2024-09-21-01-31

Constitutional Amendment: need for transparency

EDITORIAL: With the government having, for now, backed down from its bid to pass the much-hyped constitutional... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:07am

2024-09-21-01-31

Resistance to polio vaccination

EDITORIAL: Despite regular immunisation campaigns polio remains a persistent challenge for Pakistan. So far this... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:09am

2024-09-20-01-02

Macroeconomic data: welcome improvement

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two positive macroeconomic indicators this Friday past –... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

2024-09-20-01-02

War in Gaza and double standards

EDITORIAL: As the world passively watches the horror of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza and relentless ... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

2024-09-19-01-48

State of economy signals tougher times ahead

EDITORIAL: Finally, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) executive board with Pakistan’s programme on its agenda... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

2024-09-19-01-48

Preserving GSP Plus status

EDITORIAL: One would have thought that the precarious state of the economy, the struggling export market and the... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

2024-09-17-01-53

‘Shared prosperity’

EDITORIAL: The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) analysis of its 30-year record of enabling and facilitating... Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

2024-09-17-01-53

About blasphemy cases

EDITORIAL: The case of a police officer allegedly killing a suspect held on blasphemy charges, inside a police... Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

2024-09-16-01-16

Rise in trade-based money laundering

EDITORIAL: An Asian Development Bank (ADB) report revealed that Pakistan’s monthly trade-based money laundering... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:33am

2024-09-16-01-16

Democracy at a crossroads

EDITORIAL: In a detailed statement issued to mark the International Day of Democracy, being observed on September ... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:35am

2024-09-15-12-58

Untapped potential of blue economy

EDITORIAL: It’s unwise of the government to ignore repeated calls to address the many shortcomings of what is called... Published 15 Sep, 2024 02:45am

2024-09-15-12-58

Plummeting optimism

EDITORIAL: Nobody ought to be really surprised that yet another international survey – conducted by Ipsos this ... Published 15 Sep, 2024 02:45am

2024-09-14-01-24

Superficial austerity

EDITORIAL: These are not the old days; especially when it comes to the economy and the government cannot hope to get... Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:55am

2024-09-14-01-24

Political hara-kiri

EDITORIAL: Akhtar Mengal’s resignation has turned the spotlight on Balochistan alright, but not in a way that ... Published 14 Sep, 2024 06:31am

2024-09-13-01-34

Monetary easing amid slowing inflation

EDITORIAL: In its scheduled 12 September Monetary Policy Committee meeting the discount rate was reduced by 200 ... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:46am

2024-09-13-01-34

Addressing the crisis in education

EDITORIAL: In yet another pledge to improve the state of education in the country and to increase its literacy rate,... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:49am

2024-09-12-12-48

AGP report

EDITORIAL: Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) pointed out that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has wrongly... Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

2024-09-12-12-48

Erosion of democratic norms

EDITORIAL: The fallout from the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) rally held on September 8 in Islamabad continues to... Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

2024-09-11-01-15

IMF: New Programme could be last Programme

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaking during the Senate session on Monday stated that if... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

2024-09-11-01-15

Security challenges emanating from Kabul

EDITORIAL: Bearing the brunt of relentless attack by TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) terrorists ensconced in... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

2024-09-10-01-11

Driving development via local govts

EDITORIAL: The declining trend witnessed in the funds allocated towards the Public Sector Development Programme... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

2024-09-10-01-11

‘Legal trade’ with neighbours

EDITORIAL: One of the great failures of South Asian politics has clearly been the failure to exploit the region’s... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

2024-09-09-01-50

Tax revenue conundrum

EDITORIAL: As expected, the FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) is falling short of ambitious revenues targets in an... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:47am

2024-09-09-01-50

Bengali’s resignation

EDITORIAL: Noted and respected economist Kaiser Bengali’s decision to resign from the so-called austerity ... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:51am

2024-09-08-01-24

Challenges afflicting the economy

EDITORIAL: A recent report of the finance ministry, published on September 2, has highlighted the primary challenges... Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am

2024-09-08-01-24

Good intentioned but flawed legislation

EDITORIAL: We have many good laws but implementation is either weak or lopsided. The Punjab government is in the... Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am

2024-09-07-02-27

How much borrowing is envisaged from where?

EDITORIAL: On 21 August 2024 Finance Minister Aurangzeb in a text message to a foreign news agency said “we are... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

2024-09-07-02-27

Need for action not a new narrative

EDITORIAL: The government is preparing to launch an old-new initiative to counter violent religious extremism. A... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am