TODAY’S PAPER | September 20, 2025 | EPAPER

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  • 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.

  • Fruits of diplomacy

    The meeting between two DGMOs is a significant step in the right direction and has our strong support.

  • Celebrating culture

    Sindh festival deserves our support at a time when the forces of darkness are knocking at our door.

  • State of disorder

    The priority of the government must be to act on merit, make sure every official is appointed in the same way.

  • Incredible claims

    Prime Minister’s claim that GDP has grown by 5.1 per cent in the past year seems to be completely unbelievable.

  • A bright spot

    Punjab Government has allotted the land, a political adversary of PTI, on which Namal College has been built.

  • The invisible system

    Some epidemics can only be eradicated if they are identified and treated at the right time and at the right place.

  • Investigating vote fraud

    The storm kicked up by the PTI over alleged rigging in the polls has dogged the ruling PML-N since election time.

  • Preserving our culture

    Unless proactive steps are taken to preserve our culture, it will wither for lack of care and attention.

  • Unrealistic solutions?

    It seems that the threat of US sanctions has brought the IP pipeline project to a halt.

  • Hot or cold

    It is simply essential for the people of both nations that we move forward towards a fully functional relationship.

  • Harassment is a crime

    Women are becoming more, not less, vulnerable to abuse and an attitudinal change is decades overdue.

  • Building on policy success

    A trade-centric foreign policy is the best guarantee of self-supporting, sustainable economic growth in Pakistan.

  • Not very transparent

    Wapda awarded the 106MW contract to an Austrian Andritz Hydro in a tender which got only a single bid.

  • An execution in Bangladesh

    What is happening in Bangladesh signals clearly that the people of that nation have not forgotten what happened.

  • The right to know

    Our governments need to realise that the public has the right to hold them accountable.

  • Deadly abortions

    Abortion is not and never should be an appropriate form of birth control.

  • The hammer drops

    It is possible that individual states will pre-empt any travel directive from the WHO and impose restrictions as well.

  • Playing favourites

    Giving such favours to one particular media group casts doubt on the functioning of the Supreme Court administration.

  • Disaster preparedness

    It is now for the government to partner with agencies that are world leaders in disaster preparedness.

  • The turbulent term of Justice Chaudhry

    The pattern set by Justice Chaudry is, however, unlikely to be replicated and perhaps, for this we should be grateful.

  • Honouring an iconic fast bowler

    Waqar Younis's recognition was long overdue and should have come much earlier.

  • Melting point

    The stubborn position taken by India over the Siachin Glacier has not helped lower temperatures at all.

  • Tough talk

    The warning that Secretary Hagel has now delivered in no uncertain terms had been coming for some time.