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First contact

News April 12, 2026

WHILE no breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad was expected on Saturday, there is hope: at the time of writing both sides had exchanged texts, and the very fact that the negotiations began...

High hopes

News April 11, 2026

THE world’s eyes are focused on Islamabad. Pakistan, through its deft diplomacy, has managed to stave off a devastating escalation between the US and Iran, and today, it will host the adversaries to...

Attacking Lebanon

News April 10, 2026

MANY questions remain about which way the negotiations between the US and Iran to find a permanent end to the hostilities can go. Amongst the biggest unknowns is Lebanon; on the day the two-week truce...

Their finest hour

News April 9, 2026

PAKISTAN’S leadership deserves all the credit it will receive. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, ably supported by a for...

Spectre of joblessness

News February 9, 2026

PAKISTAN’S unemployment crisis is no longer just another demographic concern; it is already restricting growth. So when World Bank president Ajay Banga said that employment creation will remain a οΏ½...

Kashmir unresolved

News February 8, 2026

TIES between Pakistan and India are perhaps at their lowest point since Partition. Bilateral interaction is close to zero, while Pakistan has strong reasons to believe that its eastern neighbour is pl...

On the right foot

News February 8, 2026

PAKISTAN were coasting towards victory in their Twenty20 World Cup opener but then came the spectre of the all-too-familiar collapse. From 98-2 in their chase of 148 to win against the Netherlands, Sa...

Islamabad atrocity

Business February 7, 2026

AFTER every terrorist atrocity, we are left with more questions than answers. This is also true in the case of yesterday’s barbaric suicide bombing of an imambargah in Islamabad during Friday prayer...

Terrorist designation

News February 6, 2026

TO defeat terrorist groups that have caused immense bloodshed in Balochistan over the past few decades, the state must take a multifaceted approach. This must include the kinetic factor, as evidenced ...

Iran-US talks

News February 5, 2026

AFTER several weeks of tension in the region, the US and Iran are due to return to the negotiating table in the days ahead. Though the talks were initially scheduled in Turkiye, Oman will now reported...