Equally important is to settle mutual differences Still reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, another severe crisis is staring Pakistan in the eyes. According to the National Disaster Management Authority,…
Economic management remains unimpressive The coronavirus is bad news, and the pandemic has knocked the bottom out of the economy, but the data coming in does not bear out the enthusiasm recently…
And a flip-flopping government On Wednesday evening Pakistan exceeded China in the number of covid-19 positive cases. This should discourage the government leaders from resorting to the hackneyed refrain of the pandemic…
Inevitable preliminary to privatization The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has decided on the retrenchment of all 9350 employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills, and though the decision must be ratified…
Skype is the way out On Tuesday Leader of the Opposition in NA Shahbaz Sharif declined to attend the NAB interrogation on health grounds. The NAB responded by sending a police team…
The government must move beyond reports The report to the government, showing that there could be as many as 700,000 cases of covid-19 in Lahore alone, did not prompt the imposition of…
Farmers left to fight the locust on their own? Federal Food Security Minister Fakhar Imam says nearly half the country is already under locust attack. Last week the NDMA informed that 61…
Yet prices remain rigidly high Pakistan’s inflation rate has eased for the fourth successive month, with the latest figure coming in at 8.2 percent. Inflation had peaked in January, hitting a record…
Controlling the pandemic is people’s own responsibility The basis of the policy announced by the PM on Monday was laid down a day earlier at the NCOC meeting. The lockdown is no…
India unwilling to give peace a chance In what is the latest deterioration in diplomatic relations with its neighbor, India has expelled two diplomats from Pakistan’s high commission in Delhi for allegedly…
Going after Abbasi while staying in the dark Accountability SAPM Shahzad Akbar may have timed his fusillade against former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi wrongly, for it coincided with the filing of what…
A multinational problem Plagues, it seems, know no boundaries. It is almost as if they force states divided by lines drawn on maps to cooperate even if they are rivals. Such is…
Covid-19 enters crucial stage Friday was the deadliest day in Pakistan’s fight against covid-19,with as many as 81 deaths reported in 24 hours, while the number of covid-19 patients surging from…
Latest riots are a testament to rabid polarization Police violence against black Americans is one of the many faces of the USA’s long, violent and troubled history of racism. From slavery to…
PTI administration’s crusade against Opposition Addressing a virtual international event Prime Minister Imran Khan underlined the importance of international relief for developing countries facing the scourge of the coronavirus. As he put…
The first ‘coronabudget’ is about to be unveiled The PTI might well feel hard done by. It will not be able to lead the country into a land of milk and honey…
The first ‘coronabudget’ is about to be unveiled The PTI might well feel hard done by. It will not be able to lead the country into a land of milk and honey…
