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Outward splendour

We are living through such a time, an age of outward splendour and inward poverty. In our time, we have learned to divide what the Quran relentlessly joins. We speak of ‘personal faith’ as though it ...
GWADAR: Civil, military and community leaders agreed during a grand jirga on Thursday to bolster coordination between the ...
THE debate on creating new provinces is often seen through the lens of ethnicity, history and political identity, and projected as being in the public interest. Not only is this misleading, it is also ...
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Pahalgam aftermath

A YEAR after at least 26 people were killed in a terrorist attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam area, ties between Pakistan and India remain at rock bottom. Even after a year, New Delhi has been ...
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Ad astra

AMONG the many developments this month that Pakistanis can take pride in is the news that one of their own will ...
But the way we set career paths and incentives currently, in both the public and private sectors, we end up pushing the best teachers out of primary schools. Primary school teachers are usually paid ...
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Real estate power

THE latest round of land valuation revisions by the FBR for tax purposes signifies a familiar pattern that highlights the immense political clout of vested interests in the real estate sector. The ...
BEIRUT: Lebanese leaders on Thursday condemned Israeli ‘war crimes’ after an air strike killed a journalist in the country’s ...
According to police, the incident occurred late on Wednesday night in Killi Pandrani, where unknown assailants riding a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at a shop. The grenade exploded with a loud ...
ISLAMABAD: Amid the uncertainty surrounding talks between the United States and Iran, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday to discuss the ...
TEL AVIV: More than 250 Indians claiming descent from a ‘lost Jewish tribe’ landed at Tel Aviv airport on Thursday, as part of a government operation to relocate them to Israel.
According to a notification, Ghulam Mustafa Leghari will act as chairman of the board while private members include Faraz Sheikh, Sanam Inam Sheikh, Imran Hussain and Naween Mangi. Majority of them ...