Registration for MDCAT from 25th: PMC
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Saturday decided to open registration for the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) from May 25 [which will continue till a date to…
World ‘better place’ 25 years after nuclear test-ban treaty
Twenty-five years after its adoption, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has made the world a safer place, experts say, despite never being ratified and concerns over North Korea. The Americans conducted…
What makes COP25 special?
Next week, the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) will kick off in Madrid, Spain. It was moved from Chile in “a complete affront” to Chilean civil society, which had called…
Wars worsen as Sudan’s ‘salvation’ regime marks 25 years
A quarter-century after it took power in an Islamist-backed coup promising "salvation" for Sudan, critics say Field Marshal Omar al-Bashir's regime has instead destroyed it. Bashir, 70, is accused of…
Asia’s post-September market rally runs out of gas
Investors' appetite for emerging Asia stocks, bonds and currencies is spent, and for reasons that go beyond the overriding question of when and how the US Federal Reserve will reverse…
Spotlight: What people would want to see happening in the first 100 days!: Will end September 13 show some light at the end of the tunnel?
Ordinary Pakistanis like you and me look forward to a measure of quick (hundred days?) tangible relief from current miseries and, building further on that, to medium and long-term solutions…
Galloping inflation
Pakistan today is experiencing high and rising rate of inflation. This is the highest inflation after 1973-74 and 1974-75 when it rose to 30% and 27% respectively, in the aftermath…
Meloni’s win
Italian voters stuck with right-wing parties in the general elections held on September 25. As expected, the right-wing coalition has maintained its majority in the Italian parliament and is likely…
Climate takes backseat in Italy vote despite extreme events
From parched rivers to a glacier collapse and this week’s deadly storms, Italy has suffered numerous climate events this year — but many politicians pay the subject little more than…
Risks rising for the West as Ukraine war drags
Russia’s war against Ukraine appears to be settling into a grinding conflict that could last years and prove increasingly risky for Kyiv’s Western allies, analysts warn. Faltering public patience for…
