Asia as Israel stands in the Middle East. Both present themselves as democracies, both enjoy Western patronage, yet both are built on occupation, dispossession and the systematic denial of Muslim rights. Kashmir…
Time to re-green our country

Time to re-green our country

Sep 22, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi As Pakistan stands in the combat zone of the global climate crisis, it is time we confront an uncomfortable truth: we are rapidly losing our green cover and with it the natural resilience that once protected our land and our people…
September 20 to mark State Sovereignty Day in Azerbaijan

September 20 to mark State Sovereignty Day in Azerbaijan

Sep 20, 2025
For centuries, the greatest aspiration of the people of Azerbaijan has been to live in an independent and sovereign state, to build a developed society founded on our national and moral values, on solidarity, humanism, justice, and the rule of law. Despit…
The Young Man and the Sea

The Young Man and the Sea

Sep 20, 2025
Asif Mahmood Some books are not merely read, they are lived. Ernest Hemingway’s  "The Old Man and the Sea" is one such masterpiece. It is the story of Santiago, the aged fisherman, who battles the unforgiving sea and an immense marlin to prove tha…
Floods and healthcare: A crisis within a crisis

Floods and healthcare: A crisis within a crisis

Sep 20, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi Each year, as monsoon rains roll across Pakistan, they bring not only the threat of overflowing rivers and inundated villages but also an unrelenting strain on the country’s already fragile healthcare system. The floods are not jus…
Four independents join Aleem Khan’s IPP in Gilgit-Baltistan
June 17, 2026 Latest News

Four independents join Aleem Khan’s IPP in Gilgit-Baltistan

GILGIT: At least four independent winners…

PM to decide on PTI demand linking funds contribution to jailed Imran meeting: FinMin
June 17, 2026 Latest News

PM to decide on PTI demand linking funds contribution to jailed Imran meeting: FinMin

Islamabad : Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb…

Oil slides on Iran supply prospects as traders wait on Warsh
June 17, 2026 Latest News

Oil slides on Iran supply prospects as traders wait on Warsh

Tumbling crude prices on news that…

DPM Dar says Pakistan facilitating repatriation of 30 Iranian nationals
June 17, 2026 Latest News

DPM Dar says Pakistan facilitating repatriation of 30 Iranian nationals

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister…

Sardar Khan Niazi

(Tamgh-i-Imtaiz) Journalist, Business Leader, Entrepreneur

Affordable medicine: a right, not a privilege

Affordable medicine: a right, not a privilege

Sep 27, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi A country where millions struggle day-to-day to meet basic needs, the going up price tag of medicine is more than an inconvenience--it is a crisis. The right to health is enshrined in international human rights agreements and recog…
Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas

Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas

Sep 26, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi In recent months, several European countries, including Norway, Ireland, and Spain, have taken the historic step of recognizing the State of Palestine. Predictably, these announcements have sparked strong reactions, particularly fr…
More provinces, Strong Federation

More provinces, Strong Federation

Sep 24, 2025
By Sardar Khan NiaziThe debate over the creation of new provinces in Pakistan has once again surfaced, and what makes it promising this time is that the Constitution itself ensures that any such step can only be taken through broad consultation and consen…
IGnoble Peace Prize?

IGnoble Peace Prize?

Sep 24, 2025
 Asif MahmoodThe Nobel Peace Prize was meant to honor those who heal wounds and build bridges. Today it risks becoming a stage for those who exploit grief, glorify violence, and polish their image through foreign lobbies. The campaign to present Mahrang B…
South Asia’s Israel and the Middle East’s India

South Asia’s Israel and the Middle East’s India

Sep 23, 2025
Asif Mahmood India today stands in South Asia as Israel stands in the Middle East. Both present themselves as democracies, both enjoy Western patronage, yet both are built on occupation, dispossession and the systematic denial of Muslim rights. Kashmir…
Time to re-green our country

Time to re-green our country

Sep 22, 2025
By Sardar Khan Niazi As Pakistan stands in the combat zone of the global climate crisis, it is time we confront an uncomfortable truth: we are rapidly losing our green cover and with it the natural resilience that once protected our land and our people…
September 20 to mark State Sovereignty Day in Azerbaijan

September 20 to mark State Sovereignty Day in Azerbaijan

Sep 20, 2025
For centuries, the greatest aspiration of the people of Azerbaijan has been to live in an independent and sovereign state, to build a developed society founded on our national and moral values, on solidarity, humanism, justice, and the rule of law. Despit…
The Young Man and the Sea

The Young Man and the Sea

Sep 20, 2025
Asif Mahmood Some books are not merely read, they are lived. Ernest Hemingway’s  "The Old Man and the Sea" is one such masterpiece. It is the story of Santiago, the aged fisherman, who battles the unforgiving sea and an immense marlin to prove tha…
Four independents join Aleem Khan’s IPP in Gilgit-Baltistan
June 17, 2026 Latest News

Four independents join Aleem Khan’s IPP in Gilgit-Baltistan

GILGIT: At least four independent winners…

PM to decide on PTI demand linking funds contribution to jailed Imran meeting: FinMin
June 17, 2026 Latest News

PM to decide on PTI demand linking funds contribution to jailed Imran meeting: FinMin

Islamabad : Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb…

Oil slides on Iran supply prospects as traders wait on Warsh
June 17, 2026 Latest News

Oil slides on Iran supply prospects as traders wait on Warsh

Tumbling crude prices on news that…

DPM Dar says Pakistan facilitating repatriation of 30 Iranian nationals
June 17, 2026 Latest News

DPM Dar says Pakistan facilitating repatriation of 30 Iranian nationals

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister…

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