<p>In today’s newsletter: Across ​the country, a ​younger generation is turning private disillusionment into public defiance​ against a government that once felt untouchable</p><p>Good morning. As flames engulfed parts of France and Spain this weekend, in India, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was trying to put out a very different kind of fire. Thousands of people arrived in Delhi on Saturday to demand the resignation of his education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. When <a href="https

Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Christopher Rassi, IFRC Chief of Staff and Under Secretary General for People and Strategy. He offers a rare on-the-ground perspective from southern Lebanon, to reveal the harrowing realities of the humanitarian crisis. He presents a compelling paradox: while ceasefires and pilot return zones might seem promising, recovery is not simply about returning people to their homes, but about rebuilding dignity, restoring public services, addressing invisible ps

<p><strong>• Mostly include Gandhara relics; Senate body orders detailed report on smuggling racket<br>• Officials say Unesco concerns over Taxila conservation addressed; new museum planned</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has repatriated 513 smuggled arch­a­eological artefacts from the Uni­ted States under bilateral cooperation, top officials revealed before a Senate panel on Monday.</p> <p>The Senate Standing Com­mit­tee on National Heritage and Cul­ture, chaired by Senator Hida­

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The Foreign Office (FO) has condemned Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singhs highly provocative and irresponsible comments regarding the Kashmir dispute, saying that the neighbouring country must not underestimate Pakistans resolve to thwart any...

<p>Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight on Sunday.</p> <p>Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in October 2023.</p> <p>Abdel Azim Wadi, mayor of the town of Qusra, south of the city of Nablus, told <em>AFP</em> that settlers torched a mosque under construction in the southern part of the town.</p> <p>“The fire destroyed the mosque’s entrance and even damaged its stonewo

<p>DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday said that more than 1,300 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the recent <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018066">attack</a> on a Tank checkpost that resulted in the martyrdom of 15 people, including 14 security personnel.</p> <p>The governor made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the Regional Police Office in Dera Ismail Khan after attending a security briefing on the law and order situation in the re

<p>In South Asia, the state has often existed in tension with society, asserting control not only over governance but also over history, memory, and legitimacy, while society is forced to negotiate or submit to official narratives.</p> <p>Rather than reinforcing one another, the political and social spheres frequently become antagonistic, with the imperatives of postcolonial state-building overriding justice, dissent, and collective memory. It is against this backdrop that Satluj, inspired by th

<p>ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Saturday criticised the government for continuously <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018099">increasing fuel prices</a> while simultaneously allowing a Rs1.8 billion special allowance package for top bureaucrats who already receive free fuel.</p> <p>PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram said ordinary Pakis­tanis were subjected to a six-day petroleum monsoon that drove petrol to Rs335.18 and diesel to Rs383.46 per litre.</p> <p>He observed that the rulers have

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Malcolm Roberts uses white supremacist concept to describe the party’s plans for deporting 200,000 people from Australia</p><p>Senator Malcolm Roberts claims One Nation wants to deport at least 200,000 people and has repeatedly referred to the far-right concept of “remigration” in podcast interviews and speeches to niche platforms.</p><p>In two recent podcasts, Roberts said One Nation wanted to deport 100,000 temporary residents as well as 100,000 internation