Editorial

Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos was never launched for spectacle. Had that been the objective, Pakistan’s armed forces would have responded with equal vigour after the very first strike instead of waiting out a long-drawn saga that prioritised deterrence and avoided walking into Modi’s mousetrap. More than 30 Indian military targets were hit (interestingly, in broad daylight as […]

The IMF’s decision to disburse $1 billion under the Extended Fund Facility and approve a $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility is not, as some have claimed, a rescue. It is a calculated show of trust in Pakistan’s recent fiscal discipline, but that trust is thin and conditional. Inflation has collapsed (officially below 0.5 per […]

The Foreign Office has condemned India’s actions and called them a violation of international law. It said India’s behaviour is irresponsible and could push the region towards a major conflict. Pakistan also criticised India for ignoring calls from the international community to remain calm. According to Pakistan, India is using the issue of terrorism as […]

War brings spike in some businesses and war downs several businesses – and stock exchanges are the most volatile commodity. In the aftermath of Indian missile strikes and drone intrusions, it was writing on the wall that stocks would crash. But it is heartening to see that the markets recovered swiftly after Thursday’s historic fall. […]

In an alarming yet familiar move, India has once again turned its soil into a stage for geopolitical theatrics, launching airstrikes inside Jammu and then hastily pinning the blame on Pakistan. This frenzy coincided with a coordinated media blitz and an all-day offensive narrative. By sundown, Pakistan’s armed forces had intercepted no fewer than 25 […]

Pakistan contributes less than one per cent to global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet it ranks among the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, with some of the harshest climate extremes experienced in the past decade. This contradiction lies at the heart of the global climate injustice. The 2022 floods were a grim marker of this […]

When Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed the nation last evening, he did not mince words. The speech was not business as usual. It was a wartime address. One, delivered with clarity, purpose, and the kind of urgency that history demands when a country finds itself staring down the barrel of escalation. He called upon all […]

In the early hours of May 7, India breached a dangerous threshold. Its fighter jets violated Pakistan’s sovereignty, striking deep into Azad Kashmir and eyeing Pakistan proper. One of the reported targets was the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant: a civilian energy facility vital to the country’s power grid and the lives that depend on it. This […]

New Delhi’s latest press briefings on the Pahalgam attack confirm what many in Pakistan feared all along: facts will always arrive too late in the India-Pakistan conflict, long after the narrative has been weaponised. While Indian officials now admit to “ongoing investigations” and lack of conclusive forensic leads, their media machine had already handed down […]

There is no gentle way to say this: Pakistan is failing its children. According to Sahil’s Cruel Numbers 2024 report, at least 3,364 cases of child abuse were reported last year alone. That’s nine children abused every single day: in homes, schools, mosques, and on the internet. Children–some as young as five months–are being robbed […]