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By S.M. Inam Once again, in the dead of night between Thursday and Friday, the government raised the price of petrol and diesel – the fourth such increase in barely six weeks. A formal notification confirmed a hike of 6.51 rupees per litre for petrol and a staggering 19.93 rupees for diesel. Kerosene, a vital fuel for the poorest households, was reduced by a token 4.45 rupees. The new prices now stand at nearly 400 rupees per litre for both petrol and diesel. Only two days earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had told his cabinet that global crude prices were…

By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal There is a peculiar kind of cruelty that distinguishes the false flag from other forms of deceit. The liar who steals your purse or the charlatan who sells you a remedy that does not work, these operate in the realm of personal gain, venal and shabby but limited in their reach. However, the false flag seeks something far more sinister. It seeks to bend history itself, to manufacture outrage so potent that nations lurch toward war, to paint innocence as guilt and guilt as innocence with such skill that even the victims may doubt what their…

By Amir Muhammad Khan The recent peace talks in Islamabad have once again drawn the world’s attention to Pakistan’s diplomatic and peacemaking efforts in the region. Pakistan has once again presented itself as a country that can become a mediator and a bridge of communication in complex global conflicts. However, the question is whether these efforts are really moving towards a lasting peace or will be limited to temporary diplomatic activities. The idea of getting its way under the shadow of America’s stubbornness and threats has made the talks frivolous. Be it any talks, on any issue, they are based…

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By Israr Ahmad Orakzai HANGU: Authorities accelerated emergency measures in tribal district Orakzai after recent cloudbursts and heavy rains caused widespread damage, with lawmakers visiting affected areas to assess losses and oversee relief efforts. Member of the National Assembly Yousaf Khan and provincial assembly member Aurangzeb Khan, who also chairs the district development committee, visited the affected areas of Mushti Mela and Hassan Zai Dara in tehsil Central along with Additional Deputy Commissioner General Yasir Salman, the assistant commissioner of Lower Orakzai and other officials. Officials conducted an initial assessment of damage caused by flooding and strong water currents to…

By Wadood Mehsud UPPER SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Residents from various areas of South Waziristan Upper said they had still not received compensation for homes destroyed during the 2009 military operation Rah-e-Nijat, leaving affected families in severe hardship. The displaced people said that even after 17 years, no financial assistance had been provided for their destroyed houses. They said they were still forced to live in displacement and had been left without basic facilities. They said they had made significant sacrifices for the country, leaving their homes and enduring the hardship of displacement, but had received only neglect in return. They added…

There is a peculiar kind of silence that descends upon a room when a child picks up a knife. It is not the blade itself that causes alarm, but the glaring absence of understanding in the hand that holds it. The child sees only the gleam, the promise of leverage, but has no map of the consequences. In the bazaars of modern geopolitics, entire nations have begun to resemble that child. They accumulate the sharpest, most expensive instruments of destruction, only to discover, at the moment of truth, that they have been clutching the wrong end of the steel. For…

By Dr. Nazia Sher Pakistan stands at a structural inflection point where demographic expansion, technological disruption and institutional rigidity are moving in conflicting directions. With more than 64% of the population under the age of 30, according to UNFPA estimates, Pakistan is among the youngest nations globally, yet this demographic strength is increasingly constrained by weak labor absorption capacity. Youth unemployment is estimated at around 30% in urban labor force assessments, reflecting not only cyclical economic stress but a persistent structural mismatch between skills formation and labor market demand. In contrast, countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia have successfully converted…

By Abdul Rehman Patel Some nations do not merely cover distance. They define their decisions. And when decisions become blurred, the paths themselves begin to disappear. This is not a metaphor pulled from some philosophical manual. It is the quiet truth of what has happened to Pakistan’s economy over the past two decades. You do not need long speeches or elaborate white papers to understand where a country stands. Two numbers will do: gross domestic product and the poverty rate. And right now, both are telling a story that no Pakistani prime minister would want to read aloud. Recent global…

By Syeda Sonia Munawar There is a quiet truth that prosperous societies understand and failing ones forget: that the worker who rises before dawn, who stitches the shirt on your back, who lays the brick beneath your feet, who harvests the wheat on your table, is not a servant of the economy but its very spine. Labor Day, observed each year on the first of May, is not merely a date on the calendar. It is a reminder written in the language of sacrifice. It is a promise renewed. And in a country like Pakistan, where the working class carries…