Analysis

Any increase in earnings uncertain as exporters face problems in shipments

Pakistan seeks $3.7b from multilateral donors to offset impact of virus

No rules enacted to halt cartelisation, hoarding of essential commodities

Integrated plan by big nations for fiscal support of emerging economies missing

There is also the problem of the waiver of capital gains taxes.

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about shocks of a wide variety.

A collective effort will always lead to collective benefits.

E-learning is the irresistible force of the future. It has come to stay.

Civilisations get taken out with pandemics.

Now is the time to seize the moment and re-negotiate our social contract

Pakistan can be marginalised if peace process is derailed by continued terrorist attacks targeting Afghan civilians

The falling price of oil may be one of the few silver linings though.

As against PM’s Corona Tiger force that does carry a political tag, relief force suggested by Kamal is all-inclusive

For long, saner elements had been warning of an impending disaster which may strike the entire world

As for now, Haftar has only become weaker with this new status quo.

The negotiations will need credible mediators who can put aside their own vested interests

Only the Sindh government went ahead to notify a ban on layoffs by businesses operating in its jurisdiction.

Now the priority is to save lives. This is no time to exploit the situation for selfish ends.

A strict lockdown, curfew might be the option for many countries, in densely-populated areas, it’s not an easy...

Provision of sanitiser and liquid soap should be ensured at places housing displaced people.

The US still pays billions every year towards the Afghan budget.

There will be light at the end of the tunnel; we just got to make it there with least damage.

Could you be called a leader if you procrastinated when faced with the tough choices?

Humaneness is a creed above all others. It is what connects us with ourselves, with each other and with nature.

So what is going on in Italy? Why is the pandemic not stopping and why are so many people dying?

Everyone is having a corona moment nowadays

One cannot undermine the seriousness of Covid-19 and its lethal ramifications

Keep aside an emergency fund, which has been done by keeping aside Rs100 billion

Bloodshed continues in Afghanistan

Prevention is better than cure

WB, IMF will also seek endorsements for the proposal at their combined meetings in April

In Pakistan, more than 275 people live in a square km which is far more than China, USA, Italy and Iran

Strict timelines for completing a task must be given to the officials in all government departments.

The civilisation level of a society can be assessed by how it looks after its special people.

Testing as many people as possible is the key to any curative response to the disease.

Iraq is a case study of what happens when foreign powers decide to make a third country their playpen.

The agreements were inked in Feb 2019 and coronavirus emerged on the scene in November.

Coronavirus has finally forced the whole of Pakistan into a lockdown.

They say death will come when God wills it, then go out inviting death

Don’t panic and act rationally.

We have obviously strayed from the path that the Quaid and other leaders had set.

We appreciate the fact that our judiciary is ever so ready to serve the litigants even in dire situations such as this

All these outcomes will have serious and mostly unpleasant consequences for Pakistan.

It’s a race against time, and we already lag behind.

One would expect people to unite right now, instead what we have found is the ugly side of society prop up

When will we have common sense?

Pakistan needs to accelerate efforts to produce more solar and wind energy

Focus must be on return on assets, cost and benefit analysis, IT for future projects

Regulatory regime should be introduced to ensure low gas tariffs reflect in fertiliser prices

Earlier, households earned thousands of rupees during community-based locust harvest