Editorial
Once elected office is reduced to theatre, useful only for maintaining appearances, it becomes a stage for managing perceptions rather than exercising power.
Updated 13 Jul, 2025 09:06am
THE government’s plan to import 350,000 tonnes of sugar, months after allowing the export of more than twice that...
Published 13 Jul, 2025 08:23am
THE US’ move to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied...
Published 13 Jul, 2025 08:22am
Long-term security can only be achieved when there is equitable development across Balochistan.
Updated 12 Jul, 2025 09:53am
SOLAR net metering reforms are back in the limelight. On Thursday, Power Minister Awais Leghari announced that he...
Published 12 Jul, 2025 06:35am
EDUCATION shapes the destiny of a nation. Sadly, Pakistan’s public education sector is experiencing a national...
Published 12 Jul, 2025 06:35am
TALK of ‘revival’ of the long-dead Karachi Circular Railway has turned into a running joke for denizens of this...
Published 11 Jul, 2025 05:27am
THESE are tough times, but the country is lucky enough to still be considered home by a large expatriate workforce,...
Published 11 Jul, 2025 05:27am
While it does give the privatisation authorities a much-needed head-start, it will not be sustainable unless preceded by policy and regulatory reforms.
Updated 11 Jul, 2025 08:32am
IT seems like the appeal from Kot Lakhpat Jail has fallen on deaf ears. “[…] The time for negotiations has...
Published 10 Jul, 2025 07:45am
Sweeping accusations have once more exposed just how broadly and arbitrarily Peca is being applied.
Updated 10 Jul, 2025 10:27am
THE continued detention of BYC head Mahrang Baloch and five other activists indicates that the state is uninterested...
Published 10 Jul, 2025 07:44am
Israeli state seeks to ethnically cleanse the occupied territories of their Palestinian inhabitants, and forever obstruct the chances of a viable Palestinian state.
Updated 09 Jul, 2025 09:36am
STEP by step, Pakistan is, at least on paper, moving closer to recognising, adopting and regulating cryptocurrencies...
Published 09 Jul, 2025 06:12am
FAILING to plan is planning to fail, as the old saying goes. This seems to have occurred in the case of Karachi, a...
Published 09 Jul, 2025 06:12am
Climate decisions must be based on facts, not politics — guided by independent science and open to public scrutiny.
Updated 08 Jul, 2025 08:16am
PAKISTAN’S cotton economy is in a crisis. Production has fallen from a peak of 14m bales 10 years ago to 5.5m ...
Published 08 Jul, 2025 05:04am
PAKISTANIS’ obsession with exotic pets keeps ending in tragedy. Incidents like the recent lion attack in a Lahore...
Published 08 Jul, 2025 05:04am
With frequency of calamitous weather events increasing, the country cannot afford to be in denial after every tragedy.
Updated 06 Jul, 2025 08:57am
South Asia’s vast potential cannot be held hostage forever by India.
Updated 07 Jul, 2025 07:27am
