THE seemingly coordinated terrorist attacks across Balochistan on Saturday reinforce the fact that the state must confront the menace of terrorist violence in the province firmly. As per security sour...
WHILE the US continues to mull a new attack against Iran, it is welcome that the upper echelons of the Pakistani state have made clear their stance against aggression targeting the neighbouring countr...
PAKISTAN’S decision to heighten surveillance at all entry points in response to the confirmed Nipah virus cases in India is a prudent one. It reflects the authorities’ understanding of the seriousness...
WITH the threat of a new American attack on Iran persisting, many of the Islamic Republic’s neighbours have said they will not allow their territory to be used against Tehran. This is significant as a...
THE Federal Constitutional Court’s short order upholding the legality of the contentious super tax on high-earning individuals and businesses signifies an important turn in Pakistan’s struggle between...
BY holding the policy interest rate steady while cutting the cash reserve requirement for banks, the State Bank appears to have clearly signalled a significant recalibration of its stance in favour of...
AS the KP government and the centre squabble over who ordered the evacuation of civilians from Tirah in order to pave the way for a counterterrorism operation, local people are caught in no man’s land...
PAKISTAN’s first shipment of critical minerals to America in October last year, following a $500m agreement between a US company and the Frontier Works Organisation, was a milestone in an otherwise un...
PAKISTAN’S underprivileged are perennially left out in the cold. As mercury dives to single digits, the government’s refusal to treat the biting cold as a climate emergency is claiming lives. In Chitr...
ALTHOUGH it seemed that US President Donald Trump had reconsidered his plans to stage an attack on Iran last week, an American military build-up in the region points to the fact that the danger of a c...