Editorial Board

  • November 20, 2025

    Gaza resolution

    Smoke rises following an Israeli strike during a military operation in Gaza City, October 7, 2025. — ReutersThe verdict is in; the UN Security...

  • November 20, 2025

    Journalists are not fair game

    The representational image shows journalists chanting slogans during a protest in Karachi. — Reuters/FileThe government’s decision to...

  • November 19, 2025

    Our sanitation crisis

    The representational image of a modern toilet. — Unsplash/File At some point in their lives, those who call this country home would have had to...

  • November 19, 2025

    On to the 28th?

    Prime Minister's Adviser on Public and Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah gestures during a political gathering. - APP/FileAdviser to the Prime...

  • November 18, 2025

    Hasina verdict

    Sheikh Hasina Wajed gestures while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. —...

  • November 18, 2025

    Internet in chains?

    No internet' sign can be seen on a phone in Karachi. — The News/FileIn recent years, Pakistan has promoted itself as a budding ‘tech...

  • November 17, 2025

    Cervical cancer

    Representational image of vaccination. — Unsplash/FileToday, the world marks a landmark moment in public health: the first-ever World Cervical...

  • November 17, 2025

    The disaster bill

    This representational image shows cracks run through the partially dried-up river bed of the Gan River, a tributary to Poyang Lake during a regional...

  • November 16, 2025

    The Palestine question

    Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, October 31, 2025. — Reuters Since October 7, 2023,...

  • November 16, 2025

    Judicial cost

    This file photo shows Lahore High Court’s Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza. — LHC/websiteThe resignation of Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza as a Lahore...

  • November 15, 2025

    Renewable transition

    A car wades through a flooded street during heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. — AFPThe results of the Climate Risk Index 2026...

  • November 15, 2025

    Not this time

    Pakistan and Sri Lankan players shake hands after a match. — AFP/FileThe ODI match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka yesterday in Rawalpindi almost...

  • November 14, 2025

    Diabetes disaster

    A representational image shows a diabetic patient conducting a diabetes test. — APP/FileToday marks the annual World Diabetes Day, drawing...

  • November 14, 2025

    Judicial storm

    A representational image of scales of justice and a gavel. — Unsplash/FilePresident Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday gave assent to the contentious...

  • November 13, 2025

    Going cashless?

    A person pays using their cell phone with the instant electronic payment mode known as PIX, at a store in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 1, 2024. —...

  • November 13, 2025

    A nation at war – again

    This collage shows security personnel evacuating students from Cadet College Wana, South Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which came under...

  • November 12, 2025

    Industrial policy

    A security guard is sitting at the entrance of the Pakistan Steel Mills . — Pakistan Steel Mills website/FileLate last week, the government...

  • November 12, 2025

    Spiralling terror

    Firefighter douses a vehicle after a blast outside a court building in Islamabad, November 11, 2025. — ReutersFrom Wana to Islamabad, Pakistan has...

  • November 11, 2025

    The luxury of health

    Representational image shows pharmacists arranging medicines at a pharmacy shop. — AFP/FileIn recent months, there has been a considerable decline...

  • November 11, 2025

    End of judiciary?

    Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar speaking in the Senate. — Radio Pakistan/FileThe Senate passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill on Monday...

  • November 10, 2025

    What about next year?

    A view of submerged houses and fields after floodwater entered residential areas in Larkana on September 12, 2025. — APP It will likely take the...

  • November 10, 2025

    The COP30 conversation

    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate...

  • November 09, 2025

    The $100 billion target

    This representational image shows a man is silhouetted as he walks amid hot and humid weather at breakwater along port area in Karachi, Pakistan May...

  • November 09, 2025

    Reform or control?

    An image showing an interior view of the Senate hall. — Senate website/FileIn the not-so-grand scheme of constant constitutional amendments, now...

  • November 08, 2025

    Absent leaders

    The Parliament of Pakistan. — APP/FileWhat happens to a country whose elected representatives barely attend parliamentary sessions where decisions...

  • November 08, 2025

    Talks with the Taliban

    Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shakes hands with Afghan Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, following the signing of a...

  • November 07, 2025

    Stuck at (unpaid) work

    A representational image of a domestic worker busy in household chores. — The News/File Millions of people in Pakistan face the additional...

  • November 07, 2025

    An urban nation

    The representational image shows two men looking at their crops in a field. — ADB/FileOne often hears that ‘Pakistan is an agricultural...

  • November 06, 2025

    The last hurrah

    Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari chairs the party's central executive committee in Karachi on October 18, 2025. — Facebook@BilawalhouseAs...

  • November 06, 2025

    The Mamdani plot twist

    New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on...

  • November 05, 2025

    Palestine must be free

    A drone view of damaged buildings, including the mental health hospital, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 27, 2025....

  • November 05, 2025

    Threats, inside and out

    Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry briefing media at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi....

  • November 04, 2025

    Making TRACS work

    This representational image shows Karachi traffic police personnel speak to a man during an awareness campaign in Karachi, on September 20, 2025....

  • November 04, 2025

    27th Amendment?

    PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto addresses a press conference in Karachi on September 25, 2025. — X/MediaCellPPPFollowing the controversial passage of...

  • November 03, 2025

    The AI race

    Artificial intelligence capabilities are increasingly becoming the key determinant of economic and military might. — AFP/FileThe 2020s will...

  • November 03, 2025

    The climate bill comes due

    Cracks run through the partially dried-up river bed of the Gan River, a tributary to Poyang Lake during a regional drought in Nanchang, Jiangxi...

  • November 02, 2025

    PTI strategy

    Supporters and activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf hold flags at a rally in Peshawar. — AFP/FileThe PTI is caught in a quagmire, not only...

  • November 02, 2025

    Escalating impunity

    Journalists chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, February 26, 2019. — ReutersToday marks the International Day to End Impunity for...

  • November 01, 2025

    Saving the environment

    General view of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project in Nosari, in Kashmir’s Neelum Valley. —AFP/FileThe Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan...

  • November 01, 2025

    A breakthrough?

    Afghan Defence Minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif sign documents of a ceasefire...

  • October 30, 2025

    When AI speaks your language

    Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration. — Reuters/FileIn a world, where interaction with machines is increasing, machines that understand your...

  • October 30, 2025

    Failed talks

    PMLN leader Atta Tarar seen at an event. — Facebook/Attaullah TararMinister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar confirmed on Wednesday...

  • October 29, 2025

    Outsourcing occupation

    Displaced Palestinian woman Amal Alyan and her family walk past the rubble of their destroyed home, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at...

  • October 29, 2025

    AJK conundrum

    A view of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. — APP/FileThe political landscape of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is once again teetering...

  • October 28, 2025

    Stuck at 11

    State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmed is addressing the media following the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on July 30, 2025. —...

  • October 28, 2025

    Istanbul talks

    Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif shakes hands with Afghan Defence Minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, following the signing...

  • October 27, 2025

    Motherhood and work

    For many bright and impassioned women, the dream of putting their skills to use remains unfulfilled. Pakistan’s women labour force participation...

  • October 27, 2025

    Why polio endures

    Last week, Pakistan’s polio tally for 2025 went up to 30. The latest case was recorded in district Torghar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where over half ...