Editorial

Harassment is common, most women have learned to take it in their stride within the workplace

Rights groups are lobbying hard for the swift release of 35 asylum seekers from Pakistan and Somalia

As days have passed and weather systems remain static with no sign of rain or a westerly wind

A trifecta of chronic ailments affects scientific research culture in Pakistan

The last five years have been drastic in terms of trade activities within Pakistan and K-P

A recent visit to Lahore brought me face-to-face with the city’s smog situation

The reference in the title to this article is not to the country’s political air

The dignity of minority community members has been stripped by state actors and civilians for decades in Pakistan

Pledging mental illness in legal cases has long been a contentious issue

Hitherto the pace of change, social and political, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been exceedingly slow

Youth development is unanimously identified as pertinent municipal issue by all democracies in the world

Private medical colleges and the government’s self-financed seats cost more than five million rupees for a student

The responsible authorities need to be thinking ahead if a public health crisis is to be averted in the new year

A threat to democracy? Look no further than the Sindh Assembly

Karachi has a rock-bottom reputation as a city that is unsafe to live and work in

The ECP must carry out full delimitation before the next elections

Military stealth is at best a stepping stone, and at worst a false indicator of victory

Realistic picture of the unprincipled, culturally-alien, oligarchic, ultra-status-quo reactionary political leadership

Online “friendships” with patients may also alter the patient-physician relationship

The ideological fragmentation and myopia we see in our world today is perturbing

That water is a critical resource for Pakistan and for all countries in the world is a well-understood fact

In the raging debate on national security and economy, the question of whose security is it anyway has been ignored

Positive criticism plays a pivotal part in any democratic dispensation

In this context ‘disclosure’ means the revealing of something that was hidden or secret

Therefore, government officials have a mammoth task to phase out low-grade foodstuffs

Like Sindh, Punjab’s love affair with dynastic rule is neither quite over nor about to change

We can expect further costly and embarrassing arbitrations into the far future

We must remember that peace and order are not build on self-enforcing principles

One important provision is external audit under Section 32

There is to be an e-challan system and tighter and timelier action taken against those violating traffic laws

This ought to manifest itself in a display of deep and abiding respect for all state institutions

Islam is second-largest religion in India with 189 million adherents making up 14.9 per cent of the population

Currently, Pakistan-US relations are at their lowest ever over the past 70 years

Regulation is a key instrument through which governments achieve their social and economic policy objectives

Too many episodes of “do more” have happened

For the better part of the last decade, the city has gone without the introduction of new buses

Pakistan is moving towards an increasing dependence on smart technologies

Government is going to pump a bailout package valued Rs13 billion into veins of the crippled monster PIA

The list of scientists, in all disciplines, making their work reach broadly is long and continues to grow

Another disturbing trend is the fast eroding ties between Mirpur and their UK-based relatives

The visit will take Trump to five East Asian countries — China, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam

ICTs have played an instrumental role in making the world a global village since the 1990s

Pakistan requires a ubiquitously implemented merit-based system to allow children to succeed

Regarding pictorial images, the study says that almost 89% of pictures in the history books illustrated men

The new US approach seeks greater and deeper cooperation with India while relegating Pakistan’s role

America cannot carry on using Pakistan as both fig-leaf & whipping boy for its chronic serial failures in Afghanistan

It appears that the matter has receded in importance

Central Asia is a dynamic and fast-changing region

Yet another interesting debate on the jurisdiction and competency of Pindi vs Isloo boys has been initiated

Continuity of the CPEC plan will be a clear advantage to Pakistan