Flares are fired by Israeli forces as smoke rises during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian fighter group Hamas, in Gaza City November 5, 2023.—Reuters
Flares are fired by Israeli forces as smoke rises during Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian fighter group Hamas, in Gaza City November 5, 2023.—Reuters

A Palestinian child sits next to the wrapped bodies of those killed in Israeli bombardment, prior to the corpses being taken from the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital for burial, in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023.—AFP
A Palestinian child sits next to the wrapped bodies of those killed in Israeli bombardment, prior to the corpses being taken from the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital for burial, in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023.—AFP

A Palestinian boy transports his bird on a bicycle past a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023.—AFP
A Palestinian boy transports his bird on a bicycle past a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023.—AFP

Opinion

Editorial

A breakthrough?
07 May, 2026

A breakthrough?

The whole world would welcome an end to this pointless war.
Missed opportunity
07 May, 2026

Missed opportunity

A BIG opportunity to industrialise Pakistan has just passed us by. This has been reconfirmed by the investment...
Punishing dissent
07 May, 2026

Punishing dissent

THE Sindh government’s treatment of the Aurat March this week was a disgraceful assault on democratic rights. What...
The May war
Updated 06 May, 2026

The May war

Rationality demands that both states come to the table and discuss their grievances, and their solutions in a mature manner.
Looking inwards
06 May, 2026

Looking inwards

REGULAR appraisals by human rights groups and activists should not be treated by the authorities as attempts to ...
Feeling the heat
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Feeling the heat

ANOTHER heatwave season has begun, and once again, the state is scrambling to respond to conditions it has long been...