TODAY’S PAPER | October 28, 2025 | EPAPER

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  • Another setback

    We need to find a way of reducing the difficulties we face rather than standing by and watching them increase.

  • Precious stones

    There does not appear to be any national strategy to address issue of how best to be custodians of cultural heritage.

  • Maid murdered

    Another child in domestic service has been killed under circumstances that are by no means uncommon.

  • Bad old habits

    We stand to lose far more by negotiating in bad faith than New Delhi would. It is time to change our tactics.

  • Missing the quota

    No government in the last 30 years has done much to ameliorate the plight of the Baloch people.

  • More than words, please

    Nawaz govt doesn't appear to have stomach to crack down on tax evasion without which, closing budget gap is impossible

  • Flight to safety?

    General (retd) Musharraf’s latest health scare could be the convenient fig leaf for his unhindered departure.

  • The right spectrum

    Some experts have suggested that spectrum being auctioned should be widened to include 4G frequencies.

  • Animal safety

    Pakistan needs to implement laws on mistreatment of animals and fine zoos for neglect.

  • Attack on a bus

    Ending sectarianism is a task somewhat like removing poison from a vat of water into which it has been poured.

  • A beacon of hope

    The advent of Meesaq-e-Ilm elucidates that teachers in public education have the correct intentions.

  • Holding back democracy

    The Punjab government must do all it can to ensure polls are held as quickly as possible.

  • Finding an interlocutor

    PM’s sweet-sounding overture comes barely days after he warned that any attack on army by militants won’t be tolerated

  • Fighting terrorism

    Laws must exist beyond the paper they are written on if they are to have any real significance in battling terrorism.

  • Gazing into the crystal ball

    Predicting anything in Pakistan with a better than 51 per cent degree of certainty is uncertain in the extreme.

  • No winners on the ‘wall’ issue

    PPP needs to understand that if walls are put in the way of the common man, then protest is an inevitable outcome.

  • Looking back at 2013

    The completion of local bodies polls will help our democracy gain stronger roots.

  • A satisfying victory

    Selectors and players have learnt some lessons from the torrid time that the side went through against the Proteas.

  • A dangerous game

    K-P government believes that it is currently subsidising electricity costs for the rest of Pakistan.

  • Lies, hypocrisy and ugly truths

    Our faith in government cannot be restored unless those who govern us live by the same rules as everyone else.

  • Bilawal, your mother would be proud

    Whether or not he succeeds in commanding the charisma of his slain mother remains to be seen.

  • Pet therapy

    Human life is cheap in Pakistan, that of animals, even cheaper.

  • Preserving our past

    If the K-P govt does not protect these historical monuments, the day is not far when they will come tumbling down.

  • Fighting dengue

    It may not be possible to completely eradicate dengue fever but it is possible to minimise the numbers.

  • Political appointments

    We believe that allowing for more political appointees without legislative oversight may be a recipe for disaster.

  • Finding Benazir’s killers

    The chances of ever getting to the truth fade almost by the day.

  • A welcome meeting

    If the DGMO meeting can be parlayed into diplomatic activity, then we may look forward to a more peaceful 2014.

  • Sinking ship?

    In a country with desperately low levels of literacy, brain drain is not something we can afford to lose.

  • Power and responsibility

    Sindh government needs to display the kind of responsibility required to take care of important resources.

  • Friends in need

    Pakistan can take advantange from its close equation with Turkey, by picking up on the models of modernisation.

  • New directions

    Pakistan needs to hold on to its newly-educated generation, to provide the jobs that it needs to start in life.

  • Merry Christmas

    Jinnah would be saddened by what he saw today, his dream sullied.

  • The Quaid would not be a happy man

    We have done Mr Jinnah the most extraordinary disservice possible by deliberately distorting history.

  • Rocket science it is not

    Karachi in dire need of rapid mass transport systems.

  • Export subsidy racket

    So far, 50 cases involving a staggering Rs5 billion paid out to fake companies have been recorded.

  • Protest country

    It is also obvious that the PML-N government has not succeeded in building any degree of confidence among the people.

  • Reviving tourism

    From a high point in the early 1990s, it has been downhill all the way since.

  • Killing measles

    In focusing only on polio, officials have lost the plot on measles.

  • Efficient solutions

    If the government believes it can solve the energy crisis by getting people to use less electricity, it is mistaken.

  • True friends

    US would do well to learn from cousins across the pond on how to conduct foreign policy in this part of the world.

  • Fog in Punjab

    Its of utmost importance authorities take all possible precautionary measures, ensure mishaps due to fog are minimised

  • How we failed a raped child

    Protection of children from predatory paedophiles ought to be a priority, their detection, prosecution top the agenda.

  • LG polls in Sindh

    Sindh government must start making arrangements so that the elections are held in a fair and transparent manner.

  • Crashed and burned

    At the root of the failure lies bad planning and at least some of the blame for that has to be owned by the ADB.

  • How not to manage the economy

    The fundamental problem that economy is facing is the ad hoc approach taken by Pakistan’s economic managers.

  • Recognising our heroes

    Without the sacrifice made by those posted to protect us, these horrors would have been even greater.

  • Misaligned incentives

    Federal government is threatening to deduct Sindh government’s unpaid electricity bills from its share of revenues.

  • Polio campaign: Well done, Imran

    PTI chief’s efforts will be a tribute to all those who have lost their lives during the anti-polio drive.

  • The real ‘shaheeds’

    Very little is done to highlight the valuable services of these martyrs and far less to compensate their families.

  • Census concerns

    The census is already overdue by many years and we simply cannot afford to wait any longer.