137 contractual teachers of FDE regularized ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Federal Ministry of Education has restored the regularisation... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am
Editorials 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
Opinion Challenges before FBR’s new chairman FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the... Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am
Pakistan Fahd Haroon appointed as Minister of State, SAPM ISLAMABAD: Fahd Haroon has been appointed as minister of state/special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) by... Published 08 Aug, 2024 03:51pm
Editorials Reckless government spending EDITORIAL: It is becoming increasingly clear that our rulers are either still oblivious to the extent of the... Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am
Business & Finance Ex-BoI chief proposes ‘charter for business’ to attract FDI KARACHI: Muhammad Azfar Ahsan former Minister for Investment and Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) has proposed a... Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am
Editorials Legislation via ordinances EDITORIAL: The primary function of Parliament is to legislate, but governments in this country tend to rely heavily... Published 25 May, 2024 06:33am
Editorials All in the family EDITORIAL: Since Nawaz Sharif has always called the shots in the PML-N, even during the PDM government when he was ... Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am
Opinion Will the upcoming Disco boards be a fiasco again? Non-professionalism in the power sector has been dubbed as the main reason for the present rot. Here, the present... Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am
Editorials The Maulana wasn’t entirely wrong EDITORIAL: Politics is a fickle business. JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman headed... Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am
Pakistan Faisal Karim Kundi takes oath as KP governor PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Faisal Karim Kundi on Saturday took oath as Governor Khyber ... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Editorials 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
Editorials Pension reforms: key to fiscal health EDITORIAL: The long-festering issue of pension reforms has gained significant traction in recent times due to the... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Opinion Challenges before the new finance minister President Asif Ali Zardari has taken oath from the newly-inducted Federal Cabinet headed by second time Prime... Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am
Opinion Jail is where IK has enough quiet and privacy The Punjab government has imposed a two-week ban on all public visits, meetings and interviews at Rawalpindi’s... Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Opinion PDM 2.0: Dilemma for the IMF With the green signal given by the incoming PDM 2.0 to the Ministry of Finance to initiate ground work for another... Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am
Opinion Country needing an action in accord with reason The swearing-in ceremony of Asif Ali Zardari as 14th President of Pakistan yesterday was coincided by arrests of... Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am
Perspectives The new coalition and the way forward When it comes to the outlook of Pakistan’s political sphere, there are questions on whether stability or... Published 05 Mar, 2024 06:15pm
Pakistan Nawaz says Shehbaz 'best choice' for premiership in current circumstances We will have to make some painful decisions in next two years, PML-N supremo says Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:37pm
Print Borrowing level of caretakers comparatively lower than PDM govt’s: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has maintained that the domestic and external borrowings during the period of the... Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:54am
Pakistan PTI rejects PML(N)-PPP agreement ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday plainly rejected what it called ‘malicious attempts to... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
Editorials ‘PDM 2.0’: that, after all, is the art of politics? EDITORIAL: The deal between Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
Pakistan PTI-backed independent candidates: PTI body condemns ‘enforced disappearance’ ISLAMABAD: The core committee of Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the “enforced disappearance” of Pakistan... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Opinion If the political news is grim, the economic news is often worse It is now increasingly clear that threats to the prospects of next International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme have... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Editorials Some soul-searching, perhaps! EDITORIAL: It was one of those revelations that everybody already pretty much knew about yet still came across as... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Editorials Opposition to plans EDITORIAL: The circular debt reduction and the tariff reduction plans proposed by the Ministry of Energy have been... Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am
Opinion Pir Pagara’s prediction An embittered Pir Pagara has made an important prediction in relation to the future of incoming government.... Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am
Opinion Mr Market’s periscope Mr Market knows best, goes the old saying, so perhaps its best to look at the wild swings at the stock exchange to... Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am
Editorials Another weak govt! EDITORIAL: After days of ambiguity regarding what shape the government at the centre takes, and with rigging... Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am
Markets Bulls hail ‘progress on govt formation’, KSE-100 up over 1.5% Positive sentiment driven by some clarity on the political front, says expert Updated 14 Feb, 2024 10:29pm