Palestinians struggle to buy essentials while profiteers charge up to 40% to exchange salaries for cash A shortage of cash in Gaza has left Palestinians unable to spend what little money they have without falling victim to wartime profiteers. Banks, many damaged or destroyed along with homes, schools and other institutions across Gaza during two…
Palestinian group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was violated by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave. The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed, the Israeli…
Can’t escape it altogether but here are some alternatives that aren’t enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza A drone view shows the destruction in a residential neighbourhood, following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Gaza City, October 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS Two years…
Karachiites will take time adapting to the new traffic control system, but we should appreciate this reform While camera-assisted e-ticketing traffic management and surveillance system is nothing novel even to many a developing country, it is like a blot from the blue to motorists in Karachi who have hitherto been left virtually unstrained on the…
UN report accuses world powers of sustaining the genocide in Gaza through arms, trade, political hypocrisy It is important to expose the truth of how the genocide in Gaza unfolded —not as the act of one state alone, but as a tragedy enabled by the hypocrisy and active support of the international community. A recent…
From historical ties to strategic pressure, Afghan instability tests regional patience The writer is a political, security and defence analyst. He tweets @shazchy09 and can be contacted at shhzdchdhry@yahoo.com Afghanistan is a sore, but it has been so for all the years of Pakistan’s existence. More importantly, we have lived through it and kept a…
As Russia redefines its political philosophy, thinkers frame the clash with the West as a civilisational struggle The writer is a geopolitical analyst. She also writes at globaltab.net and tweets @AneelaShahzad Like all great civilisations, Russia has evolved through a long history of political thought. At the end of Imperial Russia, along with the ideas…
A call to reclaim Pakistan’s art and history from distortion, to rebuild a truth that restores complex thought The writer is a Lahore-based academic currently associated with Forman Christian College, a chartered university To the conscientious and the significant, As I ponder the meaning of history today, I am reminded of the Persian adage, “History…
. The Sindh government’s decision to defer collection of agriculture income tax from January 2025 at the rate of 45%, as agreed with the IMF, is a clear act of defiance – to say the least. This politically-exigent move comes in the footsteps of Punjab, which had also put off collecting the enhanced revenue from…
Both sides commit to maintaining ceasefire on condition that Afghan soil will not be used for attacks against Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Afghan Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid shake hands following the signing of a ceasefire agreement mediated by Qatar and Turkey in Doha on October 19. Photo: Reuters Pakistan and…
