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  • Non-practising women engineers

    Govt should come up with bond that mandates subsidised education recipients to work for few years, pay large penalty

  • Callous invasion

    Contention from Tel Aviv that it was meant to penalise Hamas is absurd

  • Indian spies in Qatar

    Indians in Qatar are guest workers with no citizenship rights, making them easy to deport if they agitate in any way

  • Silent roars

    Snow leopards on brink of extinction, with population decline caused by human conflict, climate change

  • Pulwama spillover

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spilled the beans

  • K-P default risk

    Alternative proposals include lower pay cuts of about 25%

  • Rehabilitating young offenders

    Age range of the children in these facilities spans 13 to 18 years

  • Polls schedule?

    Excuses behind which the ECP and other relevant state organs are hiding point towards an indefinite delay

  • Gloomy GDP projection

    Apart from the Ukraine war and the 2022 floods, SBP, in its annual report, is mostly blaming anti-inflation measures

  • Existential threat

    Year 2023, poised to become hottest on record, has witnessed a relentless onslaught of extreme weather events

  • Gassed up!

    Masses pushed to stake exorbitant gas utility bill for the sake of keeping white elephants afloat

  • Improving traffic surveillance

    Sindh Police Chief directs installation of 10 surface-mounted device (SMD) screens on main roads

  • Three in a row

    Pakistan’s performance was in an utter disarray — be it batting, bowling or fielding

  • Desperate to leave

    Half a million Pakistanis left the country in pursuit of economic opportunities abroad in just first quarter of 2023

  • No military trials

    SC’s unanimous decision to try civilians under ordinary criminal laws is a step towards civil polity

  • Plastic roads

    Sindh government’s contemplation of constructing plastic roads signals a paradigm shift in urban development

  • Embracing diversity

    Assistant professor of biology issues public apology for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a K-P university

  • UNSC has failed

    Khan slams council for not being able to stem bloodshed in Gaza by imposing an immediate ceasefire

  • Historic ruling

    Preservation and conservation rank among the lowest priorities for profit-driven policymakers

  • End of another exile

    Nawaz Sharif’s another self-exile has come full circle

  • A looming catastrophe

    As many as 28 million children in Pakistan are currently not attending school

  • Another defeat

    Having been outclassed by India in Ahmedabad on October 14, Team Pakistan lost to Australia in Bangalore on Friday

  • Deepening India, Canada row

    Canada temporarily suspends operations in Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Mumbai

  • Improved cotton yields

    Cotton available to ginning factories sees large increase of about 16%

  • Overhauling justice

    Weak prosecution in trial courts has resulted in acquittal of suspects

  • Coal phase-out

    CPEC looms large in this debate as long-term agreements, capacity payments complicate immediate shutdown of plants

  • PIA’s fuel crisis

    Airline cancelled at least 24 flights on Tuesday and another 24 on Wednesday, with more expected in the coming days

  • BRI’s miracle

    Beijing has ushered in an era of commonality of interests by virtue of geo-economics

  • Historic qualifiers win

    Pakistan’s footballing journey has been marked by disruptions, security concerns and internal turmoil

  • PSX surge

    Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index has mostly been in decline since hitting an all-time high in May 2017

  • Biden’s errand

    Sojourn to Israel proved beyond any doubt Washington has no roadmap to further a so-called peace process

  • Lopsided development

    Federal government’s spending saw itself restricted to Rs57 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year

  • 10 million taxpayers

    Taxpayer figures still reflect an improvement over the previous year

  • Female voter turnout

    The conservative mindset prevalent in many communities acts as a deterrent to women

  • Petrol price relief

    Huge cuts in fuel prices will bring some welcome relief to motorists and other commuters

  • Polio persistence

    Pakistan has been grappling with the relentless persistence of a once nearly eradicated disease

  • Deadwood bureaucracy

    They consist of not only the gazette officers but also a battalion of clerks and other auxiliaries

  • Building collapse

    Loss of five lives marks a profound human tragedy, highlights the urgent need to enact comprehensive safety measures

  • Affront at Ahmedabad

    Pakistan yet again failed to beat archrival India in a World Cup encounter

  • Inflation jinx

    Pakistanis are gripped in inflation, and there is no way out

  • Salman, Raisi moment

    The diplomatic mosaic of Mideast is in a state of flux

  • Cricket at LA28

    Cricket is likely to return to the Olympics after 128 years, with the International Olympic Committee

  • Imbalanced hydrological cycle

    Pakistan ranks among some of the most water-stressed countries in the world

  • Israel must be stopped

    Its warning to evacuate the enclave, threat to use indiscriminate force is nothing but barbarism

  • Pending PIA sale

    PIA has about 11,000 staff right now and 37 planes, although only 22 are operational

  • ‘Seditionist’ Arundhati Roy

    Roy says Kashmir is not an 'integral part of India'

  • Pension predicament

    Govt's decision in Punjab to amend pension regulations ignites a wave of discontent

  • Landmark ruling

    CJ Isa to be long remembered for abdicating his powers on suo motu

  • Record run chase

    Successful chase provides welcome morale boost after a subpar showing in Pakistan’s opener against Netherlands

  • Curbing smog

    ‘Work from home’ policy addresses air quality concerns, also aligns with global shift toward flexible work practices