Monday, August 31, 2026

Yousuf Nazar

The writer is former Citigroup Head of Emerging Market Investments, author and columnist. He worked with Benazir Bhutto during the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy during 1977-81 as a student union leader.

It’s Time For Chief Justice Bandial To Step Down

It is now Pakistan’s parliament versus eight Supreme Court (SC) judges in the worst and most bitter confrontation between the two branches of the government the country has ever experienced. Neither is willing to blink in a high-stake power struggle which may lead to...

Editorial: Diagnosing What Ails Pakistan

On March 23, we launched a series of in-depth articles titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?” with contributions from distinguished writers including rights activists, feminists, lawyers, diplomats, parliamentarians, and academics. The history of Pakistan is a series of crises. The country has been...

Pakistan: Is there A Way Forward?

The key lesson from the success stories in Asia is sobering and simple:  It is the people, stupid! We must invest in people and empower them, especially women. Pakistan cannot move forward without a major course correction. Pakistan's citizens, especially the young and women, must take...

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Abduction Of Hindu Girls...

In yet another case of persecution of the Hindu community in Pakistan, a 12-year-old Hindu girl was allegedly abducted...

Journalist Absar Alam Recounts...

Senior journalist Absar Alam has shared the ordeal he and his family went through when his 20-year-old son was...

Four Killed, Nine Injured...

At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in a blast in Qandhari Market in Quetta. According...

Policeman Killed In TTP...

A policeman was killed and four other personnel got injured in a banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan attack on a police...

Imran Khan Thinks He...

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that former prime minister Imran Khan thinks that the Pakistani constitution does...

Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate...

ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists, journalists and political opponents, according...

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Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report

ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists,...

Pakistan Police Arrest 17 at Islamabad Aurat March on Women’s Day

Police arrested 17 organizers and participants of the annual Aurat March in Islamabad on...

Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence

ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...