Grant for inclusivity

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah's recent decision to grant Rs100 million for the Asia Cup Wheelchair Cricket Tournament highlights Sindh...

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Editorial

FIR cycle

For decades, the public sphere of Karachi has been deemed inaccessible to a large portion of the population. This has materialised through physical...

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Editorial

Less than men?

Among the countless barriers to Pakistan's sociopolitical and economic sphere that women of this country face in their daily lives, the gender pay gap...

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Snooker success

Pakistani snooker players have been orchestrating masterclasses in excellence, dominating the world snooker championships at masters and under-17...

yesterday 40

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The Ukraine question

It seems President Donald Trump's personal vibes with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have hit snags. The equation that he wanted to strike...

yesterday 100

Editorial

Patchwork or reformed justice?

Selective morality does not make for sound legislation. That, unfortunately, is what Pakistan's latest move to curtail the death penalty seems to...

yesterday 100

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Respect for educators

Professors and teachers are the custodians of knowledge. They are intellectual leaders who dedicate their lives to nurturing future generations. They...

previous day 50

Editorial

USC closure

The government's decision to shutter the loss-making Utility Stores Corporation (USC) by the end of July is a painful but necessary corrective to...

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Editorial

Monsoon mismanagement

Monsoon and torrential rains are a common feature, but it seems our dilapidated infrastructure is untenable to stand the test of nature. That is what...

previous day 50

Editorial

Education divide

Recent results from the NED University aptitude test have laid bare the academic inequalities that exist within Sindh. While Karachi-based students,...

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Kalat ambush

The killing of three musicians, including two Qawwals belonging to the renowned Sabir family, in an ambush on the outskirts of Kalat is highly...

saturday 50

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Flight ban no more

The UK's decision to remove Pakistan from its Air Safety List this week is a rare bright light in the aviation sector, especially relating to PIA,...

saturday 50

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Digital ambition versus reality

Pakistan's digital sector is at a crucial crossroads. Despite notable progress in some areas — such as 84% digital retail payments, growth in...

18.07.2025 70

Editorial

Blasphemy probe

Few issues in Pakistan are as sensitive as allegations of blasphemy — where a single accusation can carry irreversible consequences. It is in this...

18.07.2025 30

Editorial

Crisscross with Fund

Days after the IMF praised Pakistan for 'strong performance' under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, a subsequent rejoinder from the Fund...

18.07.2025 20

Editorial

Influence and injustice

The disturbing culmination of the case in Karachi, where a wealthy CEO was caught on video assaulting a motorcyclist in front of his sister in DHA,...

17.07.2025 40

Editorial

Flooding, a new normal

Flooding in Pakistan is no longer an occasional crisis. It is a grim and growing reality we must now accept as part of our yearly calendar. With...

17.07.2025 40

Editorial

New security apparatus!

The decision to revamp the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and convert it into a broad-based national law-enforcement agency has stirred a mixed response....

17.07.2025 60

Editorial

Wayward PTI?

The PTI is in for a decisive moment as it gears up to launch an anti-government movement from next month. Coupled with this is the ambiguity that is...

16.07.2025 30

Editorial

Cultural number plates

In a province where broken roads, rotting garbage, parched taps and overcrowded buses dominate the urban landscape, the Sindh government's decision to...

16.07.2025 40

Editorial

Weaponised aid

In what is meant to be a military confrontation according to Israeli armed forces, the Israeli government has brutally leveraged their manipulative...

16.07.2025 30

Editorial

Plastic pushback

One month has passed since the Sindh government imposed a ban on the manufacturing, sale and use of plastic bags across the province but adherence to...

15.07.2025 50

Editorial

Reclaiming education

Education is the biggest marker of upward mobility in a society. For a nation to grow intellectually, economically and socially, it is vital that its...

15.07.2025 200

Editorial

Bridging the digital divide

Pakistan's failure to timely regulate the entry of satellite internet providers is yet another example of policy paralysis stifling progress. In a...

15.07.2025 80

Editorial

Swat tragedy probe

Negligence by public institutions continues to cost lives in Pakistan. The deaths of 14 people — 10 of them from the same family — who were swept...

14.07.2025 30

Editorial

PSM revival deal

The recent agreement between Pakistan and Russia to revive the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is cause for cautious optimism, as it could mark an...

14.07.2025 60

Editorial

Time for judicial assertiveness

It's late but never too late. The decision from a statutory judicial body to uphold its independence and not to sway into executive pressure is most...

14.07.2025 50

Editorial

Babies' deaths

The heartbreaking loss of 20 infants — mostly newborns — at Pakpattan's District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital between June 16 and 22 is a damning...

13.07.2025 30

Editorial

Leaking DISCOs

As Pakistan begins to inch toward a long-overdue path of economic recovery, the government has been eager to highlight improvements across sectors...

13.07.2025 30

Editorial

Another terror act

One more gruesome killing incident in Balochistan goes on to confirm that authorities are at a fail in cracking down on the terror nexus. Nine...

13.07.2025 40

Editorial

Medicine crisis

Karachi's residents are no strangers to hardship. The city is constantly braced against an unending tide of civic failures - from crumbling...

12.07.2025 30

Editorial

Relying on remittances

Remittance inflows have shattered records, reaching an unprecedented $38.3 billion in FY25 — a staggering 26.6% year-on-year increase. March 2025...

12.07.2025 50

Editorial

Neo-apartheid

Ethnic cleansing takes a new turn as the uprooted residents of Gaza are being sent into concentration camps. The decision to move them south of their...

12.07.2025 50

Editorial

Scam factories

The recent raid by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, in coordination with law enforcement, on an illegal call centre in Faisalabad should...

11.07.2025 40

Editorial

Sugar prices and imports

The past few weeks have seen sugar prices soar, reaching a staggering Rs200 per kilogram in Karachi and surpassing Rs185 in most major cities. Retail...

11.07.2025 30

Editorial

PTI's protest call

Cornered to the core, the PTI has decided to throw down the gauntlet. Driven by exigency and desperation alike, PTI chairman Imran Khan has decided to...

11.07.2025 50

Editorial

Minimum wage

Working families are being crushed under the weight of inflation. For them, even affording basic necessities — food, rent, electricity — has...

10.07.2025 40

Editorial

Waning US power

The US is accelerating its own decline through a toxic cocktail of fiscal recklessness, diplomatic retreat and humanitarian abandonment. By...

10.07.2025 100

Editorial

Talks with Kabul

While the terror fissures with Kabul are far from being resolved, the good point is that the estranged neighbours are talking. The consensus to break...

10.07.2025 60

Editorial

Children deserve better

Stuck in a relentless cycle of abuse and exploitation, poor children across Sindh are being robbed of the most basic promise of childhood. A new...

09.07.2025 50

Editorial

Death-traps

The state's dereliction of duty is costing innocent lives. The collapse of a five-storey residential building in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood, which...

09.07.2025 30

Editorial

Clipping powers

It seems the executive's onslaught on the judiciary is unending. But the dilemma is that the Lords of the apex court are in it too, having willingly...

09.07.2025 20

Editorial

Deadly apathy

An incomprehensible tragedy struck the Vehari district of Punjab earlier this week when an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a pack of stray dogs and...

07.07.2025 100

Editorial

Lyari building collapse

The collapse of a five-storey residential building in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood, claiming at least 16 lives and trapping families under rubble, is...

07.07.2025 40

Editorial

ECO's way forward

Attaining proactivity in regional cooperation is becoming a sine qua non as distractions continue to haunt geopolitics. The 17th ECO Summit in...

07.07.2025 200

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Netball victory

In a nation where sports infrastructure remains underfunded and many disciplines struggle to find mainstream recognition, Pakistan's youth continue to...

05.07.2025 10

Editorial

Russia-Taliban thaw

Russia's landmark decision to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan represents a pragmatic recalibration of international diplomacy...

05.07.2025 100

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LHC's May 9 ruling

It seems political instability and an unpleasant crisscross with the judiciary is there to stay. The detailed order of a division bench of the LHC...

05.07.2025 20

Editorial

Hasina's conviction

The sentencing of Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison for contempt of court marks the first step towards...

04.07.2025 30

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Idle funds, stalled progress

Pakistan's fragile economic recovery could be severely undermined if development funds continue to be underutilised. In the fiscal year 2024-25, the...

04.07.2025 30

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