Editorial

Narcotic darkness

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

Saudi delegation

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
Reserved seats

Reserved seats

The truth is that the entire process — from polls, announcement of results, formation of assemblies and elections to the Senate — has been mishandled.
Updated 08 May, 2024 08:49am
Impending slaughter

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Updated 07 May, 2024 08:45am

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Published 07 May, 2024 07:46am

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Published 07 May, 2024 07:46am

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Published 06 May, 2024 06:06am
Terrains of dread

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Updated 06 May, 2024 09:05am
Appointment rules

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.
Updated 06 May, 2024 01:50pm

Hasty transition

Ostensibly, the aim is to exert greater control over social media and to gain more power to crack down on activists, dissidents and journalists.
Updated 05 May, 2024 09:04am

One small step…

THERE is some good news for the nation from the heavens above. On Friday, Pakistan managed to dispatch a lunar...
Published 05 May, 2024 07:29am

Not out of the woods

PAKISTAN’S economic vitals might be showing some signs of improvement, but the country is not yet out of danger....
Published 05 May, 2024 07:28am
Rigging claims

Rigging claims

The PTI’s allegations are not new; most elections in Pakistan have been controversial, and it is almost a given that results will be challenged by the losing side.
Updated 04 May, 2024 08:44am

Gaza’s wasteland

SINCE the start of hostilities on Oct 7, Israel has put in ceaseless efforts to depopulate Gaza, and make the Strip...
Published 04 May, 2024 07:01am

Housing scams

THE story of illegal housing schemes in Punjab is the story of greed, corruption and plunder. Major players in these...
Published 04 May, 2024 07:01am
Under siege

Under siege

Whether through direct censorship, withholding advertising, harassment or violence, the press in Pakistan navigates a hazardous terrain.
Updated 03 May, 2024 09:52am

Meddlesome ways

AFTER this week’s proceedings in the so-called ‘meddling case’, it appears that the majority of judges...
Published 03 May, 2024 07:54am

Mass transit mess

THAT Karachi — one of the world’s largest megacities — does not have a mass transit system worth the name is ...
Published 03 May, 2024 07:53am

Punishing evaders

THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Published 02 May, 2024 07:01am
Engaging Riyadh

Engaging Riyadh

It must be stressed that to pull in maximum foreign investment, a climate of domestic political stability is crucial.
Updated 02 May, 2024 09:29am