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Honour, Privilege, And Murder: What Bano And Noor's Deaths Reveal About Pakistan

Pakistan, July 23 -- The murder of Bano Bibi and her husband Ehsan Ullah in cold blood in front of a spectator crowd in Quetta has once again stunned us. This honour killing, as horrifying as it is, h... Read More


HLPF 2025: A Last Chance To Rescue The SDGs And Rebalance Global Power

Pakistan, July 22 -- In a world reshaped by climate shocks, economic crises, and geopolitical fragmentation, the 2025 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) arrive... Read More


Is The New Superman Movie Worth Seeing?

Pakistan, July 22 -- Superman was introduced in 1938. I have fond memories of reading his comic books as a teenager in Karachi and later seeing his films in the US. Superman: Legacy was released in J... Read More


India Accused Of Grey Zone Warfare As New Proxy Threats And Disinformation Target Pakistan

Pakistan, July 22 -- India's ambition to repeatedly entangle its neighbours in conflicts is rooted in its unrelenting drive to establish itself as the sole hegemon in the region. The so-called self-pr... Read More


Unpredictable Rains, Unprepared Nation: Pakistan Grapples With Climate Chaos

Pakistan, July 18 -- For generations, Pakistan's calendar followed the comforting predictability of its seasons - sweltering summers broken by monsoon showers, cool winters welcomed by dry breezes, an... Read More


He Asked For Food, But The World Gave Him War

Pakistan, July 18 -- "Mum, I'm hungry. Are you listening?" "Dad, you're here! Look at me. I'm really hungry." A tiny voice, barely four years old, echoed among the ruins. Dust clung to the child's f... Read More


The Genocide No One Talks About: Biharis, Betrayal, And 1971's Unfinished Story

Pakistan, July 18 -- The word "genocide," coined by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, has lost its pain due to its live transmission on our TV screens. This op-ed is certainly not about the "alleg... Read More


Seventeen Years To Justice: How A Whisper Shattered One Woman's Future

Pakistan, July 18 -- "When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democrat... Read More


Why Pakistan's Flood Warning System Fails When It Matters Most

Pakistan, July 18 -- A recent Dawn editorial rightly warns that Pakistan can no longer treat each flood or weather disaster as an unpredictable tragedy. With extreme weather now frequent and severe, t... Read More


Zubeida Mustafa: The Editor Who Shaped Generations Of Journalists

Pakistan, July 17 -- She was my Hero, every woman journalist's hero, but there are just a few of us lucky ones out there who had the opportunity to be taught by her, learn from her directly, to be men... Read More