A peek into Trump’s Iran mindset
ALL eyes in Pakistan must be on Iran because of the likely crippling consequences of an outbreak of hostilities between the US-Israel coalition and the Persian Gulf Islamic Republic, with…
Where free speech ends
Pakistan and the UK’s relationship has traditionally enabled candid engagement on sensitive matters within a framework of trust and mutual respect. It is in this context that Pakistan’s recent diplomatic…
Hope demands work
ACROSS Pakistan, the stories that shape this Human Rights Day unfold quietly in homes, settlements, villages, neighbourhoods where rights become urgent needs. In these places, girls are sometimes withdrawn from…
Compliance dividends
DURING a conversation some years ago, a Supreme Court judge observed that as a sovereign independent state with an independent judiciary, we should not care about international pressures or obligations…
Scam compounds
WELCOME to life in 2025 where the ravages of global conflict, vast disparities of wealth born of failing economies and mass displacement have produced mutant varieties of human exploitation. Recently,…
Intricate landscape
SINCE the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, militants have been changing strategies and targets. Pakistan’s complex terrorism landscape has been significantly shaped by geopolitical shifts, foreign fighters’ arrival, foreign forces’ exit…
HEC sends 221 agri graduates to get advanced farming training in China
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has organised a send-off ceremony for 221 agriculture graduates selected to receive advanced training in China under the Prime Minister’s initiative for capacity building of…
AI’s climate blindspot
Seven of nine planetary boundaries have been breached. Climate change, biosphere collapse, freshwater depletion and, for the first time, ocean acidification. These boundaries are the vital signs of a planet…
NA panel demands penalties for old MDCAT candidates
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Health Friday praised Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for conducting the most transparent MDCAT in recent years. The Committee, however, directed MDCAT to…
Winds of change?
CONSERVATIVE political commentator Andrew Breitbart famously said “politics is downstream of culture”. He meant that any attempt to change the politics of a country must begin with changing the culture.…
