The year of the Quaid

The year 2026, which marks the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, has been formally declared as the Year of the...

yesterday 20

Editorial

The flip side

A euphoric picture of the economy painted by the financial guru is merely one side of the story. The fact is that Pakistan, in pursuit of abiding by...

yesterday 40

Editorial

Battlefield moon

The increasing militarisation of space should be of concern to every person on the planet, as the leaders of military superpowers ignore previous...

yesterday 30

Editorial

PM's talks offer

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's willingness to enter into talks with the opposition is a welcome move, but he has stopped short of crossing the finish...

previous day 30

Editorial

Privatised – at last

The agonising ordeal of offloading PIA is finally at an end, as a consortium led by business tycoon Arif Habib has secured a 75% stake for Rs135...

previous day 40

Editorial

Tracks of tragedy

According to recently obtained data, Pakistan Railways has recorded a staggering 95 accidents between January 1 and December 20 this year. The...

thursday 20

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Property law suspension

The decision by Lahore High Court's chief justice to suspend the operation of the newly enacted Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property...

thursday 20

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Deepening diplomatic row

Bangladesh is once again on the edge after an assassin's bullet felled one of the leaders of the student uprising that deposed its long-time...

thursday 40

Editorial

Knocking out archrival

Finals are meant to be close, tense affairs decided by nerve and nuance. Pakistan's Under-19 Asia Cup triumph over India was none of that. It was a...

24.12.2025 30

Editorial

Regulating solar energy

Nepra's newly released draft Prosumer Regulations, 2025, ostensibly designed to "balance" the interests of electricity consumers and distribution...

24.12.2025 40

Editorial

The way forward

The political opposition has come up with a coordinated narrative calling for resorting to democratic norms and undoing all extra-constitutional...

24.12.2025 60

Editorial

Golden children

On the global stage, human statues are performance artists who usually stand motionless in city centres for arts and entertainment. But this trend,...

23.12.2025 50

Editorial

'Collective suicide'

The recent tragic case of femicide in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood – wherein three women, including a mother, a daughter and a...

23.12.2025 50

Editorial

Force for Gaza

Pakistan's participation in the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza is shrouded in uncertainty. That is so owing to the delay in...

23.12.2025 50

Editorial

Karachi's dog bite crisis

The reported 29,000 dog bite cases and 19 deaths from rabies in Karachi during 2025 highlight a serious public health issue that requires immediate...

22.12.2025 20

Editorial

More women voting

Pakistan's democratic landscape is in the middle of a quiet revolution, as millions of women have been showing up at the ballot box for the first time...

22.12.2025 30

Editorial

Another conviction

The manner in which Imran Khan has been treated over the past year has reached a point where every verdict against him, regardless of its legal...

22.12.2025 20

Editorial

Police incrimination

When a city is rife with corruption at every level, any attempt at progress is easily undermined by those who prioritise personal gain above...

21.12.2025 30

Editorial

Judge's removal

There should be no quarrel with the principle that a judge found to have entered the system on the basis of a fake or invalid degree must be shown the...

21.12.2025 60

Editorial

The Indo-Afghan transgression

Pakistan's stance that it is a victim of terrorism, and its eastern and western frontiers constitute floodgates of intrusion, stands vindicated....

21.12.2025 70

Editorial

Extortion capital?

The business community of Karachi is desperately crying for help, having been let down by politicians and law enforcement alike. Builders and property...

20.12.2025 20

Editorial

Desperate tactics

Pushing the opposition to the wall is unbecoming of a political culture. The government is excessively overreacting. Booking more than 400 PTI...

20.12.2025 30

Editorial

Offloaded or offhanded?

There is now official confirmation of what travellers have been complaining about for months. The FIA has told a parliamentary committee that it...

20.12.2025 50

Editorial

Katcha highwaymen

An apparent uptick in abductions and other violent crimes in the katcha areas along the borders of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan underscores the...

19.12.2025 20

Editorial

On the ropes, but standing

Nothing seems to be working for PTI. The party's founder, Imran Khan, remains in jail – isolated, with no contact with the outside world for weeks...

19.12.2025 30

Editorial

Routine humiliation

There are moments when the conduct of those in power strips away all pretence and reveals the republic as it is, not as it claims to be. What unfolded...

19.12.2025 50

Editorial

Bondi Beach terror

The two gunmen who opened fire at Sydney's Bondi Beach were of Indian origin. The disinformation campaign circulating on social media to portray the...

18.12.2025 50

Editorial

Water urgency

We are long past the point of calling Karachi's water crisis a 'threat'; it has rather become an everyday reality and a city-wide infrastructural...

18.12.2025 50

Editorial

Myopic Taliban

The Afghan Taliban apparently want to live in a world of their own and are not responsive to regional realities. That assumption was squarely...

18.12.2025 40

Editorial

Token rate cut

The State Bank of Pakistan has defied market expectations and international lenders by cutting its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 10.5%. The...

18.12.2025 20

Editorial

Nil-income dilemma

Pakistan's tax collection machinery is infected with lacunas of filers and non-filers, coupled with a regressive system that is highly inequitable and...

17.12.2025 30

Editorial

Education - opening doors

Pakistan's education system has long suffered from a chronic absence of structured career counselling, forcing students to make life-altering academic...

17.12.2025 100

Editorial

National Games

As the 35th National Games wrapped up in Karachi on Saturday, the Pakistan Army once again reminded everyone why it is the powerhouse of national...

16.12.2025 20

Editorial

Corruption concerns

Despite progress in some areas, corruption remains a massive problem for the government and the country in general. At the same time, the public...

16.12.2025 60

Editorial

The crypto path

Pakistan has tapped into the next-generation door of financing by throwing open vistas of cooperation in cryptocurrency. The MoU signed with Binance...

16.12.2025 40

Editorial

Slow death

While the average life expectancy rate in South Asia hovers between 70-72, with some countries like Sri Lanka even nearing the 80-mark, Pakistan...

15.12.2025 50

Editorial

DNA ruling

The Supreme Court's unequivocal rejection of compulsory DNA testing without consent is a welcome assertion of constitutional restraint; it should not...

15.12.2025 40

Editorial

IMF conditionalities

The recent approval of $1.2 billion in IMF funding provides some vindication for the government, as it proves that the country is moving in the right...

15.12.2025 40

Editorial

Silent crisis

Pakistan is in the middle of a quiet mental health crisis, with experts estimating that one-third of the population has some psychological disorder,...

14.12.2025 60

Editorial

Gesture of intent?

In a development that has stirred cautious interest in regional capitals, more than 1,000 Afghan clerics have issued what is, for all practical...

13.12.2025 40

Editorial

A strategic headway

Pakistan and the US have taken a break from their transitional relationship phase. They are now cementing ties with a broader vision by focusing on...

13.12.2025 50

Editorial

Social media and teenagers

Australia has banned under-16s from social media in what is the world's first such crackdown, with the Government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

12.12.2025 90

Editorial

The fallen general

In an unprecedented conviction, a decorated three-star general and former ISI chief was sentenced to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment under the Army...

12.12.2025 50

Editorial

Water woes on the rise

Amid all the tall talk of bright futures and progress, a new report delivers a humbling estimate of where the country really stands. The Asian...

11.12.2025 40

Editorial

Empowering female reporters

Women's voices are vanishing from Pakistan's newsrooms. The latest Global Media Monitoring Project has revealed that, once heralded as the emerging...

11.12.2025 40

Editorial

Soaring political mercury

The crackdown on PTI supporters staging a sit-in outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday night is not acceptable under any tenants of democracy and civil...

11.12.2025 20

Editorial

Manhole fund

As a response to the recent tragedy of a three-year-old child falling to his death in an open manhole, the mayor of Karachi has announced a Rs100,000...

11.12.2025 20

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Stabilisation sans reform

Pakistan has secured yet another lifeline. On Monday, the IMF's Executive Board approved a $1.3 billion disbursement after granting waivers for...

11.12.2025 30

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America's 'flexible realism'

President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy is an extension of his vision of "America First". Unlike previous administrations, the...

11.12.2025 40

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Austerity vs ambitions

Austerity is a bogey in our lopsided governance. We have gone out of proportion when it comes to income and expenditure, and all tall claims of...

10.12.2025 20

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