2024-11-29-01-18

The high price of digital clampdowns

EDITORIAL: Last week saw the State Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima presenting a detailed five-year... Published 29 Nov, 2024 06:03am

2024-11-28-12-49

PTI protest and its impact on economy

EDITORIAL: The chaotic scenes witnessed in Islamabad on November 26, marked by clashes between PTI protesters and... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 06:31am

2024-11-28-12-49

Increasing exports

EDITORIAL: Better late than never, so if the commerce ministry’s “brainstorming sessions” can really help... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 06:34am

2024-11-27-12-47

The economic cost of political unrest

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has claimed that protests cost the country 190 billion rupees... Updated 27 Nov, 2024 07:42am

2024-11-27-12-47

All’s not well in the ruling coalition

EDITORIAL: It seems political differences between PML-N and PPP which were reportedly bubbling under the surface for... Updated 27 Nov, 2024 07:39am

2024-11-26-01-07

Challenges facing SEZs, other productive sectors

EDITORIAL: Aleem Khan, Federal Minister for Board of Investment, Privatisation and Communications, has issued a... Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

2024-11-26-01-07

Addressing the turmoil in Kurram

EDITORIAL: With a week-long ceasefire being agreed upon between warring tribes in the violence-wracked Kurram... Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

2024-11-25-01-24

Social unrest in times of economic discontent

EDITORIAL: International rating agency Moody’s has warned of the risk of social unrest in Pakistan due to the... Updated 25 Nov, 2024 07:59am

2024-11-25-01-24

Western hypocrisy

EDITORIAL: India’s billionaire Gautam Adani and his conglomerate Adani Group were able to recover from the USD 100... Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:00am

2024-11-24-12-41

Selling gas to third parties

EDITORIAL: Whatever the pros and cons of the Petroleum Division’s decision to sell 35 percent of future gas... Published 24 Nov, 2024 03:08am

2024-11-24-12-41

Climate action without debt traps

EDITORIAL: The tensions and disagreements that emerged during the climate finance summit of the 2024 UN Climate... Published 24 Nov, 2024 03:08am

2024-11-23-01-25

Increase exports or perish

EDITORIAL: It’s shocking to say the least that exporters of seasonal fruits have once again failed to meet their... Updated 23 Nov, 2024 06:52am

2024-11-23-01-25

US brings shame upon itself

EDITORIAL: The only surprise in the US senate shooting down Bernie Sanders’ attempt to block sales of “offensive... Published 23 Nov, 2024 06:19am

2024-11-22-01-11

Audit to generate revenue

EDITORIAL: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has finalised an enforcement plan for action at the level of field... Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

2024-11-22-01-11

Moving beyond military solutions

EDITORIAL: As Balochistan continues to grapple with wave after wave of terrorism and violence, the state has gone... Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

2024-11-21-12-54

The quest for export-led growth

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb while talking to the Dutch Ambassador reiterated the... Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:46am

2024-11-21-12-54

Our messy politics and foreign interventions

EDITORIAL: Diaspora Pakistanis disturbed by our increasingly intolerant politics have effectively been using their... Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:31am

2024-11-20-01-26

Current Account surplus

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s current account surplus for the first four months of the current year was 218 million dollars... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

2024-11-20-01-26

Unmet expectations or what?

EDITORIAL: The PPP and the PML-N have been in a partnership, generally viewed as a coalition of convenience, for ... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

2024-11-19-02-27

The Finance Minister’s defence

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his press briefing on Sunday appreciated the efforts towards... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:53am

2024-11-19-02-27

Polio in Pakistan: 49 and counting

EDITORIAL: With the total number of reported polio cases this year jumping to 49, Pakistan now holds the dubious... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:55am

2024-11-18-12-30

Govt approach to IPPs comes perilously close to coercion

EDITORIAL: Negotiations with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are well under way in the second phase, following... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

2024-11-18-12-30

‘Masterclass in climate destruction’

EDITORIAL: We’ve long since come to the point where you don’t really need high profile glitzy events like COP29... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

2024-11-17-01-16

Surcharge on fossil fuels

EDITORIAL: It’s been learnt that one of the key measures under consideration to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio, as... Updated 17 Nov, 2024 06:07am

2024-11-17-01-16

Western media’s unprofessionalism

EDITORIAL: While politicians in Western countries with their undisguised bias in favour of Israel tend to paint... Updated 17 Nov, 2024 06:08am

2024-11-16-01-26

Legal action against Discos?

EDITORIAL: How on earth is Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority), a public sector entity, going to... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 08:17am

2024-11-16-01-26

Confronting climate change at Baku

EDITORIAL: At the ongoing 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in... Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am

2024-11-15-01-50

Investment versus deposit

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s Advance to Deposit Ratio (ADR), defined as comparing banks total loans to total deposits... Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am