Pakistan’s biggest cities are drowning not from rivers, but from within. As the 2025 monsoon battered the country, record rainfall in urban areas exposed the growing cost of poor planning, illegal construction, and outdated drainage systems. Between late June and mid-July 2025, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported 178 deaths and nearly 500 injuries...
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October 17, 2025October 17, 2025Pakistan
Govt says action to continue against TLP leaders
• Four cabinet members urge observing Friday as a ‘day of gratitude’ after Palestine ceasefire • Naqvi says TLP kept changing demands during talks, sought release of prisoners • SIC leader warns against targeting Barelvi groups ISLAMABAD: Four cabinet members have said that the crackdown on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) office-bearers would continue. Taking serious note...
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October 17, 2025October 17, 2025World
Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact: report
Saudi Arabia is discussing a defence deal with the United States which it hopes to seal when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House next month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A senior Trump administration official told the Financial Times there were discussions about signing something...
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October 16, 2025October 16, 2025Columns
Now Guiding Children Digitally With the Help of Google
Today I wasn’t feeling too well so I thought if the body can’t work, perhaps the pen still can. After all, a person has a heart too, and the heart often insists that one must keep doing something. My work mostly keeps me trapped between a laptop and a computer screen less time to stand...
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October 15, 2025October 15, 2025World
Trump says FIFA chief would back moving World Cup games for security reasons
United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary. In September, Trump raised the possibility of moving games amid his crackdown on Democratic-run cities, but at the time FIFA said that it was up to football’s...
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October 13, 2025October 13, 2025Columns
Pakistan’s Decisive Response to Afghan Border Aggression
Pakistan’s security forces took firm and decisive action on Sunday after Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire on multiple Pakistani border posts along the western frontier. According to official sources, the attacks were launched from across the border late Saturday night in areas including Kurram, Bajaur, and Chitral, targeting Pakistani check posts without any provocation. The...
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October 12, 2025October 12, 2025Pakistan
Rulers little concerned about ordinary citizens: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah
LAHORE: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, on Saturday deplored that successive governments in Pakistan had shown little interest in improving the lives of ordinary citizens, saying policymaking remained trapped in “elite capture”. “Everything that is done is elitist to satisfy or protect industry or perhaps pressure groups, but...
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October 12, 2025October 12, 2025World
Furore over absence of women journalists from Afghan FM Muttaqi’s presser in India
New Delhi: India’s opposition Congress party criticised the Narendra Modi government on Saturday over the absence of women journalists from a press conference addressed by visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asking the prime minister to clarify his position on the matter. “Mr Modi, when you allow...
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October 11, 2025October 11, 2025World
Afghan policy
AS unconfirmed reports continue to circulate regarding the elimination of banned TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud in Kabul, Pakistan’s civil and military leadership must formulate a policy that protects the country’s borders, stabilises internal security and prevents a major flare-up with Afghanistan. As per reports, explosions were heard in the Afghan capital on Thursday, though...
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October 10, 2025October 10, 2025society
Rising Child Rights Violations in Pakistan Demand Urgent Action
Child rights in Pakistan are under serious threat as cases of abuse, forced marriage, and child beggary continue to rise across the country. Despite existing laws, weak implementation and lack of awareness have left many children vulnerable to exploitation and violence. According to a recent report by Sahil, nearly two thousand cases of child abuse...