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Super tax

Business January 29, 2026

THE Federal Constitutional Court’s short order upholding the legality of the contentious super tax on high-earning individuals and businesses signifies an important turn in Pakistan’s struggle bet...

Prudent stimulus

News January 28, 2026

BY holding the policy interest rate steady while cutting the cash reserve requirement for banks, the State Bank appears to have clearly signalled a significant recalibration of its stance in favour of...

Tirah displacement

Health January 27, 2026

AS the KP government and the centre squabble over who ordered the evacuation of civilians from Tirah in order to pave the way for a counterterrorism operation, local people are caught in no man’s la...

Beyond extraction

News January 26, 2026

PAKISTAN’s first shipment of critical minerals to America in October last year, following a $500m agreement between a US company and the Frontier Works Organisation, was a milestone in an otherwise ...

Winter misery

News January 25, 2026

PAKISTAN’S underprivileged are perennially left out in the cold. As mercury dives to single digits, the government’s refusal to treat the biting cold as a climate emergency is claiming lives. In C...

American β€˜armada’

News January 25, 2026

ALTHOUGH it seemed that US President Donald Trump had reconsidered his plans to stage an attack on Iran last week, an American military build-up in the region points to the fact that the danger of a c...

No dissent

News January 25, 2026

IT will be remembered as another low point in the history of Pakistan’s justice system. An Islamabad lawyer couple, often seen standing beside citizens challenging human rights violations, has been ...

Karachi’s fate

Health January 24, 2026

IN the aftermath of the Gul Plaza fire, a war of words has erupted between the MQM and PPP over the poor state of civic affairs in Karachi, with the two federal coalition partners blaming each other f...

Board takes shape

News January 23, 2026

IN the rarefied environs of Davos, the Board of Peace β€” a Trumpian addition to the world of multilateral bodies β€” was formally birthed on Thursday. Pakistan was among around 20 other states that s...

New beginnings

News January 22, 2026

BOTH Houses finally have an opposition leader endorsed by the majority on the opposition benches. The missing pillars of parliament have thus been restored, and both the government and opposition part...