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By Aliza Abbas For nearly two centuries, the Monroe Doctrine has lingered over Latin America like a ghost that never quite left the room. First proclaimed in 1823 as a warning against European colonial interference in the Americas, it gradually evolved into something far more muscular: a justification for Washington’s repeated interventions across its southern neighborhood. From Guatemala to Panama, from Chile to Nicaragua, the doctrine became less about defending sovereignty and more about defining who was allowed to exercise it. Now, with the dramatic American intervention in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorism charges, the doctrine…

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By Israr Ahmad Orakzai HANGU: A key meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Hangu Gohar Zaman Wazir to review arrangements for Eidul Azha 2026, focusing on security, cleanliness and public facilitation across the district. The meeting was attended by District Police Officer Tariq Habib, administrative officers and heads of relevant departments. Officials reviewed a comprehensive plan covering security arrangements, traffic management, emergency response, sanitation, anti-encroachment measures, facilities at cattle markets, availability of essential commodities, price control, inspection of food outlets, parking management and emergency coordination systems. The deputy commissioner directed all departments to ensure effective performance of…

By Abdul Qadir Mahesar DADU: Leaders of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) in Dadu have called for a transparent investigation into the Johi incident, saying that if allegations are not proven, what they described as a character assassination campaign should be stopped. At a press conference held at the Dadu Press Club, SPLA district leaders Professor Qazi Sikandar Ali, Professor Ghulam Farooq Laghari, Professor Tahir Abbas Channa, Professor Dr Latif, Professor Asif Nazeer Memon and others said that Professor Noor Asif Panhwar, who currently serves as district president of the teachers’ organisation, was being falsely accused of harassing…

By Aslam Shah KARACHI: A controversial outsourcing arrangement initiated by the Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation for the deployment of sanitary workers across the city’s sewerage network has triggered serious questions over transparency, legality and financial governance, with experts calling for an immediate inquiry by provincial and federal oversight institutions. Documents available with the reporter reveal that the arrangement, issued under a “Standard Operating Procedure” (SOP) by the office of the Executive Engineer, Technical Committee (MPP), pertains to the deployment of skilled and unskilled sanitary health workers in all 26 towns of Karachi through a private joint venture identified as…

The accelerating march of militarization is transforming warfare into something less visible, less territorial and far more deeply woven into the ordinary rhythms of civilian life. For centuries, war was understood through recognizable images: trenches carved into mud, tanks crossing borders, fighter jets dominating skies and armies advancing across contested landscapes. Military power was measured through geography, manpower and the destructive force of visible weapons. Yet the strategic logic that defined the industrial age of warfare is steadily dissolving before the rise of artificial intelligence, cyber operations, autonomous weapons and digital surveillance systems. The next decade may witness not merely…

By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal As the moon rises in the velvet expanse of the night, its silver light touches every shore and every mountain, reminding us of a universal harmony visible to all. In the same manner, Pakistan’s military and diplomatic moon has ascended with full brilliance, casting a glow of respect and strength far beyond our borders. Our armed forces stand as a bulwark of honor, while our diplomatic sagacity has navigated complex global currents with wisdom and resolve. Yet, in this journey of lights, our economic moon lingers hidden behind thick clouds of uncertainty. Its dimmed radiance fails…

By Atiq Raja China’s modern story is often told in the language of speed: how quickly it rose, how rapidly it industrialized, how abruptly it inserted itself into the center of global affairs. However, that shorthand risks flattening a far more complex reality. Behind the statistics and slogans lies a civilization that has repeatedly reconfigured itself across millennia, sometimes as a world leader in innovation and commerce, at other times as a fractured polity struggling with internal upheaval and external pressure. The China of today cannot be understood without that longer arc of rise, rupture and reinvention. For centuries, China…

By Dr. Aliya Kemal Ahsan In the pre-dawn hush of a hospital ward, there exists a kind of silence that is not empty but densely inhabited. It is a silence shaped by machines that blink steadily in the dark, by the soft rustle of movement in corridors, by the careful rhythm of breath that may or may not hold through the night. This is the time often referred to, in understated hospital language, as the “long watch” — those hours when the institution appears to sleep but, in truth, is at its most alert. And at the center of this…