15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (164+ words) How, then, should national development policy be made? Let us take a hypothetical case of a recently formed country, its borders determined by departing colonialists. It is not a ‘civilisational state’ with thousands of years of shared history, so the…...

14+ hour, 53+ min ago   (786+ words) • PM’s committee to meet before September-end to build consensus on proposals• Delayed annual budget for FY2026-27 to be tabled today as region faces financial shortfall GILGIT: The federal government is consulting stakeholders on a constitutional arrangement for Gilgit-Baltistan with Pakistan, while…...

1+ day, 57+ min ago   (349+ words) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Ayesha Malik has been conferred the International Leader/Lifetime Award at the Justitia Awards 2026 held in Vienna, Austria. The prestigious award recognised her distinguished contribution to the development of law and justice, as well as her…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (398+ words) Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work, including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (817+ words) KARACHI: Speakers at a programme called for the creation of new administrative units or provinces and constitutionally empowered local governments (LGs), arguing that Pakistan’s existing provincial structure has failed to cope with rapid population growth, urban expansion and worsening governance....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1109+ words) On August 27, 2026, 55 acres of land belonging to a long-closed textile mill in Faujdarhat, Chattogram, was handed over to the Bangladesh army. This site, some 245 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka, is being developed to produce modern weapons, ammunition and other…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (392+ words) ‘Uncertain times’ is a refrain that fills United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reports, discussions by climatologists, economists, political scientists and filters down to individuals anxious about the future of their children. It is seen as a sign of our times…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (666+ words) Ratko Mladi, the face of Serbian nationalism in the 1990s and one of the primary architects of the Srebrenica genocide, died in a UN prison in The Hague on August 27, 2026. Evil would be an understatement to describe the military leader who…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (325+ words) THE draft New Energy Vehicle policy gets its destination right. Electrifying transport, cutting the oil import bill and building an export-oriented auto industry are worthwhile goals. But the incentive structure chosen to achieve them rewards the wrong technology. The main…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (679+ words) GILGIT: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Friday that consultations on the constitutional and legal status of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) were under way, while the federal government was considering an arrangement to give the region…...