AS hostilities continue following the Israeli-American joint aggression against Iran, there seems to be no visible pathway to de-escalation. Instead, as US President Donald Trump reiterated yesterday,...
PAKISTAN’S unemployment crisis is no longer just another demographic concern; it is already restricting growth. So when World Bank president Ajay Banga said that employment creation will remain a “bin...
TIES between Pakistan and India are perhaps at their lowest point since Partition. Bilateral interaction is close to zero, while Pakistan has strong reasons to believe that its eastern neighbour is pl...
PAKISTAN were coasting towards victory in their Twenty20 World Cup opener but then came the spectre of the all-too-familiar collapse. From 98-2 in their chase of 148 to win against the Netherlands, Sa...
AFTER every terrorist atrocity, we are left with more questions than answers. This is also true in the case of yesterday’s barbaric suicide bombing of an imambargah in Islamabad during Friday prayers....
TO defeat terrorist groups that have caused immense bloodshed in Balochistan over the past few decades, the state must take a multifaceted approach. This must include the kinetic factor, as evidenced ...
AFTER several weeks of tension in the region, the US and Iran are due to return to the negotiating table in the days ahead. Though the talks were initially scheduled in Turkiye, Oman will now reported...
ONE should, perhaps, not read too much into it, but it has nonetheless been uplifting to note that there still appears to be some room for reason and rationality in national politics. KP Chief Ministe...
THE coordinated terrorist attacks across Balochistan on Saturday should serve as a wake-up call to the state: unless the counterterrorism approach is fine-tuned and recalibrated to meet the needs of t...
THE generous relief package recently announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for an industry burdened with high energy prices, elevated financing costs and an excessive tax burden was a necessary i...