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May 07, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Rashed Rahman

Wheat, wheat everywhere…
Opinion

Wheat, wheat everywhere…

The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our...
Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
Rent a party
Opinion

Rent a party

Of late, the chorus of voices demanding ‘dialogue’ has grown to a virtual crescendo. This is understandable at one...
Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am
Iran-Israel Russian Roulette
Opinion

Iran-Israel Russian Roulette

The expected has happened. After Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, 2024 killed seven...
Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
‘Frosty’ exchanges
Opinion

‘Frosty’ exchanges

Perhaps it is appropriate that these lines are being written on April Fool’s Day. What lends this credence is the...
Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am
Massacre in Russia
Opinion

Massacre in Russia

The toll of the horrendous terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow’s northern suburb...
Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:43am
A plethora of issues
Opinion

A plethora of issues

Normally one tries to focus on one critical issue that appears to be central when sitting down to pen these columns....
Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am
A tangled web indeed
Opinion

A tangled web indeed

As could be anticipated, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf’s (PTI’s) protests on March 10, 2024 against alleged...
Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:09am
Challenges, challenges
Opinion

Challenges, challenges

The shape of the post-election regime has been more or less settled, with the remaining Presidential election on...
Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am
Lull before the storm?
Opinion

Lull before the storm?

One cannot really claim with confidence that the storm of dust kicked up by the controversies surrounding Elections...
Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am
An (in)credible election!
Opinion

An (in)credible election!

The 2024 elections have aroused a perfect storm of allegations of gerrymandering, rigging and manipulation of...
Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Elections and prospects
Opinion

Elections and prospects

As the date for general elections, February 8, 2024, looms, the election campaign scene exhibits some troubling...
Updated 30 Jan, 2024 05:30am
Back from the brink
Opinion

Back from the brink

After an exchange of missile attacks on alleged Baloch subversive elements in each other’s territory, Pakistan and...
Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am
Crises old and new
Opinion

Crises old and new

It is hardly breaking news on the first day of the new (not so happy) year that Pakistan faces a slate of challenges...
Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Exacerbating the problem
Opinion

Exacerbating the problem

The state’s penchant for turning a molehill into a mountain has been on ‘glorious’ display in Islamabad these...
Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:06am
Israel bent on genocide
Opinion

Israel bent on genocide

Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the...
Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Fallout of the Gaza war
Opinion

Fallout of the Gaza war

One and a half months after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, and despite the...
Updated 28 Nov, 2023 02:13pm
The Palestinian resistance
Opinion

The Palestinian resistance

The ongoing Israel-Gaza war began with the spectacular attack by Hamas into Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas...
Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:52am