Tax: stick & carrot
WHILE the government is right in its intention to promote a tax culture, it is wrong in its implementation strategy....
Agriculture technology
IF the government develops a plan to introduce new agriculture technologies among the farmers of Pakistan, the...
Gun culture
LAST week I went to pick up my 16-year-old daughter from her tuition centre in an up-scale Clifton area. As soon as the
Indian ‘democracy’
WHILE addressing an election rally in Haryana, Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah criticised Rahul Gandhi for ...
Justice for citizen
Qamardin’s wedding was only a month from the day he was brutally murdered. The 23-year-old young man owned a...
Hyderabadi scholar
THIS is with reference to the letter, ‘The tragedy of Hyderabad’ by former Senator Javed Jabbar (Sept 17). He ...
A level students
WHILE most of my classmates decided to study abroad I decided to pursue my studies in Pakistan as I wanted to study...
Pollution in Pakistan
POLLUTION in the country is making the environment unhealthy and unsuitable. Pakistan is among the few countries...
Fix our ATMs
I DON’T know why we have automated teller machines (ATMs) in my town when they don’t work. Every time I go to...
Orangi Town hospital
ORANGI Town with a population of approximately 2.5 million has only one government hospital to cater to such a large...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1944: Seventy-five years ago: Quarantine restrictions
NEW DELHI: Information has been received by the Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India that the...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1969: Fifty Years Ago: Coup bid in Chile
SANTIAGO (Chile): The Chilean Government announced today [Oct 21] that an army regiment in the capital had mutinied...
Netanyahu gives up effort to form new govt
President Reuven Rivlin says he intends to task Gantz with the job of putting together a new government.
Prince Harry admits he & William ‘on different paths’
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry said he and his brother Prince William were on “different paths” and admitted...
Chile extends emergency as unrest claims 11 lives
Santiago and nine more of Chile’s 16 regions were under a state of emergency, Pinera confirmed late on Sunday.
Thai king strips his consort of royal titles for disloyalty
BANGKOK: Thailand’s king has stripped his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for disloyalty, accusing...
Khalilzad in Europe on Afghan peace mission
Before departing on his latest peace offensive, Khalilzad consulted senior US military leaders in Washington.
Israeli official attends Bahrain security moot
"Aviation and maritime security are at [the] top of the policy agenda in the region," says Bahraini foreign minister.
Lebanon approves sweeping reforms to appease agitators
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s cabinet approved a package of economic reforms and a 2020 budget with no new taxes on Monday,...
Long-persecuted Yazidis welcome new ‘sanctuary’ temple
YAZIDIS, an ancient ethnic group much persecuted for their faith, now have a massive new temple in Armenia to help...
PHC asks govt to declare internment centres sub-jails in 24 hours
Also orders production of internee lists in seven days.
Six members of family die on DI Khan road
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Six members of a family were killed and another was injured when a car they were travelling in...
‘Killer’ of public prosecutor arrested
PESHAWAR: The Lower Dir district police on Monday claimed to have successfully traced a blind murder case of...
QWP extends support to Azadi March, demands fresh polls
Sherpao says govt won’t dare to arrest Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
MPA booked, nine held over DEO’s killing
DPO claims officer killed for refusing jobs to men of suspects.
Karak traders refuse to pay professional tax
KARAK: Traders of Rehmatabad, Sordag and Latamber areas have refused to pay the professional tax to the tehsil...
Legislation proposed to protect rights defenders
PTI’s two women MPAs submit bill to assembly secretariat
Shangla boy dies of dengue, claims family
SHANGLA: A 17-year-old boy died of dengue fever in Maira area of Bisham tehsil, his family claimed on Monday....
Peshawar likely to record less dengue patients next year
Official says mosquito larva destroyed in 12,816 houses
‘Over 40,000 from Bajaur to take part in Azadi March’
KHAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl district chief Maulana Abdur Rasheed on Monday announced that more than 40,000 party...
Cabinet to mull LG election options today
Officials insist polls not possible this year due to delimitation, electoral roll issues
Containers placed near Attock Bridge
NOWSHERA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has placed heavy shipment containers along the road at New Attock Bridge...
Power to remain suspended
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has announced power suspension from four to 10 hours in different...
Suki Kanari project workers demonstrate to claim rights
MANSEHRA: Workers of the Suki Kanari hydropower project on Monday took to the streets to demand rights promised in...