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Dialogue needed

Health September 19, 2026

AS the situation in Yemen remains explosive, with the potential to spark a wider military conflagration in the region, as well as global economic chaos, Pakistan has taken a balanced position on the S...

Court vs court

News September 18, 2026

A SUPREME Court order directing the hospitalisation of former prime minister Imran Khan for medical tests and treatment has now turned into a much bigger crisis than anyone anticipated. After the cour...

Politics and protests

News September 16, 2026

IT is the same tired play. As soon as the opposition announces a protest, the government reflexively cracks down. Citizens are roughed up and arrested, and the security officials who round them up lat...

Rethinking relief

News September 15, 2026

THE prime minister’s decision to subsidise petrol purchases for motorcycle and small-car owners is understandable amid consumer outcry against high fuel rates. But it is unlikely to offer much relie...

Lost in numbers

News September 14, 2026

THE outrage against child abuse rages on. Sadly, state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand. All data points to the same bitter truths β€” most victims know their predators; incidents ...

Inflation, again

News September 14, 2026

WITH petrol and diesel prices rising at a steady clip, households are bracing for another round of caustic price increases that burn into monthly budgets and force further belt-tightening. The Sensiti...

Iran war endgame

News September 13, 2026

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end β€œvery soon”. Yet the facts on the ground belie this assumption. While speaking in Ireland on Saturday, the American leader repeat...

Flawed NEV incentive

Technology September 12, 2026

THE draft New Energy Vehicle policy gets its destination right. Electrifying transport, cutting the oil import bill and building an export-oriented auto industry are worthwhile goals. But the incentiv...

Yemen flare-up

News September 12, 2026

INTENSE fighting has broken out between the Saudi-backed government of Yemen, and the pro-Iran Houthi Ansarallah group that currently holds the capital Sanaa and much of the north. While the hostiliti...

After Sept 11

News September 11, 2026

A QUARTER of a century since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, the world continues to feel the effects of that epochal event. The US response to the attacks on its soil went beyond a counterterrorism ope...