Tourists, minister trapped as ‘militants’ block Babusar Road in GB

Gilgit: Militants set up blockades on one of the major arteries linking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Gilgit-Baltistan, leaving a senior minister and several tourists stranded on Babusar Road near Chilas on Friday, sources told Dawn....

A city’s needs

The recent decision by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to promote the construction and functioning of commercial activities within domestic premises is unfortunate. In reality though, it is the regularisation of a de...

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In full bloom

I RECEIVED a lot of feedback from readers who remembered SWOT from the time it was published in the early 2000s. I loved reading through the comments and messages, including a mention of someone wanting to take up where SWOT lef...

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Much hinges on Iran-US talks

IRAN’S Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff met at the negotiating table in Rome yesterday to take forward ‘positive’ talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme initiated l...

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Lesser citizens

Can the state ever turn the dream of communal harmony into reality? A slew of injustices torment Pakistan’s religious communities; acceptance and empathy have run out, and extremism has found space. The latest case of savage v...

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Failure of Afghan policy

It is often argued that Pakistan lacks a clear and independent Afghan policy. What the establishment has historically pursued on the Afghan front has largely been an extension of its India-centric approach. Once a pro-India regi...

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