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MUCH has changed in just a little over a decade. In 2015, when the question of Pakistan’s involvement in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemeni rebels last arose, the then defence minister, Khawaja Asif, opened the issue for debate before a joint sitting of parliament. Days later, after a mara...
The founder of India’s youth-led online “cockroach” movement and two other leaders were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner. The group said thousands of protesters were detained before Saturday’s planned de...
At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as the Houthis escalate a campaign they launched this summer. The dead from the third attack this week on the airport included four...
Illustration by Abro Last week, reports emerged that an Israeli plumber had thwarted an alleged attempt by the co-pilot of a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv to hijack/crash the aircraft. Interestingly, as further details were made public, social media platforms were flooded with thousands of ...
With the advantage of hindsight, one has the opportunity to study the historical cycles in a nation’s life. Thanks to this newspaper’s unique, extensive archive of back issues, one can examine the major political, economic and social trends that have shaped Pakistan and the world over the last seven...
ISLAMABAD: The death of student Laiba Aijaz on Friday drew the attention of the government, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting the Islamabad police chief and chief commissioner and directing them to arrest the accused. Sources in the police and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Dawn th...
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed on Saturday put district police on alert for possible violent protests and sabotage in the event of the federal government imposing an emergency in the province, emphasising caution in the use of force. A notification issued by...
The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday condemned a fresh wave of Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, reaffirming Pakistan’s “firm and unshakeable” commitment to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and stability of the Gulf state under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. The defence pact, of...
THIS is an obituary for the National Counter Terrorism Authority, once conceived as a civilian counterterrorism body that combined policymaking, coordination among law-enforcement agencies, and data collection and processing. Since its inception in December 2008, and even after gaining legal cover u...
THE Indus River is moving east in central Pakistan. Along an 85-kilometre stretch from upstream of Layyah city down to Taunsa Barrage, it is pressing hard against its eastern bank. In this year’s flood season, it destroyed Basti Kanjal, a riverine settlement of more than 500 houses some 15km northwe...
WASHINGTON: Convicted murderer Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week, has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital on Sept 30 — a usually fatal d...
PAKISTAN’S contribution to rising poverty across the Middle East, North Africa and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region is troubling. According to the World Bank, the country accounts for nearly half of the region’s people living in extreme poverty. Ours is a story of repeated hardship. Millions of Pakis...
