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By Israr Ahmad Orakzai KARAK: The Commissioner of Kohat Division, Syed Mutasim Billah Shah, made a surprise visit to Karak district and reviewed development schemes, government institutions and the law and order situation, during which he reprimanded officials over poor performance and ordered the immediate completion of pending projects. During the visit, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Karak Asad Sarwar and other officials, he inspected ongoing construction work on the Indus Highway, an anti-encroachment operation, the Karak bypass road, drainage schemes, the Government Higher Secondary School Tappi Kanda and the Women and Children Hospital. He also examined land allocated for a…
For Pakistan, Afghanistan has long represented both a strategic obsession and an enduring anxiety. Decades of conflict, shifting alliances and terrorist spillover have left the relationship suspended between dependence and distrust. Yet the increasingly confrontational rhetoric now emerging from Islamabad suggests something more troubling than a temporary diplomatic rupture. It reflects a deeper collapse of regional confidence at a moment when South Asia can least afford another prolonged cycle of hostility. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s warning that Pakistan could treat Kabul in the same manner as Delhi was not merely an offhand political remark delivered for domestic effect. It was…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain For centuries, humanity has looked up at the night sky with a mixture of wonder and unease. The stars were once seen as fixed and unchanging, a celestial ceiling beyond human reach and understanding. Today, that perception has been completely overturned. The universe is no longer a distant backdrop to human life but a dynamic, measurable and increasingly intelligible system. The latest release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), installed at the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, marks one of the most ambitious steps yet in that long journey of understanding.…
By Khpalwak Mohmand Eight years after one of Pakistan’s most consequential constitutional reforms, the former tribal districts remain suspended in an uneasy in-between space. The promise of integration has been declared on paper, yet on the ground the reality is far more fragmented. What has emerged is not a completed transition from one system to another, but a prolonged administrative limbo in which neither the old order nor the new has fully taken hold. For decades, the region functioned under a parallel legal and governance structure shaped by the Frontier Crimes Regulation. Its abolition was widely seen as a necessary…
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…
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 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 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…