


Jean-Eric Paquet is the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to India and the Ambassador-designate to Bhutan. He has more than three decades of experience in public service.

KARACHI: Pakistani women have the highest death rate from ischaemic heart disease among five South Asian countries, with high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity identified as factors increasing their risk, health experts said on Monday. On the eve of World Heart Day, cardiologists, gynaecologists and local industry leaders gathered at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to announce the launch of a nationwide ‘Her Heart Matters’ campaign. The campaign was launched by PharmEvo in c

THREE features of the catastrophic flood that tore through Nepal on Aug 16, 2026, do not fit Pakistan’s mountain disaster strategy: it started without rains; it originated across the border; it had huge compounding factors. None of these three is a one-off. They describe a disaster category that has been forming across the region for over a decade, growing more frequent, widespread and severe. But Pakistan’s climate planning has stayed focused almost entirely on the monsoon. A mass of rock and g