Editorial

It is an inexpensive method of catching fish by poisoning the water, and the practice is common in the region

It is indeed a miracle that the outage did not lead to losses of lives

Pakistani detention facilities notoriously hold inmates twice or thrice their capacity

The CAA has been in dire need of reforms for a while now

We would also be fooling ourselves if we believe extremists will vanish if we silence them

K-P finance minister says an increase in retirement age of govt servants would save province Rs140b in around a decade

The central bank expects real growth, one that takes inflation into account, to fall somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5%

In avoiding being ‘blackmailed’, the prime minister squandered a good opportunity to live up to the role of a father

The worst sufferers of Covid-19 are vulnerable segments of society like newspaper sellers

Sustainable eco-friendly policies need to be integrated in institutions nationwide

Cross-border terrorism can only be resolved if Afghan govt shows will, and their security forces show competence

Time to remind the government: a stitch in time saves nine

The gravest assault on American democracy in more than 200 years resulted in four people losing their lives

The defeat, in both Test and T20I series, is not surprising

Pandemic has helped highlight issues that were previously unnoticed and were being suppressed within society

The real problem is that largest contributors to circular debt in the power sector are not the deals with older IPPs

As we strive to overcome inequality, the world needs to rethink and implement a whole lot more

If population explosion is not controlled, we might see large numbers of people in poor countries starving to death

An estimated 230,000 nurses worldwide have contracted the coronavirus

The first step is devise a policy that is conducive to forest investment and sustainable forest management practices

Experts see a shortfall in the Rs500 billion range for the full fiscal year

Attacking the media for spreading fake news also greatly damaged the credibility of the media

It seems the Indian Army approves of outright war crimes against the people it claims to represent

The misguided mob might have been led to violence by rabble-rousers who had their own axe to grind

Retired employees of several other departments of the provincial government too are facing hardships on this account

So the new year throws the same old challenges at us — apart from Covid, of course

Investigations revealed registration of 7,013 vehicles was fake and 4,000 had been registered on unauthentic vouchers

We have no assurance that undetected cases are already out there

NAB says that the total assets held by Khawaja Asif swelled from Rs5.1 million in 1991 to Rs221 million in 2018

Sindh CM has warned that the growing gas shortage might cause unrest in the province

All this brings us back to the one constant that is known — Balochistan remains a troubling place

Undue interference in medical education would only harm cause of the important and sensitive profession of medicine

Team’s performance over many years has been dismal, but certainly not to the extent of being left out of the reckoning

Even the gloomiest of scenarios painted at the start of the year focused on political strife and economic stress

Animals across Pakistan who live in a variety of zoos usually suffer because of very poor living conditions

Society enables rape. It is as simple and as complex as that

Prime Minister Imran Khan is actually pinning his hopes on the probable fault lines within the PDM

There should be a fine ethical balance between protecting society and the rights of the people

Timely action in such situations is necessary to prevent further harm

Trump has shown a constant willingness to harness the worst forms of populist rhetoric

There is also concern over how little time people and businesses will have to adjust to the new rules

It takes so long just to process information from one census that it coincides with time for the next one

The Kiwis have undergone a remarkable turnaround in recent times

Cooking, if possible, is an ordeal, and can only be attempted if the rest of the family wears half-a-dozen sweaters

As today we celebrate the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation it is time for introspection

The raging pandemic has also benefited Pakistan’s exports

Increasing salinity of agricultural lands is rendering them unsuitable for farming or their productivity is decreasing

Pakistan has several other longstanding problems, many of which have not gotten better under the incumbent government

Many areas in Lahore are no different from Karachi in terms of bad sanitation

The fact that it is more contagious is enough justification for the abundance of prudence being shown