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Minority reports TWO recent American reports paint an unflattering picture where the state of religious freedom in Pakistan is concerned. …

Nadra’s masterstroke IN insecure times, Nadra’s effort to leave little to chance should garner appreciation. The authority recently announced its …

HDT chief’s release AFTER spending four months in custody, and petitioning the highest court of the land, Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, …

Electricity concerns A TOP power ministry official has cautioned that power supply to the residents of Karachi may face disruption …

IDPs left high and dry AS a vicious political flare-up grips Pakistan, the continuing IDP crisis has fallen by the …

LSM decline THE hefty slump of 25pc in large-scale manufacturing in March — the biggest monthly drop since the Covid-19 …

Deadlock IT was a strange sight to behold. Islamabad’s Red Zone, one of the most sensitive and jealously guarded areas …

Dacoits on the rampage A REPORT in this newspaper recently laid bare the entrenched network and criminal activities of dacoits …

Creating hurdles A COUNTRY that doesn’t plan ahead always finds itself in trouble. In Pakistan’s case, we’ve made multiple plans …

Petrol subsidy IN yet another attempt to break the deadlock with the IMF for the revival of the stalled $6.5bn …

Troubled waters THE most helpless, poor and frequent casualty of India and Pakistan’s extended antagonism are the fishermen who stray …

Digital backslide A COUNTRYWIDE mobile internet and social media shutdown, ostensibly to quell unrest in the wake of PTI protests …

Manipur violence THE BJP’s passion for identity politics has set off communal polarisation between the mainly Christian Kuki tribespeople and …

Yet another lynching YET another episode of brutal lynching by a mob in Mardan shows how far we are from …

The Power Paradigms Whether it is China or Russia, whether in Ukraine or Middle East, one thing is for certain …

Political Polarisation: A Societal Downfall “The age of cooperation is over. The disagreement runs too deep, the debates are too …

Hindu marriage laws THE negligible implementation of the Hindu Marriage Act, 2017, applicable in Punjab, Balochistan and KP, reeks of …

Goa takeaways NO bilateral breakthroughs were expected between Pakistan and India at the SCO foreign ministers’ conclave in Goa, and …