. The incarceration of Imran Khan, in defiance of the jail manual, is now becoming a source of irritation and embarrassment. The former PM’s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, have once again flagged the issue as they went on to elucidate on international media that their father is being held “incommunicado”, and that the orders of…

. The writer is an academic and researcher. He is also the author of Development, Poverty, and Power in Pakistan, available from Routledge Barely a week after the recovery of the final bodies from the Sorange coal mine near Quetta, Pakistan’s latest mining disaster is already fading from the headlines. Yet the deaths of 34…

Europe, the fastest-warming continent, faces record heat and wildfires, with France and Spain worst hit A man cools himself with water from the Fontana della Barcaccia during a heatwave in Rome, Italy, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Chieppa Italy placed all major cities under the highest heat alert on Thursday as a severe heatwave gripped large…

Natalie Baker says American innovation can help modernise Pakistan’s farm sector while boosting trade and investment A photo of farmers working on their crop in Pakistan. Photo: APP/file The United States on Thursday highlighted opportunities to strengthen cooperation with Pakistan in agricultural technology, saying greater adoption of American innovation could help modernise the country’s farm…

Israeli settler Yinon Levi charged with manslaughter over activist Owdeh Hathaleen’s death, prosecutors say Mourners carry the body of well-known Palestinian activist Owdeh Hathaleen, who, according to people who said they witnessed the shooting, was shot and killed in the village of Umm al-Khair by Israeli settler last week, during his funeral near the city…