Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, a move Palestinians called a “de-facto annexation”. The West Bank is among the territories that Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Much of it is under Israeli military control, with […]
The outcome of Bangladesh’s latest general elections has not only reshaped Dhaka’s domestic political landscape but also triggered a recalibration of regional geopolitics in South Asia. The return of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) under the leadership of Tarique Rahman marks the end of a prolonged and controversial political chapter dominated by Sheikh Hasina and […]
In the workplace politics (WP) in educational institutions, nexus currency always demonetises the currency of performance. Power groups emerge through cliques and clouts based on subjects, castes, creeds or vested interests. They arm-twist the heads of institutions to get undue favours or to spite colleagues who do not buy into their agenda. The educationists aver […]
The title of this essay needs to be explained. Pakistan is an Asian nation, and it should not be looking too far out to draw some important lessons for the design of public policy. For lessons, it has to search far into Asia to draw some important lessons for managing its economy. Pakistan has four […]
The meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu at White House on 12 Feb 2026 was important in the context of a US-Iran deal. The outcome of the meeting was eagerly awaited. At the end of the meeting, both leaders avoided a joint press conference, but President Trump, through social media, informed the […]
The coalition partners who formed the government in Punjab are once again facing uncertainty. Even after nearly two years in power, the power-sharing formula between the parties has yet to be finalised as the political alliance between the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) remains strained. Since the formation of the […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Hamas to move forward with disarmament under his plan for postwar Gaza, and said members of his so-called “Board of Peace” had pledged $5 billion to the Palestinian territory’s reconstruction. “Very importantly, Hamas must uphold its commitment to Full and Immediate Demilitarisation,” Trump said in a post on […]
The Sindh government has made third-party vehicle insurance mandatory, but fixed pay-outs treat all accident victims the same, ignoring individual injuries and needs. Under the third-party insurance framework, compensation fixed by the government will be paid in cases where passengers are injured or killed in an accident. The affected individual or their legal heirs will […]
In Pakistan, sport begins with cricket. It fills neighbourhood streets, school grounds, television screens and dinner table conversations. For most children, the path feels almost predetermined. A bat, a taped tennis ball, a makeshift wicket. Football follows closely behind. Other sports exist, but rarely as first choices. Golf sits further away. It is not the […]
An additional station house officer (SHO) was laid to rest on Sunday after he was martyred in a brazen terrorist attack on a police station in Bajaur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday. District Police Officer (DPO) Bajaur Waqas Rafiq confirmed the incident, saying that police and security forces launched a search operation in the […]