In her Gaza City apartment, Heba Arafat walks uphill across a living room slanted at a steep angle after Israeli airstrikes caused the building’s foundations to collapse, leaving the entire structure tilted. Like thousands of people in Gaza, Arafat chose to risk living in an apartment building damaged during nearly three years of Israel’s military...
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September 23, 2026September 23, 2026Pakistan
Punjab govt seeks Rangers deployment in Rawalpindi, three other districts until Oct 5
The Punjab government has requested the federal government to deploy Rangers in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Mianwali districts from Sept 22 to Oct 5 to assist the provincial police in maintaining law and order amid an expected protest on Sept 27. The request comes as the Kissan Ittehad and PTI have announced long marches and sit-ins in Islamabad in...
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September 23, 2026September 23, 2026Columns
Echoes of a Changing Climate: Pakistan’s Battle for Survival
In recent years, the moment the month of March takes its leave, it feels as though we step directly into the scorching furnace of May. The temper of the seasons once gentle, predictable, and balanced has turned irritable, much like an ailing elder who flares up in anger one moment and breaks into helpless tears...
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September 23, 2026September 23, 2026Columns
Beyond Borders: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Relations Through Language and Culture
Every relationship between two nations carries a public face and a private one. The public face shows up in state visits, joint communiques, and trade figures. The private one shows up in a Pakistani nurse learning her first words of Arabic before a job interview, a student choosing between a scholarship in Riyadh and one...
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September 22, 2026September 22, 2026Pakistan
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign agreement to abolish visa requirements for diplomatic, official passport holders
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on Tuesday to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official and special passports. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar signed the agreement with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, he said in a post...
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September 22, 2026September 22, 2026Pakistan
JI vows ‘not to abandon’ long march plans, but will wait for meeting with PM Shehbaz
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday said that while the party would not back off from its protest against the petroleum levy, it would wait for a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif before proceeding with a long march to Islamabad. Rehman, along with other party leaders, announced the decision during a press...
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September 22, 2026September 22, 2026World
11 hurt as student opens fire outside Turkiye school
A teenager opened fire outside their high school in western Turkiye on Tuesday, wounding 11 people before being detained by police, a minister said. The incident happened around 8am (10am PKT) in Turgutlu in the province of Manisa, near the western resort city of Izmir, the regional governor’s office said. School shootings are rare in...
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September 21, 2026September 21, 2026World
Putin’s party set to retain power after Russia vote hit by cyberattacks, drones
Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party won a large majority in the country’s parliamentary elections, marked by cyberattacks and a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes, according to results published by state media early Monday. The election, held to elect members in all seats of the lower house State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched...
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September 21, 2026September 21, 2026Pakistan
Govt vows not to allow ‘violent groups’ to reach capital
• Tarar says IHC ruling bars disruption of public movement, road closures • Protests may cost economy Rs120bn per day, Aurangzeb warns ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said the government would not allow any violent group to reach Islamabad or block roads, as ministers warned of the legal, economic and law-and-order consequences of...
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September 19, 2026September 19, 2026World
Trump extends push for $100,000 H-1B visa fee by another year
President Donald Trump has extended an executive order that would impose a fee of $100,000 for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year, the White House said on Friday. US employers seeking to hire skilled foreign workers can use the federal government’s H-1B visa programme for a fee, allowing tech and other professionals from abroad to...