Editorial

Independent observers lay blame on negligence, incompetence of Lahore police

A large chunk of inflation earlier this year was attributed to tough IMF conditions

Mossad, the world’s most advanced intelligence agency, is in a faux pas

Lack of employment opportunities, safety, security and competitive salaries discourage women from pursuing medicine

International lenders, organisations must be held accountable for perpetuating environmental degradation

Israeli villages taken over by resistance forces marching on from one of the biggest open-air concentration camps

Chaklala railway station incident exemplifies true values of honesty, righteousness that deserve appreciation.

The ideology that women’s participation in sports is immoral must be dismantled through awareness and negotiation

Budget deficit of 7.7% of the GDP is quite worrisome

Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) seized with gigantic task of pulling economy back to hooks

RAW was quite passive in West until Modi regime gave it “confidence” to be “proactive”

Pakistan faces series of challenges; demands thoughtful work to lay groundwork for future successes

10 Teams, one Cup

Remnants of the Afghan influx are in need of being dealt with in a careful manner

Pakistan’s economy is still not in a position to absorb significant domestic or external shocks

Recent efforts of government clamping down on hoarders and black-marketers show results

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Miftah Ismail are flirting with idea of a new political party

Turkiye has responded to bomb blasts with some stringent retribution

Upsurge in terrorist attacks has made this the deadliest year for security forces since Operation Zarb-e-Azb

Recent crackdown on electricity theft in Pakistan is a commendable effort to address a pervasive issue

Pakistani authorities’ response to the devastating floods of 2022 was scarce and arbitrary from the start

Specter of flawed verdicts and misuse of capital punishment raise ethical questions over publicly hanging rapists

It is essential to dismantle, eliminate and prevent placement of all sorts of terrorist groups based in Afghanistan

Series of bomb blasts, ambush attacks on the day of Milad-un-Nabi left behind more than 75 dead

More than 180 people have been killed in the five months

Swift transition towards e-banking promises steady technological progress

The gas pipeline has been in doldrums since 2013

Most of the Pakistani beggars in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq traveled abroad on pilgrim visas

Karachi is teeming with criminal gangs that are active in different localities of the city carrying out heinous crimes

Surprising that an abandoned rocket warhead was found in a dilapidated village that children took as a toy

Mass repatriation of hapless Afghan refugees raises complex ethical questions that should be thoroughly examined

Report confirms use of hate speech in India to motivate voters; BJP and other far-right parties main offenders

It is high time we reacquaint ourselves with the wisdom of simplicity and sustainability

India’s unnecessary delay in issuing visas for the Pakistan cricket team reeks of politicisation of sports

The resumption of registration of transgender persons in the national database is a positive step

After being stampeded by the US dollar for the last many months, it is picking strength

Punjab government finally recalled Avastin injection, allegedly responsible for causing loss of vision

Socioeconomic burden of hosting world’s largest population of Afghan refugees continues to take its toll on Pakistan

Karachi faces an escalating crisis of a surge in street crimes and the consequent loss of lives

For Pakistan, pledges boasted by some of the top global organisations remain unfulfilled

To what extent PM Netanyahu is willing to sign on the dotted lines of a ‘Two-State Solution’ is hard to guess

Pakistan has spelt out a clear and concise verbatim at the United Nations General Assembly

Crackdown on electricity theft is in full swing and has even given dividends to the tune of some Rs7.8b

Pakistan has been experiencing economic turbulence, which has resulted in price increases, import bans

Wise of selectors to keep faith in Babar Azam as skipper and Shadab Khan as his deputy

Kabul's nod to act vehemently against non-state actors, and mend fences with Pakistan no less than epoch-making moment

Pakistan’s best-case scenario for 2024 is 1.9% growth, which is actually worse than the 2% projection from April

Notwithstanding uncertainty, there is at least a fair idea when the general elections will be held

The country has added 21m voters in just five years, according to the latest Election Commission of Pakistan data

Sindh has consistently lagged in education standards compared to other provinces and regions of the country