Narrative Watch

Arshad Nadeem's recent performance at the World Athletics Championships did not deliver the medal many hoped for, as he ultimately finished 10th in the men's javelin final. Yet, this result...

Tariff, Chabahar and now H1-B visa fees — all implying a crippling squeeze on India by the US. The latest in the line of the punitive measures by the Trump...

In the span of just three years, nearly 2.9 million Pakistanis have left the country, marking one of the most rapid waves of outward migration in recent memory. For a...

Cotton farmers and related industries are facing another crisis year. Even though early reports were showing a 40% year-on-year increase in cotton arrivals by mid-September, trade groups are warning that...

The devastating floods that have once again submerged vast swathes of the country underscore the brutal paradox facing the government — climate catastrophes are intensifying, but the exchequer is increasingly ill-equipped...

The tango between merit and accountability in government institutions has placed top-level authority figures and employees against one another for decades. Another such strife is underway regarding court orders to...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia added a new dimension to their ties as they inked the "Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement", assuring each other of security shield in case of an aggression....

In the thick of rising polio cases and relentless vaccination campaigns, the abduction of three senior WHO officials monitoring one such campaign marks a sombre day in the journey against...

The SBP's decision to maintain its policy rate at 11% reflects the precarious nature of trying to curb inflation while nurturing a fragile economic recovery, with the added variable of...

Every few years, Pakistan goes through the ritual of elections, and every few years, the process leaves behind deeper scars than the ones it set out to heal. The latest...