2+ week, 4+ day ago  (240+ words) The PM's late response to the petrol price hike exposes his party's poor communication skills. This works against the PML-N government at the centre, because of the three main faces of the party " Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (461+ words) I watched the video. Then I watched it again. Then I went looking for updates. Footage of Punch clutching that toy " his surrogate mother, his safety blanket, his entire world " has been viewed some 15 million times. He received around 2m likes…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (844+ words) There was a moment " brief but powerful " where we began to believe we had finally slain an old giant. And, at first, it felt liberating. Except the horse wasn't just mouthy " it was lying. Without filters, the loudest or most…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (129+ words) The neoliberal mantra of states shrinking their size is wrong. Technocratic supporters forget that competence is not just technical but also, and more critically, political. So a divided and conflicted state like ours that has almost always had hybrid or…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (356+ words) A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday, blaming Israel for two-thirds of the deaths. It was the second consecutive annual record for press deaths and the deadliest year since…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (426+ words) But life goes on, as it usually does. Governments will do what they do for whatever ends. The people too deserve respite and joy in a society that provides little of either. And so there is a case to be…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (262+ words) ON Sept 28, citizens and journalists across the globe mark World News Day, an occasion to remind ourselves why reliable journalism matters. In a world awash with propaganda, distortion, and algorithm-driven distraction, this year's theme " "Choose Truth. Choose Facts. Choose Journalism…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (447+ words) TODAY is both World News Day and the International Day for Universal Access to Information " a good time to remember that if we lose our fundamental universal right to access to information, and if independent journalists lose the ability to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (794+ words) EVERY year of my journalistic career of nearly half a century, I have known only a free and independent press in the United States. My professional start was in the 1970s. Those were years when Americans could see clearly how the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (166+ words) ISLAMABAD: Representatives of key journalist bodies on Friday expressed serious concerns over the continued trial of a senior journalist in a local court, without meeting fair trial requirements. The concerns came from office-bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists,…...