Madrid, July 6 (IANS) Pakistani military’s ‘hard-state doctrine’ may create an illusion of control, but even by its own standards, it is increasingly failing. A doctrine farmed around discipline and security must ultimately be judged by whether it delivers lasting stability, a report has stated. The contradiction Rawalpindi cannot hide is becoming increasingly evident, with intensified operations failing to deliver greater security and tighter military control not translating into political tr…
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Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) Two years after Pakistan declared a National Education Emergency, the country is still struggling with one of the world’s largest out-of-school crisis as more than 25 million children remain out of school. Pakistan’s education crisis is not only about making policy but about implementation, with weak governance structures, fragmented administrative systems, insufficient funding, poor data integration and provincial disparities continuing to hinder progress, local media…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi residents woke up to hot and humid conditions on Monday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert, forecasting a generally cloudy sky with moderate rainfall across the national capital. The alert comes a day after Delhi recorded its hottest July day in two years. On Sunday, the maximum temperature climbed to 38.6 degrees Celsius, even as several parts of the city and the National Capital Region (NCR) experienced moderate rainfall during th…
Quetta, July 5 (IANS) The government of Pakistan’s Balochistan is mulling legal action against the Sindh government over what it termed the unfair distribution of canal water after the latter’s Chief Minister and other authorities have failed to ensure that their province received its approved share, local media reported on Sunday. The continued reductions in water supplied by Sindh despite an improvement in river flows have resulted in a shortage of canal water in Balochistan, Pakistan’s The Ex…
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday rescued four children stranded in the Tawi River in Jammu.Officials said that in a swift and coordinated rescue operation, Jammu Police and the SDRF successfully rescued four children who became stranded in the river near Peer Kho Temple following a sudden rise in the water level.A distress call was received through the Police Control Room (PCR), informing the authorities that fou…
Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) Pakistan continues to grapple with widespread crimes against children amid long-overdue criminal justice reforms and a poor conviction rate. The state’s denial and apathy have prevented meaningful action against the scourge of child abuse and its lifelong consequences, a report has stated.It cautioned that this inaction poses a “ticking time bomb” for young generations. Citing the 2025 Cruel Numbers report from Sahil (an Islamabad-based organisation that monitors gen…
Geneva, July 3 (IANS) Naseem Baloch, Chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), has alleged that Hindu and Christian girls across Pakistan are being abducted, forcibly converted, and married off, describing the ongoing practice as a violation of their identity, dignity, freedom of conscience, family life, and fundamental human rights. Addressing an event titled ‘Forced Conversions and Minority Women’ on the sidelines of the 62nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC 62) …
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Pakistan has been ranked last globally — 148th out of 148 countries — in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025. Pakistan’s overall gender parity score also dropped from 57 per cent in 2024 to 56.7 per cent in 2025. These numbers showcase the inequalities faced by women in Pakistan regularly across economic participation and independence, social freedoms, political representation, education, health and personal agency and autonomy, a report has det…
Athens, June 29 (IANS) Despite receiving the largest share of water under Pakistan’s 1991 Water Apportionment Accord, Punjab Province has continued to encroach on the allocations meant for other provinces, aided by its upstream advantage, a lack of transparency in water measurement, and weak enforcement of the accord.The situation underscores the irony of Pakistan, which expects that India forgo its share of river waters while Islamabad fails miserably to ensure equitable distribution among its …
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Political tensions are surfacing in Pakistan between leaders from Sindh and the Federal government over the lack of investment in Karachi, the country’s largest commercial hub, that is being turned into an unlivable city, according to a report.Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon sharply criticised Pakistan’s federal government for what he calls a “low priority” approach toward Karachi, the article in the Ceylon Wire News said, observing that his statements und…