I still remember the weight of that night in Lahore the way some people remember the first time they realized the world could turn on them without warning. I was in my second year of bachelor’s studies, living in a girls’ hostel, young enough to believe that ordinary plans stayed ordinary. My friend and I...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026World
5 killed in US after cargo plane overshoots runway
MIAMI: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed on Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in addition to five fatalities, three people were transported to trauma centers “in critical...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Pakistan
Legal challenge launched against PTI’s planned march on Islamabad
• IHC CJ Dogar to take up petition against Sept 27 protest today • Petitioner fears disruption of routine life, traffic, and businesses, seeks court intervention against use of provincial resources for march • KP CM asks Karachi lawyers to join protest, says Imran not cutting any deals ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Pakistan
SC upholds Bait-ul-Mal aid for Hindu girls
• Rejects plea against SHC order requiring Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to pay Rs10,000 per month to each girl, with 10pc annual increase until marriage • CJP says courts may look beyond legal questions to address underlying predicament ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) challenging the Sindh High...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026World
Israeli strikes kill seven in Lebanon
ARABSALIM: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least seven people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal. Mr Aoun said Sunday’s strikes, which damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were “a dangerous escalation… reaching Lebanese state institutions” and...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026Pakistan
Pakistan rejects India’s ‘baseless’ claims on status of occupied Kashmir
The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected Indian claims about the status of occupied Kashmir, saying that the neighbouring country’s “unilateral claims of sovereignty have no bearing on the internationally recognised disputed status of the territory”. The statement came after the United Nations voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries aimed at...
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September 5, 2026September 6, 2026Blogs
The Inner Reflection : The Water War: Pakistan’s Next Existential Crisis
It is said that life itself was drawn from water, yet if one looks closely at the current stream of our existence, we appear to be drifting toward a desert where thirst will scorch not merely our throats, but our very future. In Pakistan, we have witnessed political rivalries, power struggles, and the turbulence of...
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September 5, 2026September 6, 2026Blogs
The Kitchen of Necessity: Reflections on the Truest Flavor of Life
There is a quiet honesty that settles over a table when the plates are modest and the day has asked too much of your hands. We live in an age that worships abundance. Shelves groan under imported spices, restaurant menus read like encyclopedias of excess, and we spend a great deal of our lives trying...
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September 5, 2026September 5, 2026Columns
HIV Is Treatable. Stigma Can Be Deadly.
When sonia (not her real name), a 22-year-old transgender woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, learned that she was living with HIV, she did not immediately seek treatment. It was not simply a question of whether medicines or healthcare services were available. She was afraid of what might happen if people around her discovered her HIV status....
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September 4, 2026September 4, 2026World
2 trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash floods
Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph...