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It has now almost been a decade that the toxic air of Lahore has become a permanent resident for almost four months every year. T he toxicity has now spread to densely populated districts across central Punjab. The price is obvious: there is a surge in respiratory issues, particularly affecting the nose, throat and ears. […]

A teenager visits a hospital in Faisalabad for routine tests and finds herself being given an anaesthetic to be raped while she was unconscious. Elsewhere in Attock, another eight-year-old lands in the intensive care unit because he dared resist a sexual assault. Two out of three who gang-raped a polio worker in Jacobabad last week […]

British lawmaker Shokat Adam’s scathing revelation that he and his family regularly face a torrent of abuse, both online and in real life, ever since he decided to run for office should have been enough for his country to realise that the threat from Islamophobic pogrom that swept through the United Kingdom is far from […]

After spending four years in cold storage, the political resurrection of Nawaz Sharif, that too, months before a general election had caused many to wonder what masterstrokes he must have perfected to revive his party’s falling credentials and roar again. From the looks of it, the only lesson PML(N) seems to have learned is that […]

From the looks of it, Pakistan’s top tax authority has yet to learn the adage, “Charity begins at home.” Standing in stark contrast to its ambitious schemes about increasing the tax net, a startling revelation making rounds on social media claims over 10,000 of FBR’s employees have failed to file tax returns in the last […]

For years, we have grown accustomed to the ferocious patriarchy’s victim-blaming whenever any woman dares to step forward and lay rape allegations. A long list of embarrassing questions follows where they are asked all minute details about their wardrobe, whereabouts and circumstances that could possibly lead to this heart-wrenching crime. But since they are forced […]

Cyclone Biparjoy is likely to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and is now less than 910 km away from Karachi. While there is uncertainty about its exact route, with some reporting landfall around the Makran-north Oman coast and others indicating its movement towards the Sindh-Indian Gujrat coastline, authorities in Sindh and Balochistan are […]

On one hand, the fact that the Wana community in South Waziristan has taken a stand against terrorism is a positive development. The government must move quickly to respond to the citizens of Wana’s demands. Earlier, Gilgit-Baltistan also is experiencing large-scale protests. Prior to it, Swat protested militancy on the streets. In other places, we […]

Only last year, a Taliban spokesperson had confidently stood before a line of cameras and very straightforwardly ruled out any relations with Israel. Nothing out of the ordinary, because no Afghan government had ever shown any inclination towards recognition of the country. However, another face on Kabul’s team has now decided to go in another […]

Mother nature is not in a mood to show any kindness to the city of lights because it had only begun to rise again after being battered by the heaviest rain in decades that the curse of killer mosquitos has come-a-knocking. Cases of malaria and dengue have begun to spread rapidly across Karachi as if […]