Unveils monthly security assessment titled: April 2024: Surge in Militant Attacks, Moderate Human Impact vs. March Report says Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly its southern districts, bearing the brunt ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and...

Zardari orders action against street crimes, Kacha dacoits to bolster public confidence

Chaires high-level meeting, directs vigorous crackdown on street criminals, Kacha dacoits, and drug traffickers across province CM Shah juxtaposed Karachi's crime index of...

PTI demands full court minus CJP to hear meddling case

Entire judiciary standing on one side, CJP on the other on judges’ letter issue: Raoof Glaring disparity in treatment meted out to Khan,...

Govt slashes petrol price by Rs5.45, high-speed diesel by Rs8.42

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday slashed the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) for the next fortnight by Rs5.45 and 8.42, respectively. In a...

Editor's Picks

Trying to plug the leaks

The Federal Board of Revenue’s blocking of the SIMs of all those who have not filed income tax returns may not yield as great results as expected, not, that...

Tranche released

As expected, though perhaps delayed longer than the Pakistan government would have liked, the IMF’s Board of Directors voted to release the last of three tranches of its Stand-By...

Evil vs stupidity

The other day I had the singular misfortune of viewing an old clip of Meera reciting her own ‘poetry’ on a TV show. That alone would have been cringeworthy...

Climate justice: Hope of humanity 

In a world already mired in socioeconomic and political injustices, climate injustice adds more injury. Prior to prioritising climate justice, understanding injustice serves as a key to imagining the...

Is the clock ticking for TikTok?

In a decisive move, President Biden has inked into law a foreign aid package bearing a particularly pointed provision: a ticking time bomb for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance. The clock...

The impact of the student protests on Biden’s re-election

Washington Watch University student protests against US support for Israel’s war in Gaza have spread like wildfire. At last count, there have been sustained demonstrations on over 200 campuses. More...

White Lies

WhiteLies: Run an ulti ginti

Run an ulti ginti on your front pages, the federal government’s information apparatus has requested the newspapers, on the deadline given to “illegal”...

White Lies: Dollar’s set to come down

The dollar’s going to come down to 260 rupees, says a proud commerce and industries minister. The irony: the minister, who happens to head the...

White Lies: The Lordships on their turf

A petitioner wants five Justices to be sacked, one of them, the new CJP. Amongst the litany of complaints are the allegations of unaccountable...