Pakistan, June 11 -- The new federal budget proposes higher taxes on many common goods. Coffee, chocolate, fruit juices, and mineral water will become more expensive. The government plans to impose a ... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- For too long, Pakistan's diplomatic presence on the global stage has been characterised by defensive reactions and a struggle to control its narrative. This week, however, as form... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- As the old saying goes, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." That warning has never felt more pressing than along India's frontier with Myanmar. Over the... Read More
Odessa, June 11 -- Spending four days here has been remarkable for many reasons. The primary purpose was to attend the Black Sea Forum in Odessa, which was largely sponsored by the successful English ... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- In the tribal belts and mountain shadows, two flags flutter for terror: Daesh and the BLA. One wraps itself in theocratic absolutism, the other in ethnic separatism. Their slogans... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- Democracy, as once imagined, was never truly born in the way its idealists had hoped. It arrived not as a promise fulfilled, but as a compromise negotiated, partial, flawed and vu... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- In America, they are rounding people up again. In Los Angeles this week, U.S. Marines were deployed, not to respond to a natural disaster, not to stop armed violence, but to back ... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- Things are not in control. Not at all. In the cautious calm following a very proud unveiling of Budget 2025-6 by Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb (seemingly oblivious t... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- The government has proposed adding a 10% surcharge on electricity bills to help reduce the growing circular debt in the power sector. To enable this, lawmakers will amend the NEPR... Read More
Pakistan, June 11 -- Tough times loom for top-orders Batsmen on both sides face a tough examination given the quality of fast bowlers on show. Australia captain Pat Cummins could get to 300 Test wick... Read More