Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s drive to protect 2.93 million girls deserves every parent’s support. Its success will depend on trusted women at the door, honest answers on safety and a plan for the girls it misses.
INTERNATIONAL
The Treasury secretary runs Washington’s economic war on Tehran. His department says he “will not be deterred”.
INTERNATIONAL
Jarvis met Ishaq Dar and Mohsin Naqvi on counter-terrorism, organised crime, illegal migration, visa fraud and stability in Afghanistan.
INTERNATIONAL
People Before Profit projected the footage onto the Convention Centre, where about 50 leaders meet on Thursday. Gardaí halted it, and a march is planned for the summit.
EDITORIAL
The CDA’s 30 women-only electric buses deserve a quick launch. But Peshawar shows that making every bus safe does more for women than a separate fleet, and Islamabad should do both
NATIONAL
Terrorists ambushed a police team heading to act against illegal gold mining. Rescue officials put the toll at 11, with 12 injured, and police say several attackers were killed.
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Inflows for July to October reached $14.8 billion. The State Bank now expects a record $45 billion this fiscal year.
Pakistani shares have regained the level where they ended the last fiscal year. Cheaper oil, record reserves and remittances drove the rebound; rising interest rates, foreign selling and the Strait of Hormuz will decide what comes next.
The first three-way talks in nine months moved from the front lines to security guarantees and Europe’s future order. Territory still blocks a deal, and the Gulf keeps becoming the place where wars are negotiated.
The CDA’s 30 women-only electric buses deserve a quick launch. But Peshawar shows that making every bus safe does more for women than a separate fleet, and Islamabad should do both
“When the bus is crowded, hostile or simply absent, the cost is not a longer journey. It is a lost job, a missed class or a girl kept at home.”
Security forces found explosives and torture cells inside two mosques in Mir Ali. The terrorists who did it have no claim on Islam. Pakistan should back the soldiers who cleared them, restore the mosques quickly and make every pulpit part of the fight
8 min read
A Temple Road shrine shut since 1947 is open again, and more than 50 gurdwaras are being restored. Pakistan should keep them open and full of pilgrims. India should reopen the Kartarpur Corridor before Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
10 min read
The wind cleared Monday’s smog. It will not clear the next one. Punjab has more tools than ever, and now needs a year-round plan measured by the air people breathe
9 min read
Ministers keep floating new provinces. The Constitution sets the bar at two-thirds in Parliament and in the province being divided, and the Senate and NFC sums turn every map into a fight
Article 239(4) gives each province a veto over its own division. It is the clause that has stopped every past attempt.
Natalie Baker has run the US embassy for 22 months without the title. Her nomination signals continuity, a focus on the Iran war and a heavy energy and minerals agenda, but a Senate that changes hands in January may make her wait
10 min read
Freelancers earned $1.76bn last year, up 78 per cent. Upwork’s wallet payouts and new certification refunds help, but getting paid, staying safe and building skills still cost too much
7 min read
A spy memo, a board inquiry and a confession from Jensen Huang: what the scandal at the world’s most important chipmaker means for the contest between Washington and Beijing, and for Pakistan
7 min read
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“This great language, which has produced perhaps the best poetry in modern India … and which is a shining gem in the treasury of Indian culture, is today neglected, and by some people even looked at with suspicion,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
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From Sialkot to Cambridge, Heidelberg and the mosque at Cordoba: how a poet who argued with God came to imagine Pakistan. A Big Read in eleven chapters
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Justice Markandey Katju
“Dr El-Sayed’s victory is a message not only for America but also for India and the whole world,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
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Dr Yasir Arafat
As global investors gather for PMIF26, Pakistan must look beyond mineral extraction and invest in the infrastructure, skills and industries that can turn its geological wealth into lasting prosperity
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The company gave no details of the vessel or crew. Within a day, a tanker near Hormuz was hit by a projectile, Iran’s army said another struck a mine, and a Dubai-bound ship had four crew injured.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s shipment will go through Operation Gallant Knight 3, which the UAE says has delivered $4.16 billion of aid to Gaza in three years.
Riders must carry orders in approved boxes, wear uniforms, carry valid permits and never give anyone a lift while working, under federal traffic rules that take effect on January 1
The second phase of a February pact brings power plants to be built jointly with Saudi Arabia in Türkiye to 5,000MW, as the COP31 hosts push electrification.
The Houthis claimed hits on Riyadh airport and Abqaiq, but Bahrain’s king landed at the same airport on Tuesday as Yemen’s army pressed an offensive on the ground.
Saudi Arabia says an Aramco administrative building in the capital was hit in an attempted attack, with no one hurt, as air defences destroyed four Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh and the south
Terrorists ambushed a police team heading to act against illegal gold mining. Rescue officials put the toll at 11, with 12 injured, and police say several attackers were killed.
Police say Hikmatullah, alias Hamza, trained a suicide bomber at a madrasa near Jalalabad and tried to attack a security post. A second suspect is still being tracked.
The prime minister is in Antalya to press for climate finance that is “predictable, adequate and accessible” for countries like Pakistan, which produces under 1% of emissions.
Footage released on Tuesday shows ballistic and cruise missiles and their launchers in a tunnel complex. Iran has not said where it is, and the claims cannot be independently checked
UN monitors, US intelligence and Russia all warn of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, as Pakistan becomes the country most affected by terrorism.
A maritime security pact signed during President Muizzu’s visit gives Islamabad a foothold in waters New Delhi has long treated as its own backyard.
United are 18th, their lowest at this stage since 1986-87. Club bosses met in Monaco on Wednesday to decide Carrick’s future, and the USA coach is in talks to replace him.
The Test will be played from November 17 to 21 as planned, but at Rawalpindi, where Pakistan lead the first Test with Sri Lanka 320 behind.
Pakistan recovered from 61 for five to chase down 209 with three wickets to spare in Oman and go top of Group A at the Under-19 Asia Cup
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