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Pakistani newspapers’ advice for government in 2026—‘try governance, not control’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Pro-government newspapers painted a picture of geopolitical resurgence. Others highlighted the steady squeeze on fundamental rights and structural issues that threaten economic growth.

Election results leave Pakistanis anxious. They say 2024 polls ‘worst rigged in history’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Pakistani commentators and newspaper editorials have rung the alarm bells, telling the military establishment to 'respect the mandate'. It seems there is little chance of that happening.

Pakistan sees complete breakdown of state institutions. Democracy is all but dead

Zahid Hussain -
Not a single political party in Pakistan believes in working within constitutional parameters. Democratic process is all but dead.

Pakistan can learn from Israel’s secret weapon and arrest its intellectual decline

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
How did Israel, a country of nine million — between one-half and one-third of Karachi’s population — manage to subdue 400m Arabs?

If OIC diplomats spoke to Imran Khan freely on blasphemy, here’s what they’d say: Hoodbhoy

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
PM Imran Khan asked OIC envoys to convince the West that blasphemy against the Prophet hurts the world’s Muslims. This failure is causing endless trouble in Pakistan.

Dwarf planet Ceres has ocean of salt water underneath its surface, NASA data studies show

Sandhya Ramesh -
Data obtained from NASA's Dawn spacecraft mission shows that the brine ocean is 40-km deep and hundreds of kilometres wide on Ceres.

Asking for consent is revolutionary in Pakistan. That is why Aurat March is creating ripples

Zuneera Shah -
Next time a man asks me why Pakistani women only complain instead of doing something, I will happily shove pictures from the Aurat March in his face.

The Lahore smog isn’t Indian farmers’ fault alone. Pakistan should look within

Ahmad Rafay Alam -
The interesting thing about the ‘Lahore Smog’ is that the air pollution situation is neither limited to Lahore nor is it technically smog.

Pakistan’s verbose foreign minister ruined Kashmir case. Imran Khan at UN now the only hope

Zahid Hussain -
One doesn’t expect the UN to deliver justice on the horrifying human rights situation in Kashmir. Still, international opinion matters.

If Pakistan wants moon landing, it needs to chase Nehru-built culture of science

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
Credit for India’s Chandrayaan-2 should go to Nehru. If Modi had been first PM, instead of astronomy, India would be pursuing astrology.
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How ThePrint’s foreign affairs team makes sense of the world for Indian readers

Shailaja Bajpai -
In a time of non-stop global churn, what shapes ThePrint reporters’ stories, sources, and choices behind their global coverage?

Meta AI is translating songs on Insta reels—who wants Bhojpuri bangers in English?

Welfare state is socially and economically a national disaster: GN Lawande

Economy

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

Moushumi Das Gupta -
76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

Defence

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

Snehesh Alex Philip -
NSE CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

Shekhar Gupta -
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.

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