Newspaper - Editorial - February 7, 2025
Depopulating Gaza

Depopulating Gaza

The least feasible "solution" is the Trumpian plan for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing and occupation, which is a non-starter.
Updated 07 Feb, 2025 08:02am
‘Pause’ in US aid

‘Pause’ in US aid

THE impact of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘pause’ all US foreign aid programmes, especially those...
Published 07 Feb, 2025 07:02am
Mobilising opposition

Mobilising opposition

POLITICS makes strange bedfellows. There has not, for quite some time, been a guest list as intriguing as the one...
Published 07 Feb, 2025 07:01am
No time left

No time left

Climate change concerns continue to remain a footnote as politics dominates national discourse, surfacing only when disaster strikes.
Updated 06 Feb, 2025 08:22am
Karim Aga Khan

Karim Aga Khan

PRINCE Karim Aga Khan was a man who straddled various worlds and cultures. Beyond his role as spiritual leader of ...
Published 06 Feb, 2025 07:35am
Cotton production

Cotton production

PAKISTAN’S cotton crop is on the ropes. The crop output has been falling since FY15, when the country harvested a...
Published 06 Feb, 2025 07:34am
Kashmir question

Kashmir question

The important thing is to continue dialogue process, on bilateral disputes, Kashmir issue, and move beyond rigid positions.
Updated 05 Feb, 2025 08:27am
Letters from jail

Letters from jail

OVER the past week, former prime minister Imran Khan has directly addressed his concerns to both the chief justice ...
Published 05 Feb, 2025 07:34am
Agriculture tax

Agriculture tax

WITH Sindh and Balochistan finally approving changes to their agriculture income tax laws to harmonise their AIT...
Published 05 Feb, 2025 07:31am
Balochistan turmoil

Balochistan turmoil

The govt's most potent counterterrorism weapon can be ensuring Balochistan’s full constitutional rights.
Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:29am
Skewed priorities

Skewed priorities

OVER the past few years, the people of Pakistan have paid immensely for their state’s failure to expend national...
Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:28am
Fertility puzzle

Fertility puzzle

THE dramatic fall in global fertility rates — from 4.8 births per woman in 1970 to 2.2 in 2024 — represents one...
Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:28am
Kurram fragility

Kurram fragility

JUST as the people of Kurram began to see some relief in the form of convoys laden with essentials reaching...
Updated 03 Feb, 2025 09:03am
Inheritance denied

Inheritance denied

PAKISTAN’s heritage — from the Hindu Kush range to the Indus banks and delta — is a testament to the richness...
Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:20am
Captive shift

Captive shift

THE objective of the Power Division’s directive to the public distribution companies, including K-Electric, to ...
Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:20am
Absent justice

Absent justice

If the senior-most judges are so helpless, what hope does the common citizen have?
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 09:26am
Out of tune

Out of tune

Constitutional assurances of freedom to practise faith and protection of life and liberty for all citizens ring hollow for many of Pakistan’s religious minorities.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 04:39pm
Vanishing lifeline

Vanishing lifeline

AS the world marks Wetlands Day, Pakistan’s critical ecosystems find themselves in an unenviable position. The...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:58am
Counterterrorism ops

Counterterrorism ops

It must also maintain diplomatic pressure on the Afghan Taliban to ensure their soil is not used by anti-Pakistan actors.
Updated 01 Feb, 2025 08:35am
Peca protests

Peca protests

DESPITE the immense pressures they routinely face, Pakistani journalists have always cherished and jealously...
Updated 01 Feb, 2025 03:34pm
Additional spectrum

Additional spectrum

PAKISTAN’S mobile operators need more spectrum, the radio waves that carry voice calls and wireless data, as their...
Published 01 Feb, 2025 05:30am
Cost of control

Cost of control

Islamabad cannot expect to get away with violating the commitments it has made to foreign partners.
Updated 31 Jan, 2025 10:25am
Deep shock

Deep shock

THE AI wars have begun. For years, America sought to hold China back when it hindered access to its semiconductors,...
Published 31 Jan, 2025 09:05am
Provincial AIT laws

Provincial AIT laws

HARMONISING the provincial agriculture income tax regimes with federal personal and corporate income tax rates is ...
Published 31 Jan, 2025 09:02am
Court in crisis

Court in crisis

There is increasing frustration over complications created by the law, especially as it has begun interfering with independent functioning of judiciary.
Updated 30 Jan, 2025 08:28am
Death blow

Death blow

JOURNALISTS took to the streets in protest; human rights groups warned against the dangers; and digital rights...
Published 30 Jan, 2025 07:13am
Enhanced inclusivity

Enhanced inclusivity

TWO fresh initiatives involving new features in people’s CNICs should help enhance inclusivity for special ...
Published 30 Jan, 2025 07:12am
PTI no-show

PTI no-show

There is growing impression that an entire country is being held hostage by the egos of a few powerful individuals.
Updated 29 Jan, 2025 08:53am
A second Nakba?

A second Nakba?

WHILE candidate Trump was able to get away with making outrageous statements on the campaign trail, what President...
Published 29 Jan, 2025 08:02am
Cricket spin

Cricket spin

PAKISTAN seemed to have found the blueprint for Test success at home: raging turners that had brought three wins in ...
Published 29 Jan, 2025 08:02am
Unstable outlook

Unstable outlook

Improving indicators can be tempting enough to act boldly to accelerate economic growth. But must the SBP do so and repeat past blunders?
Updated 28 Jan, 2025 08:24am
‘Poor’ lawmakers

‘Poor’ lawmakers

WHILE the average Pakistani is expected to carry the burden of austerity as he struggles to put food on the table,...
Published 28 Jan, 2025 07:26am
Digital security

Digital security

A RECENT advisory issued by the National Telecommunication and Information Technology Security Board has caused a ...
Published 28 Jan, 2025 07:25am
Trumpian purge

Trumpian purge

For Trump and his MAGA support base, these moves are necessary to preserve what they view as the American way of life.
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 08:20am
World Bank’s view

World Bank’s view

PAKISTAN is at a critical point. Inconsistent and poor economic policies of the past have had an adverse impact on...
Published 27 Jan, 2025 06:51am
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