2026-06-08-12-21

CPEC outcome

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, during a press conference on Sunday, acknowledged... Published 08 Jun, 2026 02:29am

2026-06-07-12-52

The death of white gold

EDITORIAL: Punjab’s cotton acreage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six decades, while national production... Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

2026-06-07-12-52

The organ trade scandal

EDITORIAL: The revelations emerging from the Supreme Court regarding illegal organ transplantation in Punjab expose... Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

2026-06-06-12-32

Worrisome export fall

EDITORIAL: When the Uraan Pakistan initiative was launched at the tail end of 2024, it envisioned transforming the... Updated 06 Jun, 2026 06:57am

2026-06-06-12-32

Pakistan’s investment climate: confidence in short supply

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s investment climate was already struggling long before the latest Business Confidence Index... Updated 06 Jun, 2026 12:09pm

2026-06-05-12-42

Widening trade deficit

EDITORIAL: Trade deficit July-May 2026 widened to negative 34.758 billion dollars against negative 29.585 billion... Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

2026-06-05-12-42

Terrorism’s dangerous momentum

EDITORIAL: Pakistan recorded 128 terrorist attacks in May, up 27 percent from April, while civilian deaths rose by... Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

2026-06-05-12-42

A disturbing tally

EDITORIAL: The disclosure before the Lahore High Court, during the recent hearing of a petition seeking the recovery... Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

2026-06-04-12-35

Budget postponement raises multiple questions

EDITORIAL: In a press release dated 29 May President Asif Ali Zardari summoned the budget session of the National... Updated 04 Jun, 2026 12:56pm

2026-06-04-12-35

The cost of impunity

EDITORIAL: The latest escalation of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, despite a US-brokered ceasefire... Updated 04 Jun, 2026 06:48am

2026-06-03-12-28

The plight of PSDP

EDITORIAL: The allocation for next year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), a prime mover of the country’s... Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

2026-06-03-12-28

Water cannot be weaponised

EDITORIAL: India’s attempt to weaken the sanctity of the Indus Waters Treaty has elevated a long-standing bilateral... Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

2026-06-02-12-42

When taxes punish formal businesses

EDITORIAL: While the minister of state for finance has assured a traders’ delegation during recently held... Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:37am

2026-06-02-12-42

Defined Contributory Pension

EDITORIAL: Reports suggest that the government intends to implement the Defined Contributory Pension (DCP) in the... Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:41am

2026-06-01-12-25

Undoing NFC Award’s population bias

EDITORIAL: A rare political consensus is emerging around one of Pakistan’s most sensitive fiscal questions: whether... Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:40am

2026-06-01-12-25

The pope’s AI’s warning

EDITORIAL: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “Magnificent Humanity” arrives as a timely moral reckoning with the... Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:45am

2026-05-31-12-21

A very harsh annual budget in the offing?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its mission to Pakistan (13 to 20 May) and in a press... Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

2026-05-31-12-21

Bracing for Super El Nino

EDITORIAL: From record-breaking heat waves and destructive floods to prolonged droughts and crop failures, Pakistan... Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

2026-05-30-12-30

The cost of mismanagement

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s mega dam projects are once again becoming case studies in the same institutional failures that... Updated 30 May, 2026 06:09am

2026-05-30-12-30

An impossible bargain

EDITORIAL: US President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to tie the normalisation of relations between Muslim-majority... Updated 30 May, 2026 07:33am

2026-05-27-12-06

Slow death of a city of teeming millions

EDITORIAL: Karachi’s collapse into one of the world’s least liveable cities is no longer merely an urban planning... Published 27 May, 2026 03:13am

2026-05-27-12-06

Arrogance of impunity

EDITORIAL: The shocking treatment of international humanitarian activists intercepted aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla... Updated 27 May, 2026 04:19am

2026-05-26-12-30

Oil smuggling: a dangerous parallel market

EDITORIAL: The surge in Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan during the ongoing Middle East conflict has exposed... Updated 26 May, 2026 07:27am

2026-05-26-12-30

Quetta bombing: terrorism continues to pose a grave threat

EDITORIAL: The horrific suicide bombing near the Chaman railway crossing in Quetta on Sunday is yet another grim... Updated 26 May, 2026 07:30am

2026-05-25-12-25

A new policy for the automobile sector

EDITORIAL: The government is coming up with the Automobile and Auto Parts Manufacturing Policy 2026–31. The New... Updated 25 May, 2026 07:02am

2026-05-25-12-25

Tax collection: a system designed to fail

EDITORIAL: Clearly, Pakistan’s repeated failure to meet tax collection targets is not merely a fiscal problem; it... Updated 25 May, 2026 08:03am

2026-05-24-12-19

Law, deterrence and mental health

EDITORIAL: The Federal Shariat Court’s decision to restore Section 325 of the Pakistan Penal Code reflects an... Published 24 May, 2026 02:23am

2026-05-24-12-19

Relentless terror in KP

EDITORIAL: The renewed wave of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is a grim reminder that Pakistan’s security... Published 24 May, 2026 02:23am