Is history repeating itself in Mideast?

THE turmoil in the Middle East today feels eerily familiar as though the map of the region is once again being...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 10:29am

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Lakes and dams

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Small dams transform lives in flood-prone areas of KP’ (July 19), which...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 10:28am

Painful questions

While scrolling through my social media feed, I came across a disturbing news story from Bhan Saeedabad in Sindh. A...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 10:26am

KU’s exorbitant fee

THE University of Karachi (KU) has again raised its MPhil and PhD fee by 10 per cent this year after a massive hike...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 10:25am

TARGETING CITIZENS

TARGETING CITIZENS: During counter-terrorism operations, especially in sensitive areas, the privacy of ordinary...

Published 16 Sep, 2025 10:24am

Colonialists are at it again in the Mideast

BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently told his cabinet colleagues and subsequently his nation at large about...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

An old story

THIS is with reference to the article “Pakistan’s monsoon misery: Nature’s fury, man’s mistake” (Dawn.Com;...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Studies and jobs

AFTER graduation, many students have to think twice before deciding whether they want to enter the job market, or...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Money games

WHILE being promoted as a harmless entertainment, online money gaming is destroying the lives of our youth, students...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Millions for posters

ACROSS Pakistan, massive spending was noted related to Independence Day celebrations. This year, the nation was also...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

SHORTAGE OF DOLLARS

SHORTAGE OF DOLLARS: It is unfortunate that Pakistani travellers face immense hardship due to frequent shortage of...

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:30am

Post-retirement intellectualism

AS long as people remain in power, they do hardly anything to improve the country’s crumbling system of governance...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 08:13am

The City of Lights fast turning into an enormous garbage dump

THE recent rains once again underlined the fact that Karachi, once known as the City of Lights, stands on the verge...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 08:11am

Haj policy

Recently, the government announced Haj policy for 2026. As stated by the minister concerned, it was announced to ...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 08:10am

A flawed system

WHILE Cambridge system of eduation is considered one of the most prestigious in many parts of the world, including...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 08:09am

INFLATION AMID FLOODS

INFLATION AMID FLOODS: While the people were still struggling to survive amid soaring inflation, the recent floods...

Published 14 Sep, 2025 08:08am

Let us not wait for enemy to attack

MILITARY history bears testimony to the fact that smaller countries, when faced with a serious danger from a bigger...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

JSMU callousness

THIS is with reference to the letter ‘DUHS and rain’ (Aug 25), which rightly exposed the callous administration...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

Modern-day slavery

INTERNSHIPS have become a systemic problem in Pakistan. Instead of providing a pathway to career advancement, unpaid...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

Blacklisting NGOs

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly has ordered black-listing of eight non-governmental...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

NO LAW FOR MILL-OWNERS

NO LAW FOR MILL-OWNERS: If there is one thing we have learnt from all the past and present sugar crises, it is that...

Published 13 Sep, 2025 06:17am

China’s message is loud and clear

THIS is with reference to the report “Xi offers ‘war or peace’ as China flexes military might” (Sept 4). Beijing staged a stunning

Published 12 Sep, 2025 11:13am

Police reforms

PAKISTAN’S policing system is struggling, not due to individual failures, but due to deep-rooted structural...

Published 12 Sep, 2025 11:12am

Taming influencers

THE recent arrest of a YouTuber has sparked a debate in the country. The so-called influencer has been accused of...

Published 12 Sep, 2025 11:11am

Discrimination

THERE is a troubling pattern emerging among today’s youth: the increasing tendency to interpret societal tragedies...

Published 12 Sep, 2025 11:11am

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

RECRUITMENT PROCESS: After the 2024 general elections, the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)imposed a ban on all...

Published 12 Sep, 2025 11:10am

We need efficiency, not more provinces

THIS is with reference to the article ‘New provinces?’ (Aug 23). Every now and then, some dubious elements...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:18am

Capital libraries

THIS is with reference to the letter ‘Libraries in Islamabad’ (July 21). Contrary to the contents of the letter,...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:17am

Exhausted students

IN Pakistan, schoolchildren, even in the early grades, are required to stay in schools for around six hours a day....

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:07am

Abandoned hospital

THE 50-bed government hospital in Mansoor Nagar in Karachi’s Orangi Town stands as a grim reminder of neglect....

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:07am

Stumbling blocks

AS someone having remained close to the Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO), I speak from personal experience...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:06am

UNREADABLE INSTRUCTIONS:

UNREADABLE INSTRUCTIONS: The package inserts or leaflets that come with medications provide crucial information and...

Published 11 Sep, 2025 10:05am

Critical voices that we tend to ignore

IN an age of growing awareness about who gets to speak and who remains unheard, Virginia Woolf’s call for A Room ...

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:16am

Mental healthcare

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Need stressed for telepsychiatry service at rural health centres’ (Aug ...

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:16am

Detrimental myth

THOSE who read too much end up making a mess of their mental health. This is the myth our society has been propaga-...

Published 10 Sep, 2025 07:16am