Pakistan’s missing stories
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Parity Report places Pakistan at the very bottom – 148th out of 148 countries – with a gender parity score of 56.75 per cent.…
What options on the Pak-Afghan table?
In deference to Turkiye's request, Pakistan agreed to continue the talks with the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul. A meeting of the Pakistani and Afghan principals (possibly defence ministers) on November…
From disaster to despair
Each monsoon in Pakistan heralds less a renewal of life and more a rehearsal for ruin. The 2025 floods, which swept through the vast industrial triangle of Sialkot, Gujrat and…
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…
NA body praises MDCAT 2025, calls for further reforms
The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Friday acknowledged the improvement in the conduct of MDCAT 2025 and recommended further measures to ensure transparency…
A farce called peace plan
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has finally unveiled his much-touted 20-point plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, which he describes as a landmark deal to end two years of a devastating war. But in…
GB’s pre-poll report card
FOR 75 years, Gilgit-Baltistan has been trapped in a constitutional limbo. Bound by an agreement with Kashmiri leaders, its people lived under direct federal control, with no say in their…
The Muslim cause
THE exhausted, brutalised people of Gaza have been promised a let-up in Israel’s relentless assaults at numerous points over the past two years. Yet the bombs have continued to drop.…
Chance for Gaza peace
DRAMATIC developments have followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Gaza ‘peace plan’. His plan was cautiously welcomed across the world in the hope that it might end the two-year war.…
Unfulfilled promises
IT was clear that the government would eventually accept the demands of protesters in Azad Kashmir, and re-initiate talks with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) after the loss of lives and…
