Pakistan’s access to the European Union’s GSP+ trade scheme is not guaranteed beyond 2029, and Islamabad now faces a blunt reality: deliver real human rights progress or lose hundreds of millions in tariff benefits. The EU ambassador, Raimundas Karoblis, made this clear in late August 2026, stressing that legal ratification of […]
A neighbor shot and killed Saba Mehboob, a 21-year-old Christian woman, inside her family home in Rawalpindi on September 3, 2026. Her death has sparked outrage, deepened fear among religious minorities, and raised urgent questions about justice, protection, and the rule of law in Pakistan. According to the FIR and family […]
International Literacy Day should be a day of hope. Instead, in Pakistan, it is also a reminder of a national failure. While speeches praise education and officials celebrate small improvements, millions of children remain outside classrooms. They do not carry schoolbags. They do not sit at desks. Many work in fields, […]


