Editorial

The wheat and sugar enquiry commission hears some home truthsEx-PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has told the Wajid Zia commission enquiring into the wheat and shortage some inconvenient truths. He app

With no end in sightWhile the world fights against the novel Coronavirus, trying to contain the human and economic cost of the pandemic, India has shown no signs of any let-up in its campaign

Leading the country to a cul-de-sacThe government’s opponents accuse it of trying to keep the business lobby sweet to gain its political and financial support even at the expense of human li

Jury would be out by end of JuneThose supporting the easing of the lockdown consider it a landmark decision by Prime Minister Imran Khan to help millions of workers who have been rendered jobl

Cutting shareholders’ voiceThe Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited is trying to use the specious cover of expense-cutting to reduce the number of members of the Board of Directors to be elect

State must fulfill its responsibilitiesLeaving everything to Allah, the PTI government has decided to lift the lockdown in phases without taking the necessary measures adopted by the countries

Need for cooperationWhile still engaged in the ongoing war against covid-19, Pakistan has been told to be ready to face a second and unprecedented attack by locusts. In June last year locusts

The National Assembly will tackle the pandemic after sorting itself outThe National Assembly will meet next week to discuss the coronavirus issue after a parliamentary committee decided on a n

Life under lockdownAs Prime Minister Imran Khan led his crusade against the lockdown that had been enforced by the PPP government in Sindh, the National Coordination Committee (NCC) overruled

Essential during a pandemicPakistan has an underfunded, ill-equipped and highly politicized public health system. It is a result of years of insufficient budgetary allocation and attention pai

Figures don’t tally with factsThe PTI government makes policies on the basis of hopes and wishes rather than ground realities. The PM continues to oppose a countrywide lockdown despite PTI l

As the economy tanksPrime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘think tank’ on how to address the economic challenges emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, after holding its third meeting, with Finan