
Petrol Relief Scheme: Providing Economic Support to the Common Man
September 23, 2026
At a time when rising prices are placing considerable pressure on household budgets, initiatives aimed at reducing the financial burden on ordinary citizens hold…

The Meticulously Crafted Trap
September 22, 2026
The situation in the Gulf has grown steadily clearer of late, and with it the realisation that neither Israel nor its principal patron, the…

THE TAX IN EVERY LITRE
September 22, 2026
Today, September 22, 2026, petrol in Pakistan costs Rs393.75 per litre and high speed diesel costs Rs422.08. Petrol has risen by Rs4.61 in the…

Global turmoil & local relief: A decision in favour of the poor
September 22, 2026
By Ihsan Narejo At a time when the entire world is caught in the grip of an economic crisis, tensions between the United States…

The Court of Time, the Bystander, and the Anatomy of Complicity
September 21, 2026
Human civilization has spent millennia perfecting the architecture of accountability. We build our courts behind walls of dressed stone and marble, framing them with…

THE NOWHERE GENERATION
September 20, 2026
Pakistan’s young people are facing a future with opportunities shrinking at both ends. There is not enough space for them to build a life…

The Algorithm Loop
September 20, 2026
We have entered an era where the importance of a piece of news is decided not by its truth, but by how many people…

THE ENDURING BOND – WHY PAKISTAN-CHINA ‘IRON BROTHERHOOD’ REMAINS A MODEL FOR REGIONAL STABILITY
September 20, 2026
Before entering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, I saw Jamia Masjid Salahuddin Ayubi on my right. I turned the steering wheel right and stopped near the masjid.…

Role of Chinese assistance in Pakistan’s Pharma Industry
September 20, 2026
Chinese continuous investment in pharmaceutical industries’ innovation, research, bioengineering, successful vaccine development especially during Covid-19 pandemic, and latest manufacturing has resulted the China in…

Death of Deep Reading and the Rise of Pseudo-intellectuals
September 20, 2026
By Prof. Dr. Umer Farooq I remember the days when people of our generation- Gen X, generally defined as those born between 1965 to…

New provinces, a strong Pakistan
September 18, 2026
Pakistan is a federal state where different regions, languages, cultures, and geographical features hold their own importance. At the time of Pakistan’s creation, the…

“Bombs of inflation on the public”
September 18, 2026
Whenever a major epidemic spreads in the world, a war begins somewhere, there are fluctuations in the global market, or sanctions are imposed on…

WAKE UP, PAKISTAN! SOMEONE IS EYEING THE BUNDLE!
September 16, 2026
BāBā-Tāl whispers: “Bacha! Your most precious shield may be in danger.” The Pakistani nation may therefore need to ask a frightening question: Is someone…

Judicial Well-being and the Administration of Justice
September 16, 2026
By Maryam Riaz Judicial well-being is a prerequisite for judicial independence and the proper administration of justice. Because a stressed judiciary is more susceptible…

THE SUBSIDY IS THE INSULT
September 15, 2026
There is something deeply insulting about a government taking money from people with one hand and returning a fraction of it with the other,…

AMERICA’S UNBROKEN TRAIL OF BETRAYAL
September 15, 2026
■Vietnam, Afghanistan, East Pakistan — and Trump’s “No” to MBS■ What is the value of an American promise when an American calculation changes? That…