Editorial

Low crowds have become an unfortunate feature of the PSL

The lack of functional water treatment plants is an emergency

The health tech startup is a breath of fresh air considering the country’s high infant mortality rate

Due to the drought and famine conditions for years now, the event should be recognised as a major historic catastrophe

Viewed objectively Pakistan has made more effort to advance the cause of peace than has India

The concept of negative money will be new to most people

The Karakoram anomaly brings some glad tidings for a water-strapped country like Pakistan

Doctors come under the same legislation as teachers and they will be watching developments closely

There are issues especially around the size — greater or smaller — of some constituencies

This is a problem that is not going to go away

This is a win-win and early action the need of the hour

Politicians are reluctant to withdraw the shield enjoyed by the foreign currency account holders

Govt aims to strike a balance between consolidated,expansionist fiscal policies-a goal it failed to meet previously

Despite repeated requests funding for provincial agencies that could raise levels of child protection has been ignored

Chief minister needs to realise that the argument for centralised education

Pakistan should propose a mechanism that the Chinese are amenable to in view of its independence

Chronicling the milestone changes in rural life that have been going on for a quarter century

The new candidate may possibly join any of the two parties that backed him

Our insatiable appetite for cars is driving a high-octane boom in car sales

The considerations go beyond economic gain because of the triad of relations

The possibility of a couple of traitors inside the tent hardly bodes well for the coming general election

The outgoing chief has earned a good review from the Free and Fair Election Network

feeders to the main line are reported to be sub-par

All the major parties have rejected the delimitation decisions made by the ECP

Concerns have been raised over the lack of implementation of legal guarantees for the rights of Pakistan’s citizens

Consumers are wary about the quality of water and soil used to grow crops along with the pesticides used

Mere tokenism and populism usually don’t translate into sound policies

We need to recognise that the divergence with Washington is out of Islamabad’s control

Eight-year-old Beenish did not know how to make roti for her employers in Gujranwala which put them in a rage

Following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, there was a huge public effort to block Indian nuclear projects

While we await greener technology, long-term cost effectiveness may prove case for LNG over other fuels

In K-P, there was just a single case last year, against eight in 2016 and 68 in 2014

There is no part of daily life that the OBOR project will not touch in Pakistan

India did not declare that it had a stockpile of 1,044 tons of sulphur mustard chemical munitions

In Pakistan, the illegal sale of organs, particularly kidneys, is long-established

Media is delighted to oblige if for no other reason that politicians, seeking the services of the masseurs

Meeting Kim Jong-un might be Donald Trump's first ever gamble

ven credible analysts are being used to propagate a coloured version of the witnesses’ statements

The opposition is counting on suo-motu action by the chief justice of Pakistan to stave off the PPP move

Pakistan spends billions on good ideas every year only to see them fall by the wayside due to a lack of political will

Pakistan is preserving just 10 per cent of its flowing water and the country

Women fare far worse than their male counterparts on most aspects, from nutritional levels to the workplace

Differently-abled persons in Pakistan are viewed as people who are merely taking up space

Whilst the ship is listing it is not sinking. The near-term outlook for growth is generally favourable

The world is shape-changing at speed and accelerating with a Trumpian foot on the accelerator

There are a few who would disagree with NAB being flawed and in need of revision

According to Amnesty International, many of those Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar out of hunger

The injunction is just what the education sector needed: proper and timely intervention

Rural health outposts need to be incentivised, infrastructure improved and civil service structures revise

What the US is doing is attempting to reverse large elements of the globalisation process