Editorials

Concerns rise as allegations of paper leaks and mismanagement cast doubt on MDCAT exam's integrity.

Karachi’s electricity conundrum is in need of a holistic solution; no piecemeal measures will help

It must be stated explicitly that Pakistan is far from ready to face the horrific consequences of climate change

It is sheer cruelty to render people homeless without providing them with alternative accommodation

A host of legislative bills wait for the tug of war between the government and the opposition to stop

Organs of one person can be donated to 27 persons

The International Defence Exhibition and Seminar will run till the 30th of this month

A bigger loss was avoided though the attack must rouse the authorities from a deep slumber

It is also pertinent to note that family planning in Pakistan’s conservative society is still considered taboo

A report published in this paper stated that 25 million people in Pakistan defecate in the open

It won’t be wrong to say that the scourge of falsifying education degrees has infected every sphere of public life

Both the ruling party and the outgoing government sought to mudsling over the other

The first of these would apply to the extension of a 2010 accord for deepening cooperation in the field of geosciences

The accountability body says it had so far distributed Rs1.2 billion among 6,490 victims

Pakistan does worryingly little to bridge the gap and administrative weaknesses in the system are to blame for it

Such is the burden of decades of unanswered complaints and unaddressed grievances

Tehran finds its economy down in the dumps

Pakistan’s domination in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi is slowly waning

The two biggest political parties try to get on the same page

The country faces the worst crises till date

Enforced disappearances unfortunately have more to do with acts of abduction carried out clandestinely

Awareness — always a trusty standby and very cheap — is to be raised

The fact that most of the arrestThe country’s largest province is performing better than all other provinces

Not all ministers are competent performers either in the media mainstream or on social media

The incoming government has challenges on all sides but there can be few as obdurate as an entrenched bureaucracy

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

Auditors find inaccuracies and irregularities in contracts for energy supplies frequently

successive governments in Pakistan have traditionally used the police as an effective appendage

Pakistan needs to prioritise its participation in different export control regimes

Not to mention, with the degradation of the educational standard at the FC College, sports suffered too

As opposed to girls, boys receive better nutrition and medical care

This is not the first time there has been such an attempt to impose strictures on the style of beards

There are social and political consequences that an unprofessional and unmanaged media can produce in society

This rag-tag army has fought America and its allies to a military stalemate

There are reports that India is planning to induct an ICBM missile which can hit the targets up to 6,000 km

It is the state’s constitutional responsibility to facilitate expectant and recent mothers

Errors and lapses do happen and acknowledging them makes us human

Those that are searching the Dark Web are not going to stop at the front door of a dark space

In the days to come we could see a rearrangement of the political chessboard in Karachi.

The government should introduce a distance-based toll structure, where shorter distances would require lesser tolls

Morality, values, character and truth have fallen so low since Trump became the president

Groups found to be causing disturbances should have their registrations cancelled

Anwar’s presence at the airport as a passenger clearly irked the immigration staff

Pakistan’s Israel policy is not driven by any grandiose ideas of human rights or Muslim solidarity

The Panama Leaks have led to a widespread public debate on the responsibility of accounting and legal professionals

Failure to protect the young equals to the failure of the future of the nation

Public execution whether by hanging or by yet more barbarous means is a step back into the darkness

Pakistan is never going to be judged as having done enough in the eyes of America

legally and by any principle of justice custodial killing by police and security institutions is an indefensible act

There is little comprehensive non-military aspect of the strategy to win the war against the Taliban