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Iftekhar A KhanThe News International |
Jeffery Sacks’ book The End of Poverty is worth the read. He writes, “Currently, more than eight million people around the world die each year...
During the last few years, including the period of PTI rule, our country has been moving from one crisis to another. By looking at the situation from...
The nation represents the country. The UN Human Development Report 2023-2024 categorized Pakistan at 164th place in the list of 193 countries in terms...
PM Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the authorities concerned to expedite the privatization process of our national airline, PIA. This is not a new story,...
Former PM Kakar said a month ago that the development of communication infrastructure is extremely important to boost tourism in Gilgit, Baltistan....
The common man and the middle class have been hit by the ever-escalating cost of mainly two utilities – electricity and gas. Frequent load-shedding...
The new coalition government will deserve credit for taking up state responsibilities and setting aside the confusion that existed after the...
Many weeks before the elections were held, the nation had been prepared for an election mode. Political speeches and social media played the main...
According to the State Bank of Pakistan, the country’s internal and external financial burden has reached Rs64 trillion, which means every citizen...
When the Chief Justice of Pakistan with a consensus decision of the President and the Chief Election Commissioner announced Feb 8 as the election...
The elections planned for February 8 lack the usual lustre, mass rallies, flag-bearing marches, and fervour typical of such an occasion. During the...
When the elections were announced for Feb 8 and some lodged petitions to postpone them for various reasons, a large majority in the country is worried...
Pakistan has remained an underdeveloped country despite possessing many natural resources. That is mainly the fault of various governments that have...
They say democracy is the best form of government. We have tried all forms of governments but the country failed to progress the way some other...
As the general elections draw near and political activity builds up, social media, TV and the newspapers are abuzz with election-related news. Many of...
When Fawad Hasan Fawad became the caretaker federal minister for privatization on September 12, 2023 and was given the responsibility to look into the...
The nation, in the last few years, has been passing through a stage when anxiety was written large on most faces. The worry so manifested varied from...
Mian Nawaz Sharif’s return to the base has made his followers happy and his opponents morose. As a politician, he has much to recount in terms of...
Israel’s behaviour is symptomatic of a rudderless country outside the ambit of international laws. Will Israel’s genocidal attack on a hospital in...
How many times in the past was the PIA placed at the verge of privatisation but it survived? And how many times PIA’s competitor in loss-making, the...
The bomb blasts in two mosques on the day of the birth of the Holy Prophet when the faithful gathered to pray was the most unfortunate event. The...
When wanting to meet a senior government official one is often informed by the office staff, “The boss is in the meeting.” Meetings in government...
The fuel prices have recently shot up. The unit price of electricity is already high and beyond the paying capacity of the majority of the population....
The September 11 anniversary has just passed quietly without any international coverage. But it rekindled the memories of 9/11 (2001) when the World...
When ordinary citizens protest on the roads with highly inflated electricity bills, it means the national economy is sinking and warrants urgent...