03 March 2026
Kart-e-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan

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Balochistan attacks

NewsFebruary 1, 2026

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...

Stance on Iran

NewsJanuary 31, 2026

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...

Constant vigilance

HealthJanuary 30, 2026

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...

No appetite for war

NewsJanuary 29, 2026

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...

Super tax

BusinessJanuary 29, 2026

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...

Prudent stimulus

NewsJanuary 28, 2026

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...

Tirah displacement

HealthJanuary 27, 2026

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...

Beyond extraction

NewsJanuary 26, 2026

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...

Winter misery

NewsJanuary 25, 2026

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...

American ‘armada’

NewsJanuary 25, 2026

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...