Kashmiri leader Altaf Ahmad Shah dies in India custody

Illegally detained senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Altaf Ahmad Shah has embraced martyrdom in Indian custody, Radio Pakistan reported. Altaf Ahmad Shah, 66 – who was son-in-law of the icon of Kashmir...

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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