Here we see Pakistan's current crop of leaders striving towards betterment, everyone in their own way.


Luring the PM into addressing his underperformance


The IT Ministry tries to do better


The PM tries to get it right on the Nobel Peace Prize


People have their own reasons for feting Malala


He succeeds as much as Hollywood


European cartoons have always been contentious – now North American ones too


It increases the political temperature


The week is marked by tragedy


Explanations from all parties ring hollow


New tactics are announced


Still, some things never change


One person tries to embrace change, but it doesn’t really work

Editorial

31 Jul, 2026

Expanding conflict

WITH neither of the belligerents willing to back down, and the theatre of conflict expanding geographically, the...
31 Jul, 2026

Spoils and spats

A FIGHT over assembly seats in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has laid bare what seem to be some deep resentments between ...
31 Jul, 2026

Unfair tax system

THE disclosure that the FBR collected nearly Rs1.9tr in sales and income taxes through electricity bills over the...
30 Jul, 2026

Debt that stays

THE power sector’s circular debt grew by Rs61bn in the last fiscal year, taking the total to roughly Rs1.67tr from...
30 Jul, 2026

HIV warning

THE HIV infections detected around two SESSI-run hospitals in Karachi demand far more than another hurried committee...
30 Jul, 2026

End trafficking

MODERN slavery, in the form of human trafficking, is among the state’s gravest failures. Scores of Pakistanis are...