Newspaper - Editorial - October 6, 2026

Farming reform

Farming reform

Agriculture needs investment, but not another round of costly interventions.
Updated 06 Oct, 2026 08:44am
Improved performance

Improved performance

THE recently concluded Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, were a revival of sorts for Pakistan, and a huge upgrade...
Published 06 Oct, 2026 07:07am
Mass surveillance

Mass surveillance

THE new National Cybercrime Investigation Agency chief, Ali Nasir Rizvi, has adopted a “zero-tolerance policy...
Updated 06 Oct, 2026 03:37pm
After the talks

After the talks

Considering how close they came to a solution, govt and opposition teams should reconvene to give the talks another chance.
Updated 05 Oct, 2026 02:36pm
Child safety online

Child safety online

Pakistani children are spending more of their lives online, but the safeguards around them are not keeping pace.
Updated 05 Oct, 2026 04:00pm
Rising public debt

Rising public debt

Pakistan’s public debt has surged by 76pc to Rs86.7tr in four years, according to a new government report.
Published 05 Oct, 2026 05:16am
Yemen offensive

Yemen offensive

The best option, therefore, is for Muslim and Arab states to help restore the Saudi-Houthi ceasefire.
Updated 04 Oct, 2026 08:52am
Growth transition

Growth transition

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent call to move from stabilisation to growth, job creation and export ...
Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:19am
Protection at risk

Protection at risk

THE recent warning from UNHCR should alarm donor governments. Nearly 8.3m refugees and other forcibly displaced...
Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:19am
Talks, at last

Talks, at last

The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.
Updated 03 Oct, 2026 08:42am
IWT’s future

IWT’s future

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...
Updated 03 Oct, 2026 02:22pm
Pained minds

Pained minds

IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...
Published 03 Oct, 2026 06:25am
Risks ahead

Risks ahead

To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Updated 02 Oct, 2026 08:57am
Exit from Iraq

Exit from Iraq

AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
Published 02 Oct, 2026 07:15am
Lahore’s ozone warning

Lahore’s ozone warning

LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...
Published 02 Oct, 2026 07:14am
Fixing bond markets

Fixing bond markets

Pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, retail investors, and eventually, foreign investors must become bigger participants in the market.
Updated 01 Oct, 2026 09:30am
Call centre rackets

Call centre rackets

A NUMBER of recent raids conducted by the authorities in different cities point to the growing threat fraudulent ...
Published 01 Oct, 2026 06:52am
Homeward bound

Homeward bound

FIVE months after Somali pirates captured an oil tanker carrying a 19-member multinational crew, Somali maritime...
Published 01 Oct, 2026 06:52am
Kashmir unresolved

Kashmir unresolved

The just solution lies in India addressing the issue through a trilateral dialogue involving the legitimate representatives of the Kashmiri people and Pakistan.
Updated 30 Sep, 2026 08:57am
Water shortage

Water shortage

THAT the country is entering the Rabi season with an anticipated water shortage of nearly 25pc, the lowest carryover...
Published 30 Sep, 2026 06:38am
Young hearts

Young hearts

THE observance may have passed, but the message of World Heart Day should not fade with it. The occasion is a useful...
Published 30 Sep, 2026 06:37am
Terror and politics

Terror and politics

There is an urgent need to tone down the rhetoric and tackle terrorism as a collective challenge for both the affected provinces and the federation.
Updated 29 Sep, 2026 08:48am
Watching the glaciers

Watching the glaciers

THE latest signs from Pakistan’s mountains are worrying. Suparco says the number of unfrozen glacial lakes it...
Published 29 Sep, 2026 07:10am
Dangerous agenda

Dangerous agenda

AS the world remains fixated on the US-Iran conflict, elsewhere in the Middle East, Israel is consolidating its grip...
Published 29 Sep, 2026 07:10am
Facts first

Facts first

The challenge is no longer simply access to information, but knowing what deserves belief.
Updated 28 Sep, 2026 08:26am
Expanding surveillance

Expanding surveillance

PUNJAB’S decision to extend its digital surveillance network should be appreciated. However, the question is what...
Published 28 Sep, 2026 05:56am
Humane control

Humane control

KARACHI’S decision to neuter, vaccinate and tag stray dogs is a welcome shift from the crude and ineffective...
Published 28 Sep, 2026 05:56am
Balochistan’s reality

Balochistan’s reality

IF the state is to bring peace to Balochistan, then its representatives must face the ground realities. However,...
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:41am
Progress at UNGA

Progress at UNGA

Any new agreement should cover all fronts: Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:40am
Mature response

Mature response

IT has been encouraging to see the country’s chief executive taking a far more mature approach than many in his ...
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:40am
Gathering clouds

Gathering clouds

There is a real danger that its march, if it goes ahead next weekend, may still end in violence and bloodshed.
Updated 26 Sep, 2026 08:42am
Reducing the burden

Reducing the burden

PAKISTAN’S students do not need voluminous textbooks especially in the early stages; they need better learning. ...
Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:57am
Disposable humans

Disposable humans

DESCENDING into dirt, disease and uncertainty for a living is inhuman. Sanitation workers — the pillars of urban...
Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:57am
Palestine in focus

Palestine in focus

While the impassioned speeches will not be enough to stop the violence against the Palestinian people, they do indicate that even some of Israel’s allies in the West are having a difficult time justifying its monstrous behaviour.
Updated 25 Sep, 2026 08:53am
The IMF loop

The IMF loop

Stability is supposed to create the space for reform and sustainable growth. It cannot become an end in itself.
Updated 25 Sep, 2026 02:59pm
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