Ex-MNA Abidi’s killing in 2018 was not terrorism: Sindh High Court – Pakistan
• Bench acquits four appellants from terrorism charge; commutes life term awarded in 2024 into time served• Court asks IGP to find out what ‘compelled police to conduct a weak investigation in this very high-profile case’ KARACHI: While commuting the life term of four appellants into the period they have already undergone in jail, the […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s son, long in the shadows, seeks political role – World
RAMALLAH: The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to run for a steering role in his 90-year-old father’s political party, sources say, as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian Authority (PA). Yasser Abbas runs tobacco and contracting firms in the parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank where […]
Accelerating the climate transition – DAWN.COM
AS the monsoon season approaches, Pakistan faces a familiar anxiety. The memory of the 2022 floods — and the 2025 flooding that again disrupted lives, livelihoods and public finances — remains raw. The government is right to be preparing early for this year’s monsoon. But preparedness, while essential, is not enough. Pakistan must now accelerate, […]
Hard choices – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
ONE year has passed since India decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance. Pakistan’s National Security Council issued a warning, shortly after the Indian Cabinet Committee on Security’s decision, that any attempt to divert water flows will be regarded as an “act of war”. A year later, there are no visible signs […]
An asymmetrical war – Newspaper
SPEAKING at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre in Washington, D.C., in early 2012, Henry Kissinger asserted that, since World War II, the US had entered wars without a clear exit strategy, and often sought a way out shortly after engagement. He highlighted the Afghan conflict as an example of a prolonged and unwinnable war. At […]
A year ago today: Pakistan delivers befitting response as India launches devious attacks in dead of night – Pakistan
Take a look at the daily Dawn published on May 7, 2025, as Pak-India tensions reached a boiling point during Marka-i-Haq. The week of May 6 – May 10 marks the first anniversary of the five-day military conflict between Pakistan and India. The conflict was sparked by the April 22 Pahalgam attack on tourists in […]