Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Updated 07 May, 2024 08:45am
THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Published 07 May, 2024 07:46am
IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Published 07 May, 2024 07:46am
IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Published 06 May, 2024 06:06am
Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Updated 06 May, 2024 09:05am
If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.
Updated 06 May, 2024 01:50pm
Ostensibly, the aim is to exert greater control over social media and to gain more power to crack down on activists, dissidents and journalists.
Updated 05 May, 2024 09:04am
THERE is some good news for the nation from the heavens above. On Friday, Pakistan managed to dispatch a lunar...
Published 05 May, 2024 07:29am
PAKISTAN’S economic vitals might be showing some signs of improvement, but the country is not yet out of danger....
Published 05 May, 2024 07:28am
The PTI’s allegations are not new; most elections in Pakistan have been controversial, and it is almost a given that results will be challenged by the losing side.
Updated 04 May, 2024 08:44am
SINCE the start of hostilities on Oct 7, Israel has put in ceaseless efforts to depopulate Gaza, and make the Strip...
Published 04 May, 2024 07:01am
THE story of illegal housing schemes in Punjab is the story of greed, corruption and plunder. Major players in these...
Published 04 May, 2024 07:01am
Whether through direct censorship, withholding advertising, harassment or violence, the press in Pakistan navigates a hazardous terrain.
Updated 03 May, 2024 09:52am
AFTER this week’s proceedings in the so-called ‘meddling case’, it appears that the majority of judges...
Published 03 May, 2024 07:54am
THAT Karachi — one of the world’s largest megacities — does not have a mass transit system worth the name is ...
Published 03 May, 2024 07:53am
THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Published 02 May, 2024 07:01am
It must be stressed that to pull in maximum foreign investment, a climate of domestic political stability is crucial.
Updated 02 May, 2024 09:29am
WITH frequently suspended freedoms, increasing violence and few to speak out for the oppressed, it is unlikely that...
Published 02 May, 2024 07:00am
The government should withdraw from the wheat trade gradually, replacing the existing market support mechanism with an effective new one over the next several years.
Updated 01 May, 2024 09:34am
THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Published 01 May, 2024 08:13am
