How this disagreement within the government will sit with the IMF is anybody’s guess.
Updated 14 May, 2024 08:58am
SINCE last week, Azad Jammu & Kashmir has been roiled by protests, fuelled principally by a disconnect between...
Published 14 May, 2024 06:33am
THERE are some flawed aspects to our society that we must start to fix at the grassroots level. One of these is the...
Published 14 May, 2024 06:33am
The country's "recovery" in recent months remains fragile and any shock at this point can mean a relapse.
Updated 13 May, 2024 11:10pm
WITH the authorities dragging their feet for seven years on the establishment of a Climate Change Authority and...
Published 13 May, 2024 07:28am
IN these cash-strapped times, black marketers in the organ trade are returning to rake it in by harvesting the ...
Published 13 May, 2024 07:28am
Govt must ensure judiciary's independence, respect for democratic processes, and protection for all citizens against abuse of power.
Updated 12 May, 2024 09:28am
AS the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted on Friday in favour of granting Palestine greater rights at the...
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
ON Saturday, having fallen behind Japan in the first quarter of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final, Pakistan showed...
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
IN recent years, Pakistan has made several attempts at introducing an overarching mechanism through which to check...
Published 11 May, 2024 07:40am
ONCE again, the ogre of terrorism is seeking the sacrifice of schoolgirls. On Wednesday, just days after the...
Published 11 May, 2024 07:40am
Tax reforms have failed to deliver because of distortions created by the FBR bureaucracy through SROs, apparently for personal gains.
Updated 11 May, 2024 08:46am
The authorities should implement targeted interventions to bring out-of-school children, especially girls, into the educational system.
Updated 10 May, 2024 09:03am
JUST two days after the president, while on a visit to Balochistan, discussed the need for a political dialogue to...
Published 10 May, 2024 08:01am
THE old affliction of failed enforcement has rendered another law lifeless. Enacted over a decade ago, the Sindh...
Published 10 May, 2024 08:01am
It is important that this chapter be closed satisfactorily so that the nation can move forward.
Updated 09 May, 2024 09:09am
SUCCESSIVE governments have tried to address the problems of Balochistan — particularly the province’s ...
Published 09 May, 2024 06:56am
THE FIA has a new task at hand: cracking down on fraudulent work visas. This was prompted by the discovery of a...
Published 09 May, 2024 06:55am
WE have plenty of smoke with fire. Citizens, particularly parents, caught in Pakistan’s grave drug problem are on...
Published 08 May, 2024 07:40am
PLANS to bring Saudi investment to Pakistan have clearly been put on the fast track. Over the past month, Prime...
Published 08 May, 2024 07:40am
