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IT is an injustice that finds few parallels. Karachi, home to a burgeoning population of over 20m and the primary...
SINDH’S Rs3.45tr budget for the next fiscal year seeks to combine populism with provincial tax reforms while also...
ISRAEL’S provocative behaviour has, once again, brought the Middle East to the precipice of a full-blown war. The...
EVEN as he faced a difficult crowd at the finance ministry’s post-budget press conference, it seems that Finance...
AS the fate of the US-Iran talks remains undecided, there are worrying signs that in case the negotiations collapse,...
THE ‘admission’ of the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution that over 80pc of industries had not...
ONE of the noteworthy outcomes of last month’s limited clashes between Pakistan and India is that the Kashmir ...
FOR the first time, the government has the digital economy in its crosshairs. With a slew of new measures proposed ...
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s call to fellow parliamentarians, seeking support for new legislation that...
FOR an icon of women’s cricket — in fact, women’s sports — in Pakistan, Sana Mir’s induction into the...
THE disturbing scenes emerging from Los Angeles, one of America’s richest cities, resemble the chaotic events ...
THE budget for the next financial year, announced on Tuesday, seeks to deepen fiscal consolidation in order to pave...
EVERY revelation of child sexual abuse is another nail in a society’s coffin. Abhorrent paedophile activity has...
THE message from Israel is clear: anyone trying to express solidarity with Palestine’s people — particularly the...
PAKISTAN has achieved economic stability, with the fundamentals showing significant improvement in the last year and...
CITIZENS will be presumed guilty until proven innocent. At least that is the message the political leadership of...
A WORLD Bank finding that nearly 45pc of Pakistanis live below the poverty line should not come as a surprise....
HAJ and the subsequent Eidul Azha celebrations are a time for reflection and unity, when Muslims across the world...
WITH the next budget just days away, all eyes are on the additional taxation measures the government proposes to...
IT would appear that the process of consultations between the government and opposition over key appointments in the...
If mistrust continues to build up and ties remain frozen, the next conflict may only be a matter of time.
IT is telling how much outrage follows when women say, ‘yes, all men’. It is, after all, not a universal...
It is doubtful whether new water storage schemes are the answer to India's threat of throttling flows from rivers.
The Malir jailbreak cannot be ignored, and should lead to visible changes in jail security and management.
IN recent days, over a dozen low-intensity earthquakes have been felt in different parts of Karachi, sparking panic...
A STRANGE paradox has been observed in Pakistan. Ostensibly democratic parties have tried everything in the toolkit...
The government must also stop liberally handing out development funds to keep the loyalties of lawmakers.
THE euphoria following the thrilling climax of the Pakistan Super League spilled over to the next week. In fact, the...
WITH the next budget coming up, hosiery and garments exporters have asked for the prime minister’s support on...
The sudden improvement in relations appears to be largely the work of Chinese diplomacy.
A MULTIBILLION-dollar development scheme, spread over hundreds of acres, is in the works for Karachi’s coast....
As the HRCP report rightly underscores, Peca has morphed into a blunt instrument used to silence critics, weaken fundamental freedoms.
No final agreement reached with IMF due to differences mainly on proposed increase in defence expenditure and tax cuts.
AFGHANISTAN’S journalists have access to the news but not the freedom to report it. Fear grips them and others who...
AN Islamabad antiterrorism court has handed out varying sentences to 12 individuals, including a PTI National...
THE government must check its enthusiasm. The speed with which it is moving on cryptocurrency adoption has created a...
SOME traditions that hinder individual progress are a heavy cross for society to bear. In Pakistan’s deeply...
NEPRA has taken serious note of relentless and excessive power blackouts exceeding 12 hours a day in Karachi during...
Pakistan’s elevation of diplomatic relations with Afghanistan to ambassadorial level should help improve matters.
WE live in times of instant humiliation. In a toxic online setting, civility is a tall order and anyone is fair ...
REVOLUTIONS and upheavals are messy things, and unless proponents of the new order have a solid plan to replace the...
Politicians from both sides need to realise that at stake is the nation’s shared vision of a democratic future for this hapless country.
THE CII’s commitment to stalling pro-women legislation with conservative interpretations of religion and tradition...
AS if the anti-Pakistan venom being spewed by hyper-nationalist sections of the Indian media was not enough, sadly,...
Govt needs to create an ecosystem for digital transactions before we can actually hope to become a cashless economy.
Pakistan’s quid pro quo plus aims at preventing all-out conflicts, but India’s reckless behaviour to expand geographic scope risks nuclear...
AMID constant sociopolitical turmoil, Pakistan’s journalists have been under siege for long. As attempts to...
FOR journalists, it is something many dream about. The job of reporting crime and corruption could be made much...
Reforms focused on increasing the tax base for boosting tax-to-GDP ratio to a globally acceptable range can be a strategic measure.
A PAKISTAN Super League season that had to be halted and then restarted, losing some star power in the process,...