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

Editorial

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The digital test

NewsDecember 1, 2025

PAKISTAN’S Cybersecurity Act has been presented as a milestone. The proposed legislation marks a long-awaited attempt to strengthen national defences in an age where the first strike is often digital....

Political prisoner

HealthNovember 30, 2025

IT seems unnecessary and ultimately counterproductive for the government to continue imposing such restrictions. Whatever it may think of Imran Khan today, the fact remains that he is a former prime m...

Beyond quick-fixes

BusinessNovember 29, 2025

PAKISTAN’S investment crisis, marked by a dismal 13.1pc investment-to-GDP ratio against a regional average of over 30pc, can be resolved but not through piecemeal actions or incentives for favoured in...

Needless moralising

NewsNovember 28, 2025

IT is disquieting that such troubling remarks have been made in a case as brutal as that of Noor Mukadam’s murder. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s additional note, published on Wednesday, attributes the gh...

Cleaning the stables

NewsNovember 28, 2025

ALTHOUGH former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has largely kept a low profile after returning to Pakistan in 2023, the PML-N leader broke his silence on Wednesday on sensitive political matters, while sp...

Karachi jailbreak

NewsJune 5, 2025

A THOROUGH audit of correctional facilities in Sindh — as well as other parts of the country — is in order after the recent jailbreak in Karachi’s Malir District Prison. Over 200 inmates escaped from ...

Muzzling criticism

NewsJune 2, 2025

HRCP’s recent call for the repeal of the Peca (Amendment) Act of 2025 should serve as a stark warning for a government increasingly reliant on coercive legislation to stifle legitimate dissent. As the...