Biden’s comments a slap on our foreign policy: Imran

Islamabad: PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday said US President Joe Biden’s statement showed a total failure of the “imported” government’s foreign policy. His remarks come after the America...

Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling

Ever since the Russian-Ukraine war, the understrength conventional power capability of Russia against the US-led NATO bolstering Ukraine often comes up with nuclear saber-rattling. More recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin...

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16 days of activism – the clock is ticking

Pakistan's struggle with gender-based violence (GBV) is a multifaceted issue deeply entrenched in societal structures. Approximately 34% of young women experience physical violence and 14% women face sexual violence in their lif...

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The rise of anti-corporate terror?

Crimes are usually not meant to be too farsighted. Yet some crimes, especially assassinations, serve as a warning for the coming times. The assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand could not possibly imagine that their action would...

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Barristers & media: instruments of democratic regression?

The judiciary played a facilitating role in establishing the authoritarian rule. Sections of the media contributed to the consolidation of such governance. At first sight these two sentences read like a glimpse from Pakistan'...

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Cause of death

A recent report by the WHO highlights that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for over 60% of deaths annually in Pakistan. This significant epidemiological shift - from infectious diseases to chronic health conditions ...

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