Editorial

The PK-661 flight was internal and it is now for the Safety Investigation Board to conduct the investigation

It is possible that once again Karachi will be the City of Lights

The latest hearing into the Panama Papers matter has adjourned until Friday 9th December

The aircraft was an ATR-42 and widely used for internal passenger services

A staggering Rs250 billion has been added to the outstanding dues of the Pakistan State Oil since June 2013

It may be long overdue but the honouring of Pakistan’s first Nobel laureate is no less welcome for all that

+Supreme Court hearing into the Panama Papers affair has been adjourned until 7th December

A massive fire broke out in the ground floor kitchen of the Regent Plaza Hotel on December 5 in Karachi

On the face of it, the experience was not all that pleasant for Pakistan as the host

Pakistan’s contribution to global greenhouse gases is one per cent

Education Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar warned that Pakistan will face a destiny like Greece in a decade’s time

Punjab covers a vast area of over 205,300 square kilometres with millions of acres of agricultural land

An estimated 34 million people around the world suffer from the AIDS epidemic

The suspect has to be returned to Pakistan and charges filed

The junior hockey team lost its berth for the World Cup that starts in India this month

Good luck Mr Mayor, you are going to need it

The census has not been held because it suits the politicians

Pakistan last hosted a Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in 2004

Flame of hope in terms of peace talks between Pakistan and India is these days more sustained this side of the border

Donald Trump says he is ‘willing to play any role that Pakistan wants…to find solutions to outstanding problems’

E-ticketing service has also failed to resolve the difficulties involved with purchasing train tickets

The PPP is about to enter its 50th year and it is far from being in the best of health

Cybersecurity is an underdeveloped area in Pakistan

Up to 9,000 of its workforce of around 18,000 are being offered a Voluntary Separation Scheme

Pakistan has witnessed what may be a seminal event in its youthful history as a nation

Pakistan has taken on an additional $3 billion in foreign loans in the last four months

Castro was perhaps the last of the Cold War warriors

Subjectively Karachi feels safer than it was a year ago

Life in Karachi rarely offers its residents breaks in the daily hustle and bustle

The next conflict in the subcontinent is going to be about water and not territory

It is not difficult to see why CPEC as a concept is attracting players beyond original signatories China and Pakistan

The wait was long and the candidates all deserving

Punjab Food Authority is back in action against the sale of tainted food products after a hiatus

Gulalai Ismail and Saba Ismail have been awarded the prestigious Chirac Prize in Paris

Sindh Assembly has passed unanimously the Forced Conversion Law

A meeting of the cabinet presided over by the prime minister gave scrutiny to the salaries of federal lawmakers

The situation along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary with India is degrading almost by the hour

It is rare for street crime to make the headlines wherever it happens in Pakistan

India is desperately trying once again but failing miserably to shoot its way out of a problem of its own making

A quarter of a million people of Pakistan origin have been deported from a range of countries over last three years

IDEAS 2016 exhibition has brought chaos to the already appalling traffic problems that Karachi experiences daily

A national census every ten years is a primary planning tool in virtually every developed nation

The state of education in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is in a tussle with itself

Russia will host trilateral talks involving itself, Pakistan and China within the next month

A tweet from the Director General ISPR set the media ablaze but settled a raging debate

There is no end to the limitations placed on the Pakistani people

The Christchurch Test was Misbahul Haq’s 50th as Pakistan’s captain

Millions remain undeniably poor, but the nature of poverty is changing

The US is a major contributor to global emissions and recently instigated the Climate Action Plan

There is one caveat which one must keep in mind while trying to fathom the trends in Pakistani stock markets