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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…

News Desk  Karachi: Jails across Sindh province are facing severe overcrowding, with prisoner numbers far exceeding their official capacity, according to official documents. The total capacity of prisons in Sindh is around 14,000…

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,…

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…

APP Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday announced that all its field formations across the country will remain open on Saturday, May 30, for the collection of duties and taxes. According to an official statement…

News Desk  Islamabad: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Wednesday took serious notice of a viral video controversy involving a woman identified as Anmol alias “Pinky” and sought detailed…

Shah Zaman Bhangar Karachi: For years, police “encounter” stories in Sindh have followed a familiar, almost mechanical, script. A patrol team signals a suspicious vehicle to stop.  The suspects open fire. A shootout follows. By…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new policy analysis by the Peace & Justice Network has reignited debate over the future of digital rights and online freedoms in Pakistan, urging the government to adopt a rights-based approach while reforming…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Beneath open skies and indifferent trees, they lie in rows — motorcycles upon motorcycles, rust settling where livelihoods once stood upright. This is not a scrapyard by design. It is a holding space, a…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Monday intensified its anti-encroachment drive, removing illegal structures and sealing unauthorised commercial properties along High Court Road to ease traffic congestion…