The Sindh High Court’s order directing protection for Hassan Buriro and Sidra Channa will be remembered less as relief for one newly married couple than as an indictment of a social order in which consent can still invite collective punishment. The couple approached the court after contracting a marriage of their own choice. Their relatives, […]
Lebanon Ceasefire
The latest US-brokered framework for Lebanon is less a peace plan than an attempt to restore the logic of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 under wartime pressure. Israel and Lebanon have said they are prepared to move towards a conditional ceasefire built around two familiar requirements: Hezbollah would halt its fire and withdraw from the […]
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Unending War
Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian cities on Tuesday, killing at least ten people and wounding around a hundred. The barrages hit Kyiv and Dnipro, sending fireballs above high-rise buildings and forcing residents into subway stations for shelter, with four killed and 58 injured in Kyiv alone. Six more died, and 36 were wounded, in […]
Fake Medicine Crisis
The federal cabinet’s approval of a nationwide track-and-trace system for pharmaceutical products is a timely and important intervention in a sector where weak oversight can cost lives without making headlines. By approving amendments to the Drug Labelling and Packing Rules, the government has cleared the way for standardised 2D barcodes and serialisation data on medicine […]
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GB Elections
On the campaign trail in Shigar, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari emphasised that any new constitutional amendment must protect Gilgit-Baltistan’s rights and resources and that its elected representatives deserved the authority and revenue promised to other federating units. He has argued that the region should have the same rights under the Constitution’s 18th Amendment and has […]
Raging Hillfires
The Margallas are burning again, and the official relief that follows every containment operation is beginning to sound dangerously routine. This week, fire crews have had to respond to fresh blazes near the Golra and Bara Kahu ranges, while more than 20 fires were contained in the Murree and Rawalpindi forest divisions over four days […]
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EU-Pakistan Dialogue
The European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, is due in Islamabad today at a special invitation from Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar for the eighth session of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. That Kallas is coming to Pakistan twice in a span of six months speaks volumes about the importance attached to the […]