2025-01-11-12-20

Human trafficking

EDITORIAL: It seems last December’s tragedy — when dozens of Pakistanis drowned off the coast of Greece as they... Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

2025-01-10-01-09

Rightsizing initiative

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s announcement of the government’s decision to abolish 60 percent of... Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

2025-01-10-01-09

Policy inconsistencies major obstacle to investment

EDITORIAL: Policy inconsistencies and delays are the biggest impediments to investment. Irrespective of who is in... Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

2025-01-11-12-20

Universities without regular VCs

EDITORIAL: Thanks to our decision-makers’ insatiable desire to control everything, too many public sector... Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

2025-01-10-01-09

Growing unease in ruling alliance

EDITORIAL: Since it decided to support the PML-N from the ‘outside’ for forming the government, post the... Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

2025-01-09-01-32

Rollover of deposit by the UAE

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed the federal cabinet that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rolled... Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

2025-01-09-01-32

Where there’s smoke there’s fire

EDITORIAL: The Washington Post’s hard-hitting exposé of Indian intelligence’s alleged infiltration into... Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

2025-01-08-03-02

Inflation expectations

EDITORIAL: The governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on... Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:09am

2025-01-08-03-02

Poor access to healthcare

EDITORIAL: Pakistan has failed by a long shot to attain the standards required for universal healthcare (UHC).... Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:06am

2025-01-07-12-42

Inflation and exports

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two major macroeconomic data that are positive – inflation... Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:19am

2025-01-07-12-42

Financial fallout of internet shutdowns

EDITORIAL: Amidst all the high-sounding goals of the government’s much-touted Uraan Pakistan initiative, the one... Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:21am

2025-01-06-02-15

Energy sector

EDITORIAL: The energy crisis in the country continues to remain a challenge with no end in sight. At its core, the... Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:41am

2025-01-06-02-15

De-dollarisation: myth or reality?

EDITORIAL: It is interesting, and indeed very instructive, that 2024 ended with fresh debate about the... Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:44am

2025-01-05-12-45

Reflecting on the 2004 tsunami

EDITORIAL: Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal communities across 14 countries and killed over... Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

2025-01-05-12-45

Airstrikes in Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: TTP’s expanding insurgency and the Afghan Taliban’s refusal to rein it in despite repeated requests... Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

2025-01-04-01-36

‘Uraan Pakistan’ – time to act

EDITORIAL: The government’s five-year economic transformation plan, ‘Uraan Pakistan’, unveiled at the cusp of... Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:18am

2025-01-04-01-36

Will it be different this time?

EDITORIAL: The 14-point peace deal signed by rival Kurram district tribes comes as a great relief, no doubt, but... Published 04 Jan, 2025 06:30am

2025-01-03-01-16

World Bank: poverty projections for Pakistan

EDITORIAL: The World Bank in its report titled Poverty Projections for Pakistan noted a 25.3 percent poverty rate in... Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:38am

2025-01-03-01-16

Madrassa registration – crisis averted?

EDITORIAL: With President Asif Ali Zardari finally signing the Societies Registration (Amendment) Act 2024 ... Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:35am

2025-01-02-01-06

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Babies born into hunger

EDITORIAL: Various surveys conducted by international agencies show that nearly 40 percent of children under five... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:10am

2025-01-01-12-31

Elite to be brought into the tax net

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb while talking to the media persons during his meeting with... Published 01 Jan, 2025 03:03am

2025-01-01-12-31

Children in conflict zones

EDITORIAL: More than ever armed conflicts are affecting children around the world, reaching devastating and likely... Published 01 Jan, 2025 03:03am

2024-12-31-02-06

Move to facilitate overseas Pakistanis

EDITORIAL: In a move purported to be for the benefit of overseas Pakistanis, the FBR has announced the launch of an... Updated 31 Dec, 2024 06:57am

2024-12-31-02-06

Food for thought

EDITORIAL: DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry’s year-end presser touched up on all the crucial ... Updated 31 Dec, 2024 06:59am

2024-12-30-02-08

Crackdown on VPNs

EDITORIAL: The state’s war against digital technologies shows no signs of abating with the PTA (Pakistan... Published 30 Dec, 2024 06:27am

2024-12-30-02-08

Disenfranchised women

EDITORIAL: Whilst its management of the February 8 general elections remains clouded by controversy, the Election... Published 30 Dec, 2024 06:31am

2024-12-29-12-19

Time for a hard reset

EDITORIAL: The Dec 20 TTP attack in South Waziristan that cost the military 16 precious lives must force a cold... Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am