Editorial

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:37am

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:37am
Students in Kyrgyzstan

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.
Updated 19 May, 2024 09:11am

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Published 18 May, 2024 06:54am

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...
Published 18 May, 2024 06:54am
Ominous demands

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Updated 18 May, 2024 08:47am
Dangerous law

Dangerous law

It must remember that the same law can be weaponised against it one day, just as Peca was when the PTI took power.
Updated 17 May, 2024 08:50am

Uncalled for pressure

THE recent press conferences by Senators Faisal Vawda and Talal Chaudhry, where they demanded evidence from judges...
Published 17 May, 2024 05:46am

KP tussle

THE growing war of words between KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is affecting...
Published 17 May, 2024 05:46am
Dubai properties

Dubai properties

It is hoped that any investigation that is conducted will be fair and that no wrongdoing will be excused.
Updated 16 May, 2024 09:15am

In good faith

THE ‘P’ in PTI might as well stand for perplexing. After a constant yo-yoing around holding talks, the PTI has...
Published 16 May, 2024 07:15am

CTDs’ shortcomings

WHILE threats from terrorist groups need to be countered on the battlefield through military means, long-term ...
Published 16 May, 2024 07:14am

Plague of rape

FLAWED narratives about women — from being weak and vulnerable to provocative and culpable — have led to...
Published 15 May, 2024 07:25am
Reserved seats

Reserved seats

The ECP's decisions and actions clearly need to be reviewed in light of the country’s laws.
Updated 15 May, 2024 09:01am

Secretive state

THERE is a fresh push by the state to stamp out all criticism by using the alibi of protecting national interests....
Published 15 May, 2024 07:25am
Privatisation divide

Privatisation divide

How this disagreement within the government will sit with the IMF is anybody’s guess.
Updated 14 May, 2024 08:58am

AJK protests

SINCE last week, Azad Jammu & Kashmir has been roiled by protests, fuelled principally by a disconnect between...
Published 14 May, 2024 06:33am

Guns and guards

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
Spending restrictions

Spending restrictions

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

Climate authority

WITH the authorities dragging their feet for seven years on the establishment of a Climate Change Authority and...
Published 13 May, 2024 07:28am