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Work in progress

News August 17, 2026

THE State Bank governor’s optimistic assessment of the economy must be seen in the context of the reality hidden beneath the headline numbers. While progressing from stabilisation to sustainable gro...

Balochistan’s wounds

News August 16, 2026

ALTHOUGH Balochistan has been experiencing varying degrees of tumult for over two decades now, currently, the troubled province is witnessing near-constant terrorist activity and lawlessness. The rule...

Governance test

News August 15, 2026

EVER since the interior minister called for smaller administrative units to improve governance, the question of new provinces has become the subject of much discussion. The proposal has revived a long...

Taliban support

News August 14, 2026

THE latest UN monitoring report analysing the activities of several transnational terrorist groups is unequivocal in its assessment: the Afghan Taliban β€œhave continued their support” to the banned...

AJK outlook

News August 13, 2026

AS the staggered polls for the AJK Legislative Assembly enter their final stretch, it appears that the PML-N is in a commanding position, and is already working on a governance plan for the region. Ma...

Mideast outreach

News August 12, 2026

OVER the past few days, Pakistan has been going the extra mile to assure Iran that the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement it signed last week with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye poses no threat to Tehran. In a ...

Equal citizens

News August 11, 2026

AUG 11 occupies a special place in our history because it was on this day in 1947 that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah set out what citizenship in the new state ought to mean. Addressing the Constitu...

Tel Aviv’s subterfuge

News August 11, 2026

THE Gaza peace plan championed by US President Donald Trump and his Board of Peace has encountered major turbulence, as the American leader’s Israeli friends have rejected the deal. On Sunday, the I...

Genuine governance

News August 10, 2026

ON the surface, the Punjab cabinet’s decision to allocate funds for local government elections is a welcome step towards restoring a democratic tier of governance that has remained absent for more t...

Makkah agreement

News August 9, 2026

IN the midst of a gruelling war between the US and Iran β€” currently at a stalemate β€” the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday is a hig...