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India’s persistent objections to international references to Jammu and Kashmir have become a familiar feature of its diplomacy, but recent reactions to statements issued jointly by Pakistan with the European Union and China underline a reality that New Delhi continues to confront with growing difficulty. Despite repeated assertions that Kashmir is an internal matter and that no third party has any role in discussing it, the issue remains embedded in international political discourse. Far from disappearing from the global agenda, Kashmir continues to surface in diplomatic conversations involving major powers and international institutions, reflecting its enduring significance as one of…

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The debate over South Asia’s evolving air power balance is no longer confined to military headquarters in Islamabad and New Delhi. What was once a regional contest measured through official statements, defence budgets and symbolic demonstrations of strength has increasingly become the subject of broader international scrutiny. The events surrounding the May 2025 military confrontation between Pakistan and India have intensified that attention, prompting analysts, diplomats and defence observers to revisit long-held assumptions about military superiority in one of the world’s most volatile regions. For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding South Asian security rested on a simple premise: India’s larger…

By Asghar Ali Mubarak As Pakistan moves towards the presentation of the federal budget for 2026-27, the most significant development is not the size of the budget, the proposed tax targets or the allocations for development projects. It is the political consensus that appears to have emerged between the federal government and the Pakistan Peoples Party. At a time when economic uncertainty continues to weigh heavily on households and businesses alike, the agreement reached between the coalition partners offers a measure of stability that has often been absent from Pakistan’s fiscal planning process. The meeting held at the Presidency, attended…

By Hania Ajaz Pakistan may be overlooking a strategically significant opportunity with the potential to reshape its blue economy: marine bioprospecting. While commonly framed as the simple idea of extracting useful compounds from marine life, it is, however, a far more substantial domain. It operates at the intersection of marine biotechnology, high-value bioproducts, and pharmaceuticals. Globally, each of these domains is part of multi-billion-dollar industries. Contemporary projections indicate that marine biotechnology alone is expected to reach a valuation of approximately 11.21 billion dollars by 2031. With a coastline of over 1,000 kilometers and an Exclusive Economic Zone of approximately 240,000…

By Muhammad Obaidullah Mirani A recent and deeply troubling incident at Jinnah Hospital in Karachi, where a woman reportedly gave birth in a hospital washroom, has once again exposed the fragile state of Pakistan’s public healthcare system. The episode, which emerged through an inquiry report, is not only being debated in terms of individual responsibility or administrative negligence, but also as part of a much wider and more uncomfortable pattern that has become increasingly difficult to ignore. According to the inquiry findings, the woman arrived at the hospital around 9:30 in the evening but did not receive timely medical attention.…

By Aslam Shah KARACHI: Despite explicit directives issued by the Chief Minister of Sindh, an inquiry into the controversial appointment of the Registrar at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL) has yet to begin, raising concerns over governance, transparency, and adherence to merit in public-sector higher education institutions. According to official correspondence, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had directed the Vice Chancellor to submit an inquiry report within three days following complaints lodged by Members of the Provincial Assembly Muhammad Asif Khan and Yousuf Baloch regarding the direct appointment of a Grade-20 Registrar. However, more than a month…

By Moin Ullah Shah KARACHI: Police in Karachi’s Korangi district arrested four members of a motorcycle-lifting gang during an intelligence-based operation in Sector 2/34 near Badshah Bazaar Ground, Korangi No. 3, officials said on Monday. According to police, the operation was carried out by Korangi Police Station after receiving confidential information about the presence of an organised group allegedly involved in motorcycle theft across different parts of the district. The arrested suspects were identified as Haji Wazir Ahmed, son of Manzoor Ahmed; Majid Hussain, son of Mujahid; Sohail Ahmed, son of Zahid Hussain; and Haider Ali, son of Nazakat Ali.…

By Atiq Raja Few architects have altered the visual language of cities as profoundly as Antoni Gaudí. His buildings do not sit quietly within Barcelona. They seem to grow out of it, twisting upwards like natural formations that have somehow learned to hold themselves together in stone. More than a century after his death, his work still resists easy categorisation. It is part architecture, part sculpture, and part dream. Gaudí was born in 1852 in Catalonia, a region of Spain where craft traditions shaped everyday life. His father was a coppersmith, and from an early age Gaudí observed how metal…