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Editorials

Shallow easing?

EDITORIAL: Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its scheduled meeting yesterday reduced the policy rate by 150 basis... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Editorials

Export growth

EDITORIAL: The unstated economic policy is to keep the current account deficit close to zero. For that, the trade... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:00am

Yet another coalmine tragedy

Yet another coalmine tragedy
EDITORIAL: Twelve people, including ten colliers, their mine manager and a contractor, died on Monday from inhaling...

Environment emergency

Environment emergency
EDITORIAL: It’s unfortunate that days like World Environment Day still do not raise the kind of seriousness they...
Injudicious use of development outlay
2024-06-06-01-03

Injudicious use of development outlay

EDITORIAL: The disarray marring Pakistan’s development agenda was laid bare recently by the planning ministry as ... Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am
Is inflation finally easing?
2024-06-05-02-33

Is inflation finally easing?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 11.8 percent in May,... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:44am
Another non-starter?
2024-06-05-02-33

Another non-starter?

EDITORIAL: It’s becoming increasingly clear that US President Joe Biden was perhaps the only person who thought ... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:44am
The PM’s visit to China
2024-06-04-12-51

The PM’s visit to China

EDITORIAL: The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zeidong, recently stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 06:50am
‘Penalising honest consumers’
2024-06-04-12-51

‘Penalising honest consumers’

EDITORIAL: How on earth is the power minister going to “bring transparency to the power sector” if the... Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am
Planned sell-off of Discos
2024-06-03-01-33

Planned sell-off of Discos

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has again directed the relevant authorities to speed up the process of... Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am
Trump’s conviction
2024-06-03-01-33

Trump’s conviction

EDITORIAL: The guilty verdict handed out to Donald Trump by a New York jury on 34 counts of falsifying business... Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am
Poverty on the rise
2024-06-02-01-04

Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development... Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am
‘Miracle of peace’
2024-06-02-01-04

‘Miracle of peace’

EDITORIAL: Who could have known that Hamas’s October 7 operation inside Israel and the Jewish state’s savage and... Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am
More heat waves on the way
2024-06-02-01-04

More heat waves on the way

EDITORIAL: With temperatures rising 5 to 6 degrees Celsius above normal, a severe heat wave sweeping all across the... Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am
An MNC’s warning and FDI troubles
2024-06-01-02-12

An MNC’s warning and FDI troubles

EDITORIAL: In a highly troubling development, one of the oldest multinational companies (MNCs) operating in the... Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am
‘Un-understandable’ amendment
2024-06-01-02-12

‘Un-understandable’ amendment

EDITORIAL: Of all the responses to the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance – most of them quite... Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am
Mob violence in Sargodha
2024-06-01-02-12

Mob violence in Sargodha

EDITORIAL: Incidents of enraged mobs attacking alleged blasphemers are happening with increasing frequency. Last... Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am
State of the economy
2024-05-31-01-32

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for May 2024 was uploaded on the Finance Division website on 29... Updated 31 May, 2024 07:26am
Attack on a school for girls
2024-05-31-01-32

Attack on a school for girls

EDITORIAL: Some unidentified men torched a girls’ middle school in Razmak region of North Waziristan on Tuesday... Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am
Inflation is cooling?
2024-05-30-01-20

Inflation is cooling?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated a 0.34 percent decline in the sensitive price index (SPI),... Updated 30 May, 2024 06:52am
Railways in a mess
2024-05-30-01-20

Railways in a mess

EDITORIAL: One need only look at the books of Pakistan Railways to understand why it is in such a financial mess. As... Updated 30 May, 2024 06:53am
A bleak investment outlook
2024-05-29-01-06

A bleak investment outlook

EDITORIAL: In a much-needed fillip for Pakistan’s floundering investment landscape, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
Public holiday
2024-05-29-01-06

Public holiday

EDITORIAL: It’s difficult to understand how the last-minute announcement of a public holiday made the nation... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am