Cost and availability of Covid-19 vaccine
THE relevant government official was recently quoted as saying that no company had announced the price of the...
The second wave
THE second wave of Covid-19 in Pakistan – as predicted by experts – is proving to be more widespread and ...
Lone PSM solution
THIS refers to your editorial ‘Sacked workers’ (Nov 29) referring to the retrenchment of the employees of...
Lack of civic sense
MANY people in our society lack basic etiquettes as witnessed every day. While I was going to my office recently all...
In the national interest
IT is time for Pakistan to collaborate with Israel for reasons that are pragmatic, not political. The current...
A new beginning
THIS refers to the editorial ‘A new beginning’ (Nov 8). The Americans have gone through a turbulent election in...
PTCL and customers
THIS is with reference to the letter ‘PTCL support staff’ (Nov 19). The Pakistan Telecommunications Company...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1945: Seventy-five years ago: Women against fascism
PARIS: After being delayed some days in England, the United States’ delegation to the International Congress of...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Base report ‘false’
RAWALPINDI: The Foreign Secretary, Mr S.M. Khan, has described as “not only baseless but mischievous” reports...
Police ‘hounding’ active Opp workers
Vehicles being searched at provincial border
Two gunned down as groups clash over ‘mosque possession’
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Two persons were killed on Sunday in firing during a dispute between two “sectarian” groups...
Five-day anti-polio drive today
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed to launch an effective five-day anti-polio campaign from Monday...
Misinformation and apprehensions: Federal cabinet to be equipped with Ravi river front project facts
LAHORE: The government has decided to brief the federal cabinet on the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project to...
Ignoring SOPs may lead to complete lockdown: Dr Yasmin
Minister says Multan’s infection rate of 12pc can jump after proposed PDM rally in city
Three booked for kidnapping two sisters
OKARA: Three men were booked for allegedly kidnapping two sisters at gunpoint two weeks ago from Mushtaq Town in the...
Punjab Notes: Punjab sans Punjab: much in a name!
Punjab has inherited the Harappa Civilisation, one of the oldest recorded in history. It had regular trade relations...
Man held for raping child
KASUR: Police claim to have arrested a 55- year- old man for allegedly raping a boy at Zaheerabad locality on ...
PTU for extending B-form submission deadline
LAHORE: The Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) on Sunday demanded the government extend the deadline for registration of...
Harking Back: The amazing Syeda Bibi: What a true Lahori really is!
And so it was that Syeda Begum returned to her father’s house in Kucha Chabakswaran, inside Mochi Gate, a widow at...
Missing minor girl’s body found in sack
SAHIWAL: An eight-year-old girl’s body was found in a sack near her house in village 7/11-L on Saturday night....
Gujrat admin to listen to expats’ complaints through app
GUJRAT: The local administration has launched the online hearing of complaints of expatriate community belonging to...
Transfers, postings
LAHORE: The Punjab government has transferred additional secretary (admn) Ayesha Hameed and deputy secretary Ameera...
Former NA speaker Sahibzada Farooq passes away
MULTAN: Former National Assembly Speaker Sahibzada Farooq Ali Khan passed away here on Sunday after a prolonged...
Traders want 4pc interest rate
LAHORE: The business community has urged the government to bring down the interest rate so as to make the ...
91 quack centres in 11 cities closed
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission has closed down 91 quacks’ centres in 11 districts during the last week....
Two govt institutes’ tussle delays matric students registration
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A tug of war between the Govt Boys High School No 1 and the Centre of Excellence over the allotment...
Afghan peace prospects
It is up to the Afghan parties to make the tough compromises needed to secure a settlement.
Creating a welfare legacy
A number of issues have been identified with the cash-transfer intervention.
The biggest problem
The issue of water scarcity needs a new narrative.
Learning pathways
Blended solutions may work well during the pandemic.
An overreaction
PARANOIA followed by overreaction — that best describes how the Pakistani state views and responds to any form of...
Internal divisions
EVEN as the Islamic world’s top diplomats met recently in Niamey, Niger, under the umbrella of the OIC’s Council...
Moving from the margins
THE recently reported story of Nisha Rao, Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer, is both heartbreaking and ...
NGOs bear brunt of govt’s drive to fulfil FATF requirements
Over 3,500 non-governmental organisations deregistered since May 2019