Editorial
The only workable solution lies in Mullah Akhundzada loosening his iron grip on the country.
Updated 24 Feb, 2025 08:41am
PAKISTAN faces two types of drought: one caused by dry weather or lower-than-normal rainfall, and the other ...
Published 24 Feb, 2025 07:04am
THE surge in Islamophobic assaults in the UK, as reported by the anti-hate crime charity Tell MAMA, is a stark...
Published 23 Feb, 2025 07:05am
Pakistan’s fundamental problem is that two of its most important leaders still cannot get over themselves.
Updated 23 Feb, 2025 08:39am
THERE was no other choice. Despite assurances of consultations with key stakeholders, the government passed the Peca...
Published 23 Feb, 2025 07:05am
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s ‘hard talk’ at a retail business conference on Thursday was long ...
Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:45am
Recent developments in SC and IHC certainly seem to have lent credibility to perception that judges perceived as a 'threat’ are being sidelined.
Updated 22 Feb, 2025 08:35am
IT was a year ago when, in the tumultuous aftermath of the 2024 elections, the state banned X. Today, it remains...
Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:45am
Whether Trump’s Ukraine peace initiative succeeds or not, it will be difficult for Kyiv, Europe to face Russian military machine without US support.
Updated 21 Feb, 2025 08:34am
THERE are losses and then some. The finance ministry’s latest overview of the federally owned state enterprises...
Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:58am
RECENT developments in the Senate have provided cause for concern on how parliamentary business is being conducted....
Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:57am
Improvement in headline inflation gives policymakers chance to fix investment policies, implement structural reforms.
Updated 20 Feb, 2025 08:45am
AND the endless cycle of violence continues. The brutal killing on Tuesday night of seven Punjab-bound passengers in...
Published 20 Feb, 2025 07:48am
THE absence of decent and affordable healthcare in the country continues to ruin lives. An example of this is ...
Published 20 Feb, 2025 07:47am
AS bodies continue to fall in Kurram despite a state-sanctioned ceasefire, one wonders how long local militants’...
Updated 19 Feb, 2025 03:50pm
THE grass, it seems, did appear greener on the other side to millions of people as evidenced by the latest UN ...
Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:38am
IT is not uncommon for politicians to resort to the use of hyperbole in order to boost their public standing. ...
Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:38am
GPI goals align with Pakistan's broader economic aims but the manner in which the initiative was launched raises questions.
Updated 18 Feb, 2025 08:56am
IT is an unfortunate paradox that while on paper Pakistan has some of the most impressive right to information laws,...
Published 18 Feb, 2025 07:47am
THE situation in Chilas needs attention and a fair-minded approach so that it can be resolved amicably. Diamer ...
Published 18 Feb, 2025 07:47am
