Karamat Ali, a legendary labour leader of Pakistan. Exactly one year ago, the people of Pakistan lost a leader whose absence is still deeply felt across the region. The death of Karamat Ali marked not only the end of an era for Pakistan’s labour movement but also a profound loss for South Asia, where his […]
Despite the government’s repeated assurances of providing meaningful tax relief and protecting salaried individuals from overburdening, the federal budget 2025-26 offers only modest and largely symbolic reductions in tax rates for the salaried class. Although the Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in his budget speech in the National Assembly, announced cuts—such as lowering the tax rate
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Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s presented Pakistan’s Economic Survey 2024-25 on June 9, 2025. The survey reveals a clear reality despite government assertions of economic stability; most important benchmarks, particularly in agriculture, were failed by a great margin. While agriculture, a sector employing almost a third of the workforce, managed a dismal 0.56% increase against a
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Announcing a full and immediate truce between India-Pakistan, effective from 4:30 pm Pakistan time, a tweet by US President Donald Trump has unexpectedly helped nearly 1500 million people all throughout the Indian subcontinent to celebrate peace. Following protracted nighttime negotiations facilitated by the United States involving high-level officials from both countries, including Prime Ministers Narendra
India-Pakistan tension escalates. Many of the subcontinent’s residents are left wondering what seasoned peace activist Karamat Ali would have done in reaction to the current crisis in view of growing military tensions between Pakistan and India. Military Tensions Approach Sensational Levels Dawn broke today with disturbing reports of Indian airstrikes targeting both Azad Kashmir and
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It was a good news that CCI Halts 6 canals plan on Indus. Following 10 fierce days of marches, rallies, and mobilisation by the lawyers and civil society organisations of Sindh called off their protest against the dubious building of six new canals on the Indus River system by the Punjab government with the federal
How much the Indus Waters Treaty is important for the people of India and Pakistan. 2010, New Delhi. At the People’s SAARC conference, a gathering of civil society members from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Pakistan’s delegation was quite strong. People’s SAARC usually took place on the same days as or close
It wasn’t my first trip to Osho Tapoban, a meditation retreat tucked away in the Himalayan Nagarjuna Hills near Kathmandu, Nepal. The venue brazenly declares itself as “a space to provoke the god inside you.” Though I had visited briefly before, this trip seemed quite different. After concluding a three-day meeting in a hotel in
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Finally, on Thursday, the Sindh Assembly approved a motion vehemently denouncing the building of new 6 canals, including the Cholistan Canal and Greater Thul Canal, on the Indus River system. Supported by all members, the Sindh Chief Minister and Leader of the House, Syed Murad Ali Shah, offered a resolution calling for an immediate stop
