Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Chief Justice of Iran Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf attend a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Chief Justice of Iran Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf attend a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the first Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, attends a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the first Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, attends a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Women gather near the coffins of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members, as international delegates participate in a farewell ceremony for Khamenei, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran on July 3, 2026. — Reuters
Women gather near the coffins of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members, as international delegates participate in a farewell ceremony for Khamenei, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran on July 3, 2026. — Reuters

Opinion

Editorial

Talks, at last
Updated 03 Oct, 2026

Talks, at last

The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.
IWT’s future
03 Oct, 2026

IWT’s future

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...
Pained minds
03 Oct, 2026

Pained minds

IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...
Risks ahead
Updated 02 Oct, 2026

Risks ahead

To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Exit from Iraq
02 Oct, 2026

Exit from Iraq

AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
Lahore’s ozone warning
02 Oct, 2026

Lahore’s ozone warning

LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...