FO summons Kyrgyz Charge d’Affaires for a demarche, conveying concerns about Pakistanis wellbeing Embassy, Foreign Office, govt in close contact with senior Kyrgyz authorities to ensure safety of students Ambassador refutes reports on...

PM Shehbaz directs nationwide programme to overcome child stunting

Says Centre in collaboration with provinces would take priority measures for better child growth Meeting informed a significant ratio of Pakistani kids suffered...

COAS lauds Pakistan hockey team’s performance in Azlan Shah Cup

Gen Munir hosts team at GHQ, vows comprehensive support to ensure team’s continued success PHF President expresses gratitude to COAS for meeting, interaction...

Imran says will write letter to COAS for nation’s sake

Incarcerated PTI founder says he will tell Gen Munir about AJK situation and country’s direction ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister...

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Stunted growth

Primme Minister Shehbaz Sharif told a meeting that measures needed to be taken to stop stunting. It might be deemed an intrusion into a provincial subject because stunting is...

A new carbon tax on petroleum?

The federal government is said to be planning to levy a carbon tax on petroleum products in the coming budget, instead of the Rs 60 per litre increase in...

Energy Dilemma

Pakistan, a nation striving for progress amidst numerous challenges, finds itself caught in the grips of an energy dilemma. With a growing population and an industrial sector in ruins,...

Moving over to investment

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are important founding members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and both have very brotherly, friendly and committed relations. Saudi Arabia has a quite...

Apocalyptic prophecies and the Chosen People 

Solar eclipse in April, red heifer, second coming, and rebuilding of the Temple are the key words pronounced now-a-days everywhere among people of the three Abrahamic religions.  Why are believers...

Who will guard the guardians?

Our courts want to be invisible. They want firewalls to ward off intruders. No clearance of judges by security agencies. No eavesdropping, no surveillance. Be that as it may,...

White Lies

WhiteLies: Run an ulti ginti

Run an ulti ginti on your front pages, the federal government’s information apparatus has requested the newspapers, on the deadline given to “illegal”...

White Lies: Dollar’s set to come down

The dollar’s going to come down to 260 rupees, says a proud commerce and industries minister. The irony: the minister, who happens to head the...

White Lies: The Lordships on their turf

A petitioner wants five Justices to be sacked, one of them, the new CJP. Amongst the litany of complaints are the allegations of unaccountable...