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Editorials

Inflation unchecked

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index for the week ending 25 April 2024, consisting of 51 essential items collected... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Export of raw items

Export of raw items
EDITORIAL: Pakistan continues to grapple with the impact of relentless food inflation, fuelled by the consistent...

Rise in reserves

Rise in reserves
EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb while talking to the press after delivering a keynote address...
Toxic rhetoric
2024-04-27-01-16

Toxic rhetoric

EDITORIAL: Akin to his two previous general election campaigns India’s far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi,... Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am
Asia climate disaster
2024-04-27-01-16

Asia climate disaster

EDITORIAL: Climate and weather-related changes continue to bring bad news across the world, but it turns out that... Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am
C/A surplus
2024-04-26-01-31

C/A surplus

EDITORIAL: The current account registered surplus for March 2024 of 619 million dollars against 537 million dollars... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Another campaign against smuggling
2024-04-26-01-30

Another campaign against smuggling

EDITORIAL: Ordinarily, no prime minister should have to hold a special meeting to “direct concerned authorities”... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Energising the SME sector
2024-04-25-12-49

Energising the SME sector

EDITORIAL: In yet another bid to encourage the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the government... Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am
Chronic power defaulters
2024-04-25-12-49

Chronic power defaulters

EDITORIAL: So, once again the government faces the “challenging task” of extracting recoveries – this time more than... Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am
Increasing violence
2024-04-25-12-49

Increasing violence

EDITORIAL: During the recent days terrorists have attacked seemingly unusual targets while seeking to undermine this... Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am
Interaction with S&P and Fitch
2024-04-24-12-48

Interaction with S&P and Fitch

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with representatives from Standard and Poor’s and Fitch on the... Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am
The ban on X
2024-04-24-12-48

The ban on X

EDITORIAL: Following weeks of obfuscation on the issue, the government had to come out to openly state, albeit... Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am
The President’s address
2024-04-23-12-50

The President’s address

EDITORIAL: President Zardari’s address in parliament, and the way the joint sitting was turned into a circus because... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
Regulating organ transplants
2024-04-23-12-50

Regulating organ transplants

EDITORIAL: It’s been more than two decades since a law was enacted in compliance with the World Health... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
The energy conundrum
2024-04-22-01-18

The energy conundrum

EDITORIAL: The mismanagement and irrational decision-making in the energy sector is making the industrial sector... Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am
Tax burden on industrial sector
2024-04-22-01-18

Tax burden on industrial sector

EDITORIAL: A report in this paper, explaining how 19-20 different federal and provincial taxes presently levied on... Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am
Annual rain and flood disaster
2024-04-21-01-51

Annual rain and flood disaster

EDITORIAL: Come rainy season and the same cycle of destruction repeats itself – flash floods, roof collapses,... Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am
No end to climate troubles
2024-04-21-01-51

No end to climate troubles

EDITORIAL: Earlier predictions about the effects of climate change are turning out to be so frighteningly true that... Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am
SIFC, NAB and the civil service
2024-04-20-01-38

SIFC, NAB and the civil service

EDITORIAL: It’s no small endorsement of the SIFC’s (Special Investment Facilitation Council’s) credibility that its... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Troubled ties with Afghanistan
2024-04-20-01-38

Troubled ties with Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: While tensions have been rising between Pakistan and its western neighbour over the TTP sanctuaries ... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
The LSM decline
2024-04-19-03-18

The LSM decline

EDITORIAL: Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.51 percent growth July-February 2024 against the... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Uncovering ‘an inconvenient truth’
2024-04-19-03-18

Uncovering ‘an inconvenient truth’

EDITORIAL: Even as the Supreme Court in its 2019 judgment on the 2017 Faizabad sit-in by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am