Editorial

Neglecting major obligationsKarachi’s low lying localities and the city’s arteries were inundated on Sunday, a third time in July’s rainy season. Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan

Must move forward with extreme cautionWith a significant reduction in the daily number of new cases and deaths along with increased hospital capacities being reported across the country, one c

Making terms extendable shows sloppy thinkingThe PTI government badly needs to get opposition support for its changes to the National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, because the changes it ma

Pakistan is not out of the woods yetForeign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the government has proposed eight bills for passage by Parliament so that Pakistan might be moved from t

What they want are jobs and affordable foodWith opinion polls showing a continuous fall in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s popularity, he has decided to make increasing use of religion for poli

A journalist kidnapped and releasedThe episode of the kidnaping and then release of journalist Matiullah Jan on Wednesday in Islamabad has thrown a garish light on Pakistan, as a land where jo

Need for diplomacy with finesseThis is the most appropriate time to repair Pakistan’s relations with Bangladesh. An opportunity has been created, not on account of any diplomatic tour de for

Does an APC really mean anything at this point?Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto has been berating the PTI over its failure to deliver on promises made and alleged corruption, for over a month now,

SAPMs’ foreign citizenship makes for bad opticsThe Cabinet Division has itself disclosed that seven Special Assistants to the PM have dual nationality, while also releasing details of their

Erratic electricity and now the monsoonThough the country’s largest city and its only port, Karachi is receiving no special treatment. Indeed, it could be argued that it was being given the

PPP’s questions are not without meritPPP Senator Sherry Rehman, while referring to an unverified tweet by former TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, in which he had threatened party chairman

After sugar, the wheat crisisDespite the resolve shown and directives issued by the government, the prices of palatable and safe flour remain high. The wheat was procured from the growers at t