For decades Taliban projected an image of ideological purity and strict internal discipline. Leaders spoke of sacrifice and unity, insisting loyalty inside movement was absolute and foreign influence tightly controlled. Yet archival intelligence records and UN listings reveal something entirely different. Behind Kabul walls operated a movement driven not by devotion but by deals, foreign […]

Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan is showing significant recovery in his eye condition, according to a detailed medical report issued after his examination on February 15.A two member medical board comprising Prof Dr Nadeem Qureshi, Head of the Vitreoretinal Department at Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi, and Prof Dr Muhammad Arif

The political theatre outside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House may look loud and disciplined, but accounts emerging from within PTI’s own internal discussions suggest something more troubling, a campaign struggling with coherence, control, and credibility. The meeting reportedly convened under the provincial chief executive’s leadership was less a celebration of momentum and more a stocktake of problems

How narrative is manufactured in politics is rarely complicated, it is systematic. Take the viral line, “If pomegranates cannot cross, how can terrorists cross?” It works because it feels intuitive, it gives the audience a simple image, it offers instant certainty, and it flatters the listener into thinking they have spotted a contradiction. But it

She called herself a “rights defender.” In our play, the imaginary character “Bibi Shireen” is introduced as a fearless social media activist, a woman “speaking truth to power.” But her truth is a curated rage, built on text posts, anonymous reposts, and a carefully constructed echo chamber, what her circle smugly brands an “aqua chamber,”