Editorial

THOUGH India’s invitation to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation events in Goa later this ... Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:54am

There are concerns whether the ECP will be sufficiently able to protect the integrity of elections if they are held under partisan governments. Updated 27 Jan, 2023 08:40am

ONE way the state abdicates responsibility in Pakistan is by farming out its functions to the private sector. In ... Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:54am

IF the claim of former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, that Pakistan and India came close to a nuclear exchange... Published 26 Jan, 2023 08:11am

THE ‘management’ of the exchange rate by the State Bank, allegedly at the behest of the government, to ward off... Published 26 Jan, 2023 08:11am

Does the state really need to fan public discontent in a period as fraught with uncertainty as this? Updated 26 Jan, 2023 08:43am

THE State Bank’s decision to hike its key policy rate to a 25-year high of 17pc to anchor inflation expectations ... Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:03am

The energy transmission infrastructure needs to be treated with more seriousness and its weaknesses removed. Updated 25 Jan, 2023 09:11am

EVEN by the abysmal standards of our broken legal system, the acquittal of former SSP Rao Anwar and his 17... Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:03am

Mohsin Naqvi will have to work extra hard to prove himself worthy of the responsibility he has been entrusted with. Updated 24 Jan, 2023 08:44am

NEW DELHI’S extreme reaction to a BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid bare the BJP... Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:40am

IT is difficult to accept the free speech argument being used to ‘defend’ frequent acts of desecration by... Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:39am

'Friendly countries' have made it public that are no longer interested in providing Islamabad with anymore easy money. Updated 23 Jan, 2023 08:34am

THE Saudi position not to recognise Israel until there is a two-state solution to the Palestine question is a ... Published 23 Jan, 2023 07:07am

PAKISTAN has for the past several decades been battling sectarianism. While targeted killings and sectarian acts of... Published 23 Jan, 2023 07:07am

Energy accounts for the largest portion of Pakistan’s imports, and cheaper oil from Russia will help somewhat lower the burgeoning trade deficit. Updated 22 Jan, 2023 09:03am

TRANSPHOBIA takes many forms, all of them cruel and degrading. Sometimes it emanates from unexpected quarters. On... Published 22 Jan, 2023 07:40am

A DAY after the FIFA-AFC delegation left the country after holding meetings with officials of the Pakistan Football... Published 22 Jan, 2023 07:39am

EXILE is nothing new for Pakistan’s political class. Leaders have often slipped away to safer foreign climes... Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:35am

Further delay in repairing the relationship with the IMF will only exacerbate the political price PML-N will have to pay. Updated 21 Jan, 2023 08:54am