Newspaper - Letters - March 14, 2026

Demotivated staff ruin organisations

OUR institutions and organisations, both public and private, suffer from a silent crisis; lack of motivation among...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

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Exam confusion

I TEACH English to Karachi board’s class IX and X students at a private secondary school. We, the teachers, have...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

Widening trade gap

THE recent data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reveals a deeply troubling picture regarding the...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

Water wastage

I WENT to the local water filtration plant recently and saw a man washing his car using filtered water meant for...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: Turbat’s growing population faces a critical shortage of medical facilities. The existing...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

AI algorithms have anti-Muslim biases

I AM a scholar and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, working at the intersection of technology,...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:06am

Pesco blues

A FEW months ago, I had lodged an online overbilling complaint with the portal of Peshawar Electric Supply Company...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:05am

University affairs

A VIDEO on social media went viral recently, showing a senior official of Sindh University’s Dadu campus in an...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:05am

Austerity plan

AUSTERITY measures must be visible and start from the top. Mere rhetoric will not serve the purpose. There are...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:03am

Poor in trouble

REGARDLESS of the current wave of austerity measures, the trend remains the same; a systematic abandonment of the...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:03am

Meaningless debates?

THIS refers to the letter ‘Wasting time in futile debates’ (Jan 11), which argued that debates about the...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:02am

PLASTIC CONSUMPTION

PLASTIC CONSUMPTION: Inter-national studies have revealed that humans ingest thousands of microplastic particles...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:02am

Ill-conceived sense of urban progress

THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Destroying heritage’ (Feb 16) regarding the destruction of a Mughal-era...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Damaging proposal

THE recent proposal by Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, to lower the admission percentage threshold for...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Public trust

PUBLIC policy often fails not at the design stage, but at the point of execution. Many policies are technically...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

School counsellors

THE establishment of Career Placement and Counselling Centres (CPCCs) in universities is a great step towards...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

VIOLENCE AGAINST DOCTORS

Violence against healthcare professionals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has reached an alarming level,

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Mighty military is the ultimate factor

THE complex and deeply saddening situation unfolding in Iran should serve as the ultimate, the most powerful, and ...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:28am

German hypocrisy

AROUND 250,000 protesters gathered in the German city of Munich recently to demonstrate against the Iranian...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:27am

US vover for Zionists

THE Zionists, who are basically European settlers in Palestine, have increased their attacks on Al-Quds, the third...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:26am

Exploited labour

PAKISTAN continues to play a major role in producing official footballs for global giants. Sialkot has long been...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:25am

Survival test

I WISH to share a horrible experience I recently had at the Metro Bus Station. What was expected to be a comfortable...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:25am

CLOSED SCHOOL

CLOSED SCHOOL: The government keeps saying it is making sincere efforts to promote education and bring out-of-school...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:24am

Glamorising civil service is inanity

ONCE seen as a quiet pursuit of discipline, sacrifice and intellectual rigour, a career in Central Superior Services...

Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:56am

Traffic discipline

OVER the last few years, significant infrastructure development has taken place in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, which ...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:34am

Rude PPSC staff

I RECENTLY had to put up with a rather rude behaviour of the staff members of the Punjab Public Service Commission...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:33am

Pointed question

A FEW days ago, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister faced a pointed, but relevant question from a student at ...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:32am

United we stand

IN these challenging times, when tensions and uncertainty dominate headlines, it is critically important for us, as...

Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:56am

PESHAWAR BUSES

PESHAWAR BUSES: There is a severe shortage of BRT buses on the Ring Road route in Peshawar. The bus frequency is...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:31am

Terrorism, doubts, a layered diplomacy

MILITARY tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has evolved beyond episodic frontier clashes into a structural...

Updated 09 Mar, 2026 08:02am

Protecting the elite

THIS is with reference to the report “NA passes bill seeking amendments to Elections Act for secrecy of...

Published 09 Mar, 2026 07:28am

Climate hypocrisy

THE Global South has always been lectured on climate change by the West. However, when it comes to its own...

Updated 09 Mar, 2026 08:02am

Uncertainty, confusion

THERE has been a sense of global uncertainty and confusion related to the ongoing conflict involving the United...

Published 09 Mar, 2026 07:27am

TRAFFIC CONGESTION

TRAFFIC CONGESTION: The ongoing construction work at the Park Road underpass has led to a significant dete-rioration...

Published 09 Mar, 2026 07:26am

Khamenei’s killing is rebirth of Iran

THIS is with reference to the editorial “Khamenei’s killing” (March 2) which was candid and outspoken, daring...

Published 08 Mar, 2026 08:23am