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When Aid Fails The People

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the contrasting chaos of Karachi and Islamabad, two women – one seated in searing sun to hawk household goods, the other crouched in filth rummaging through refuse – symbolize the real cost of a nation’s…

Pakistan’s Broken Promises

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: By all accounts, Pakistan remains a land of staggering contradictions. These three photos, taken barely days apart, tell a story that no donor report, government press release, or social media campaign can…

When the Law Becomes Optional

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: On a regular day in Karachi, two luxury vehicles a Range Rover and a Toyota Hilux Revo cruised past traffic lights and checkpoints with an air of immunity. One flaunted a foreign number plate (“BJ72FEX”),…

239 Arrested for Fake Pukar-15 Calls

News Desk Faisalabad: District police have taken legal action against 239 individuals who made bogus calls to Pukar-15, the emergency service hotline, over the past four months. Cases have been registered under the 29-D Telegraph Act,…