Editorial

Genuine or manufactured?Despite an international fall in commodity prices, consumers across the country still have to pay higher prices. When the Coronavirus pandemic arrived in Pakistan the p

Arbitrary decisions can divide the nationPakistan discovered its first coronavirus patient in Karachi on February 26. The Sindh CM declared lockdown in the province for 15 days from March 23 w

Rising graph of coronavirus deathsThere is a need to preserve people from dying of hunger. There is an equal need to protect them from death caused by coronavirus.One can appreciate th

Religiosity taking precedence over a pandemicThere should be no allowance for Pakistan to be in international headlines at the moment for anything other than the number of confirmed Coronaviru

Indecisiveness can be dangerousDealing with the coronavirus and its aftereffects is going to be a Herculean task. What is further adding to the difficulties is the federal government’s reluc

Political uncertainty, terrorism and coronavirusUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo termed his daylong visit to Afghanistan earlier this week as “frustrating” after being unable to convince

Allowing COVID-19 to spread all over the countryThe coronavirus is spreading all over the world like wildfire. Within weeks, the number of those infected in the Middle East, Europe and the USA

The government must not mishandle at least thisThe inability of the PTI government to handle the coronavirus epidemic was best shown by the enormous mess that was made of the Friday congregati

PM must step up to the plateAddressing the parliamentary leaders, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged them to stay united and continue discussion and reassessment of the strategies to tackle the

Peace does not seem to coming to AfghanistanUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has found that his failure to convince the Afghan government to release Taliban prisoners ahead of a withdrawal of

China begins helping with the coronavirusThe arrival of much-needed medical equipment, including face masks, protective clothing, testing kits, ventilators and forehead thermometers, from Chin

Much more needs to be doneThe fast spread of the coronavirus makes it urgent to initiate large scale testing of the perceived cases to locate all virus carriers in the country and isolate them