Despite human rights violations at home, the Taliban have managed to establish a diplomatic presence in 39 capitals.

sibility away from the perpetrator, the other makes it unmistakably clear that the victim is not on trial. One judgement ...

COLOMBO: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has stressed that stability in the South Asian region could only be brought on the basis of peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality of states and ...

The bloodshed at Bondi was horrendous. None of the victims deserved to be demonised or crucified. Its consequences will play ...

One can argue that the underlying methodology is flawed to the point that the results cannot reasonably claim to represent ...

ALTHOUGH the Afghan Taliban regime desires to break out of international isolation and seeks recognition, its refusal to engage with its neighbours at a recent multilateral forum presents a strange ...

ONCE more, a girls’ school has been reduced to rubble in the Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan, and with it, ...

The SBP held its policy rate unchanged at 11pc for nearly seven months, after cutting it by 1,100bps between June 2024 and May 2025 as inflation fell sharply from a record high of over 38pc in 2023.

Lastly, the balance — or imbalance — in civil-military relations in the country is not the function of higher defence organisation, and the matter is completely unrelated to the present restructuring.

FOR more than seven decades, the politics and peace in South Asia have revolved around one decisive element: Pakistan-India relations. Trust has never taken firm root between the two nuclear ...

Quetta becomes a replica of Siberian temperature in winters. Once the harsh winter sets in, the shortage of gas makes life miserable for the people. Quetta is no stranger to the absence of gas supply, ...

With a career spanning more than four decades, the veteran politician remained associated with parties led by the Chaudhrys ...