Editorial

Shortcut tactics

IMF’s decision to veto move to reduce retail power tariffs seems to be against interests of middle-class consumers. Updated about 21 hours ago

Unforced error

State must not push ordinary citizens away with its excesses when dealing with Balochistan. Updated about 16 hours ago

Losing again

WHEN Pakistan’s high-risk Twenty20 approach did not work, there was no fallback plan and they collapsed in a heap... Published about 22 hours ago

Climate action

Waiting for outside help to arrive will only aggravate our climate challenges and not mitigate them. Updated 2 days ago

Unsafe passages

WRETCHED social conditions add an extra layer of cruelty to ordinary lives. The UN’s migration agency says that... Published 2 days ago

TB burden

AS the world observes World Tuberculosis Day, we confront the sombre fact that despite being both preventable and... Published 2 days ago

Judicial disputes

Public perceptions of the institution’s independence and neutrality have taken a hit due to bitter, public spats between senior judges. Updated 3 days ago

Biased proposal

PAKISTAN’S tax system is extortionist, unpredictable and unsupportive of investment and economic growth. It... Published 3 days ago

JFK files

THE latest cache of declassified documents from what are known as the ‘Kennedy files’ have not really impressed... Published 3 days ago

Running on empty

World Water Day should remind country’s rulers that water crisis threatens the very survival of our future generations. Updated 22 Mar, 2025 08:35am

Muzzled voices

A NEW era of censorship is upon us. The FIA’s arrest of journalist and founder of media agency Raftar, Farhan... Published 22 Mar, 2025 06:48am

Another ultimatum

THESE are fraught times, but the government must still find it in its heart to be a little more accommodating.... Published 22 Mar, 2025 06:48am

Personal priorities

Pet projects launched by govt often found to be poorly conceived, ripe for exploitation, misaligned with country’s overall development priorities. Updated 21 Mar, 2025 08:53am

Anti-Muslim actions

MUSLIMS in India have endured incessant scrutiny of their nationalism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ... Published 21 Mar, 2025 07:29am

Inheritance rights

THE Federal Shariat Court’s ruling that it is un-Islamic to deprive a woman of her right to inheritance is a... Published 21 Mar, 2025 07:29am

Victim complex

If New Delhi is sincere about bringing peace to South Asia, let it agree to an unconditional dialogue with Islamabad about all irritants. Updated 20 Mar, 2025 08:42am

LSM decline

THE slump in large-scale manufacturing amidst the adjustments the economy is forced to make in order to stay afloat... Published 20 Mar, 2025 07:44am

Education interrupted

THE sudden closure of major universities in Balochistan, ostensibly due to ‘security concerns’, marks another... Published 20 Mar, 2025 07:43am

Strength in unity

WILL it count as an opportunity lost? Given the sharp escalation in militant violence in recent weeks, some had ... Published 19 Mar, 2025 07:00am

Genocide resumes

It appears that Palestinian people will again be left defenceless in the face of merciless brutality. Updated 19 Mar, 2025 08:47am