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New Tax Burden Targets Digital Creators

Editorial
News Desk  Islamabad: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday approved a series of recommendations for the Finance Bill 2026-27 aimed at broadening the tax base, digitising tax administration, and streamlining…
Opinion

Deadly Unrest Escalates in AJK Kashmir

Editorial
Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: While Pakistan's senior leadership remains engaged in regional diplomacy, including efforts to mediate tensions between Iran and the United States, a deepening political crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has…
Opinion

Seven Decades On, Balochistan Still Waits

Editorial
Shoaib Ullah  Islamabad: Balochistan does not simmer. It burns slowly, deliberately, and with the patience of a people who have been waiting for over seven decades to be heard. It is tempting to frame the Balochistan crisis as a…
News in Picture

Crossing Between Risk and Necessity

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The train is visible. So is the danger. Yet the road remains busy. A car inches forward. Motorcycles slip across the tracks. Passengers continue their journey as a locomotive approaches in the background. It…
Opinion

Balochistan’s Pashtun Power Debate

Editorial
Sher Ahmed Durrani Quetta: The politics of Balochistan has long been discussed through the lens of the Baloch national question. Yet an equally important conversation remains insufficiently explored: the growing sense of political,…
Opinion

The Politics of Being Seen

Editorial
Maryam Siddiqui Islamabad: We are no longer living in an era where only openly oppressive regimes rely on surveillance to maintain control. In today’s digital environment, almost every human activity leaves a trace, and power…