Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Updated 24 Apr, 2024 09:18am
PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Published 24 Apr, 2024 08:13am
WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
Published 24 Apr, 2024 08:13am
Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Updated 23 Apr, 2024 09:54am
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Published 23 Apr, 2024 08:39am
YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...
Published 23 Apr, 2024 08:38am
The problem with us is that our ruling elite is still trying to find a way around the tough reforms that will hit their privileges.
Updated 22 Apr, 2024 08:56am
IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi, who begins his three-day trip to Pakistan today, will be visiting the country ...
Published 22 Apr, 2024 07:19am
THE US has done it again. While officially insisting it is committed to a peaceful resolution to the...
Published 22 Apr, 2024 07:19am
Independent accounts and spot reports are at variance with Modi-friendly TV anchors and they do not see an easy victory for the Indian premier.
Updated 21 Apr, 2024 09:16am
THIS is a historic opportunity for the judiciary to define its institutional boundaries. It must not be squandered....
Published 21 Apr, 2024 07:09am
THIS past week marked the beginning of the 100-day countdown to the Paris Olympics, with the symbolic torch-lighting...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 07:09am
True de-escalation means Israel must start behaving like a normal state, not a rogue nation that threatens the entire region.
Updated 20 Apr, 2024 09:23am
PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari seems to have managed to hit all the right notes in his address to the joint sitting of...
Published 20 Apr, 2024 06:10am
IS urban terrorism returning to Karachi? Yesterday’s deplorable suicide bombing attack on a van carrying five...
Published 20 Apr, 2024 06:10am
Our decision-makers should realise the harm they are causing.
Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:36am
UNLESS the state is honest about the mistakes its functionaries have made, we will be doomed to repeat our follies....
Published 19 Apr, 2024 07:11am
AFTER several rain-related deaths in KP in recent days, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority has sprung into...
Published 19 Apr, 2024 07:11am
The problems are well-known and the country is aware of what is needed to stabilise the economy; the challenge is follow-through and implementation.
Updated 18 Apr, 2024 09:05am
THE sheer scale of the crisis is staggering. A new WHO report flags Pakistan as the country with the highest number...
Published 18 Apr, 2024 08:33am
