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Fragile peace

News December 14, 2025

THE ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan remains β€˜fragile’, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described it. Mr Sharif, who was speaking at a multilateral forum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan o...

Beyond the verdict

News December 13, 2025

IT was, no doubt, a sobering reminder that even those who seem untouchable at the height of their power may one day be brought to book. The 14-year sentence handed to retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed by a m...

New provinces?

News December 12, 2025

PPP CHAIRMAN Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s call to prioritise new provinces where there is already a consensus appears to be a response to the widespread speculation that certain powerful quarters are th...

Myopic resolution

News December 11, 2025

THE resolution adopted by the Punjab Assembly calling for a ban on the PTI and its founder Imran Khan is yet another disturbing escalation in Pakistan’s already fraught politics. The move, which see...

Breach of trust

Health December 10, 2025

ON Human Rights Day, the pitiful state of basic liberties in Pakistan β€” which is combating militancy, climate shocks and a damaged economy β€” conveys that the country has little to celebrate. Addit...

Weak foundations

Business December 10, 2025

THE IMF Executive Board’s approval of the second review of its Extended Fund Facility and the first of the arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, leading to the disbursement o...

Partners in health

Health December 9, 2025

THE Sindh government has announced that the Premarital and Marital Counselling Bill is in the works, an important attempt to address a long-ignored public health gap. At a press briefing last week, pr...

Rising fiscal strain

News December 9, 2025

THE sustained and rapid rise in federal civil administration and pension expenditures over the last five years continues to challenge the government’s claims of achieving fiscal discipline. If anyth...

Student barriers

News December 8, 2025

THE decision by at least nine UK universities to suspend or restrict admissions from Pakistan and Bangladesh is a serious setback for many genuine students aspiring to study abroad. These institutions...

US asylum freeze

News December 5, 2025

IT is clear that the Trump administration is using last week’s shooting incident, in which two National Guard troopers were targeted, to further clamp down on asylum and immigration. The suspected s...