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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 In these places, girls are sometimes withdrawn from…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…

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.…