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A response to skepticism over the Makkah accord
- By News desk
- August 17, 2026
Brig. Asif Haroon Raja PAKISTAN is a nuclear-armed state with highly trained, battle-hardened and combat-experienced defence forces. For the past 25 years, they have fought…
Fireworks lit independence sky above Islamabad
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- August 17, 2026
Tariq Osman Hyder Allied Fireworks Delivers Landmark Pyromusical Show at Marqa-e-Haq Monument I first met Shahid Butt Sahib , CEO Allied Fireworks when our government…
Balochistan: Geo-economic pivot
- By News desk
- August 17, 2026
Brig (Retd) Dr. Zakeer Ahmad Khan Abbasi For decades, conventional discourse framed Balochistan through geographical isolation and physical deficit, viewing its vast landmass—over 43 percent…
Freedom at Midnight with Diversions
- By News desk
- August 17, 2026
The grass was faster on Independence Night in Islamabad. Urban Bystander By eleven on the night of 13 August, Islamabad had opened several new roads…
Shifa Foundation Concludes Cohort 3 of “NUR of Tomorrow,” Equipping Youth with Skills for Life, Safety and Leadership
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- August 17, 2026
Islamabad, 16 August 2026: “Shifa Foundation successfully concluded the third cohort of its flagship “NUR of Tomorrow” Youth Internship Programme, held at Shifa International Hospital,…
The Architect of Defiance: The Shaheed Who Guarded the Faith, the Frontiers, and the Future
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- August 17, 2026
Remembering President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed on his death anniversary Ijaz ul Haq On 17 August 1988, the skies over Bahawalpur claimed a soldier-statesman whose…
Daily Cartoon 16-08-2026
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- August 16, 2026
Beyond numbers: Informed choices
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- August 16, 2026
Ayesha Javeed PAKISTAN’S population debate is often reduced to a familiar set of figures: how fast the country is growing, how many schools and jobs…
Architecture of hope
- By News desk
- August 16, 2026
Dr Khalid Mufti PAKISTAN has spent much of its 79-year journey learning how to survive. Partition left millions uprooted; wars tested its resolve; political upheavals…
No licence to claim
- By News desk
- August 16, 2026
US President Donald Trump has thrown another spanner into an already deeply troubled regional situation by saying that he would soon declare the Strait of…

