When the latest edition of US Senator Rand Paul’s “Festivus Report” hit global inboxes this week, a modest line item drew outsized attention: a $244,252 grant from the US Embassy in Islamabad to fund a Pakistani children’s cartoon on climate change, labelled by the report as a prime example of “government waste.” But what read […]
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Decline of Confrontational Politics
In recent times, the political drama unfolding around the Adiala incident has captured widespread attention, but not for reasons that inspire confidence or admiration. What has transpired is yet another episode in a series of orchestrated attempts by the PTI leadership, particularly under Aleema Khan’s influence, to provoke confrontation and challenge the authority of the […]
Former Punjab CM Mian Manzoor Wattoo passes away
OKARA: Former Chief Minister of Punjab and senior PPP leader Mian Manzoor Wattoo has died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, sources confirmed. The schedule for his funeral prayers is yet to be announced. Read More: PML-N puts democracy at stake to save its govt: Wattoo Mian Manzoor Wattoo, hailing from Haveli Lakha, had a […]
Gun attack on home of PTI senator’s in-laws injures one in Peshawar
One person was injured after unidentified attackers opened fire on the home of PTI Senator Khurram Zeeshan’s in-laws in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area early Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 3:15am in Phase 2, according to an FIR registered at the Tatara police station. Read More: PTI Crisis Deepens as Parties Back Army Police said Syed […]
Politics of Platforms in Modern Learning
There is a rapid change in the style of educating the young generation at the universities, especially in the sense that education is no longer a public delivery system but more a branded package to be sold and marketised. The metamorphosis has become a universal norm from poor to the rich states that every university […]
When Politics Leaves Home
Every few weeks, as another interview clip ricochets across social media, the same question resurfaces: why is it almost always ANI? Why do PTI’s representatives, whether furiously shouting in Washington, getting recorded in London, or a newsbite from Lahore–return to an Indian newswire whose editorial posture toward Pakistan is anything but incidental? ANI, after all, […]
Politics of Obesity
A recent U.S. proposal to restrict visas for individuals with obesity or chronic metabolic conditions has intensified a global debate: Is health becoming a tool for exclusion? This policy has been framed as a protective measure for national resources and security, but it also signals the rise of “health nationalism”-a phenomenon in which health status […]
Politics now serves only the powerful, says JI chief
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said on Monday that the political and economic conditions worldwide are unfavourable for ordinary people, and that politics now serves only the powerful. Addressing an international conference “Quest for a just global order” in Lahore, Hafiz stated that the current global system has failed. Muslim countries are confronting numerous […]
Trump and Mamdani meet, swap smiles and pledge to work together
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at the White House on Friday, setting aside months of political hostility to exchange compliments and pledge cooperation on tackling crime and affordability in the city. The meeting marked an unexpectedly cordial encounter between the Republican former president and the 34-year-old […]
Politics of Land
For months, New Delhi has brushed aside criticism of the Waqf (Amendment) Act as if the country were dealing with a minor clerical reform. That line no longer convinces anyone. A law said to “streamline” a creaking system has instead stirred street protests, rattled state capitals and given opposition parties in Bihar a potent rallying […]