Muhammad Zahid Rifat

ACCORDING to the 7th Population and Housing Census, conducted in 2023, Pakistan’s population had reached 241.5 million. A defining characteristic of the country’s demographic profile…

KASHMIRIS in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and around the world are observing October 27, 2026, yet again as the first darkest day in their…

WHENEVER federal budget is presented in the National Assembly for a new financial year, parliamentarians as well as media people are handed over a big…

IT is appreciable that Pakistan’s civil and military leadership Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy P.M./Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar , and Chief of…

August 7, 2026, has gone down in the annals of history as a memorable, historic, eventful and productive day. It was on this day that…

LIKE other developing countries, Pakistan seeks to achieve a higher, impact-oriented investment rate to sustain economic growth. In this regard, its development partners provide knowledge,…

PAKISTAN and Turkiye share a historically deep-rooted, strategic partnership which is gen-erally dubbed as “Two States, One Nation”. Their relationship was anchored by strong de-fence…

THE Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), historically speaking, is the second-largest intergovernmental organization in the world after the United Nations (UN). With as many as…

AS and when the largest coalition government at the national level headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif starts preparations for presenting another budget to…

DURING March 2026 when US-Israel coalition suddenly attacked Iran for achieving their ulterior motives, peace in the Middle East was quite obviously disrupted and fuel…