governance

News Desk Peshawar: In a landmark development, Baba Gurpal Singh has become the first Sikh from Khyber District to be elected to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on a minority seat, marking a significant milestone for the region’s Sikh…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a country where over half the population lives below the poverty line, where children die for lack of basic medical care, and where survival itself is a daily victory, the sudden surge in helmet…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the dusty corridors of District Headquarters Hospital Pakpattan, 20 children—most of them newborns—died between June 16 and June 22. The tragedy, though deeply personal to grieving families, now stands as…

APP Mirpur: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have launched an inquiry after a prisoner was mistakenly released from District Jail Kotli due to a case of identical names. According to a spokesperson of the AJK Home…

News Desk Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his message on the International Day of Parliamentarism, called on the nation to reaffirm its commitment to strengthening parliamentary institutions, upholding democratic values, and…

News Desk Islamabad: The federal government has earmarked Rs8,205 billion for distribution among the provinces under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award for the fiscal year 2025-26, reflecting a substantial increase in provincial…

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”),…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: Under the blistering sun on the outskirts of Peshawar, 40-year-old Qudratullah pushes a heavy wheelbarrow stacked with bricks at a dusty construction site in Wapda Town. His daily toil is a fight to sustain his…

Memoona Kiani Rawalpindi: The trend of privatising security services is gaining momentum worldwide, as governments increasingly depend on private military and security companies (PMSCs) to address deficiencies in law enforcement,…

Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah Peshawar: The recent address by Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir to the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (NSC) highlighted a critical issue: the persistent governance gaps in Pakistan. He…