2024-10-21-01-18

Smuggling at Afghan border

EDITORIAL: The 86 percent year-on-year drop in Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) in September shows how much this ... Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:41am

2024-10-20-01-14

‘Holistic reforms’ in governance

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting that two separate civil society organisations have asked the government to hold... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:19am

2024-10-20-01-14

Taliban’s novel extremism

EDITORIAL: The Taliban regime continues to tighten the screws on the Afghan public; now pledging to implement a law... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:21am

2024-10-20-01-14

New Delhi’s criminal activities abroad

EDITORIAL: Indian government’s campaign of extra-territorial killings has finally come to a head. On Monday, ... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:22am

2024-10-19-02-33

Security through lockdown

EDITORIAL: Hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference is by rotation; however, Pakistan rightly... Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

2024-10-19-02-33

Battling acute malnutrition

EDITORIAL: In a world wracked by conflict, severe food shortages, climate catastrophes and poorly funded healthcare... Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:26am

2024-10-19-02-33

Empty threats

EDITORIAL: In a joint letter to their Israeli counterparts US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of... Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

2024-10-18-02-22

IMF programme: flawed architecture

EDITORIAL: The IMF’s approach to reforming economies that seem perpetually trapped in its programmes is proving... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:44am

2024-10-18-02-22

Takeaways from the SCO summit

EDITORIAL: Full marks to the Pakistani government for braving security threats and political turmoil and holding a... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:48am

2024-10-17-01-19

Termination of contracts with IPPs

EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to terminate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with five of Pakistan’s ... Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

2024-10-17-01-19

Govt debt hits ‘all time high’

EDITORIAL: The economy clearly seems on the mend. The IMF programme is under way, inflation has dropped... Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

2024-10-16-01-23

IMF’s reputational risks

EDITORIAL: In documents uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website in the early hours of this Friday... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:36am

2024-10-16-01-23

Recurring violence in Balochistan

EDITORIAL: There is no let-up in bad news coming from the restive Balochistan province. Last Friday, in a horrific... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:29am

2024-10-15-01-24

Stock market: what it means to be cautious

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Stock Market (PSX) is on a consistent rise. There are elements of re-rating of country risk by... Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am

2024-10-15-01-24

Much ado about a jirga

EDITORIAL: It’s a good sign that the federal and KP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) governments found the good sense to hold... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:15am

2024-10-14-12-58

Rise in home remittances

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan website revealed a 39 percent rise in remittance inflows for the first quarter... Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:00am

2024-10-14-12-58

Unsafe from sexual crimes

EDITORIAL: The global scale of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG) is staggering. In its recently... Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:06am

2024-10-13-01-12

Focus on structural reforms

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, while talking to a group of investors led by Barclays, ... Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

2024-10-13-01-12

Alternate dispute resolution committees

EDITORIAL: The Sindh High Court’s (SHC’s) directive to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all... Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

2024-10-12-01-24

The cost of political strife

EDITORIAL: Last weekend saw yet another fierce showdown transpiring between the PTI and the government following the... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:12am

2024-10-12-01-24

‘Continuity of safe banking’

EDITORIAL: SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) must be appreciated for its foresight in voicing concern about the ... Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

2024-10-11-01-28

Establishing fiscal discipline

EDITORIAL: In a landmark move, the federal and four provincial governments have agreed on a National Fiscal Pact... Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

2024-10-11-01-28

Major setback for BJP in IIOJ&K

EDITORIAL: The just concluded elections in the illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) have turned... Updated 11 Oct, 2024 08:10am

2024-10-10-03-07

External borrowing

EDITORIAL: Reports indicate that the government has managed to secure 1.2 billion dollars under the Saudi Oil... Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:15am

2024-10-10-03-07

Relentless crimes against humanity

EDITORIAL: As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza entered second year on October 8, conscientious citizens in various... Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:15am

2024-10-09-03-32

Privatising PIA: a Herculean task

EDITORIAL: Yet another delay appears to be on the cards with respect to the privatisation of Pakistan International... Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:59am

2024-10-09-03-32

Yet another attack on the Chinese

EDITORIAL: A convoy of Chinese engineers working on a power project at Port Qasim was on its way from Karachi ... Published 09 Oct, 2024 07:11am

2024-10-08-01-07

World Bank places Pakistan in fourth quintile

EDITORIAL: The World Bank in its recent report titled Business Ready placed Pakistan in the fourth quintile, one up... Updated 08 Oct, 2024 07:41am