Editorial

The call for unity to fight coronavirusPML(N) President Shahbaz Sharif has returned to Pakistan at a time when the nation faces the coronavirus challenge and there is a need to jointly put up

An unnecessary argumentNow that the Punjab government has locked down the province, a mere two days after Prime Minister Imran Khan had ruled out any such reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic,

Healthcare workers are the real heroes in this pandemicPakistan lost its first doctor to the COVID-19 outbreak yesterday in Gilgit-Baltistan. Dr Osama Riaz who was screening pilgrims returning

And other threats besides IndiaTwenty third March came this year when Pakistan was facing a grave threat for which it had made little preparation over the years.  Added to it was the incompe

Sindh does, the country does notWhile Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah duly announced a lockdown of the province to stop the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Imran Khan did not. However,

More questions ariseThe return of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif to Pakistan was said to have been among the last before Pakistan was isolated from the rest of the world after an airspace clos

In the midst of a pandemicCoronavirus has taken root in Pakistan and is spreading like wildfire with the number of confirmed patients rising sharply on a daily basis. All such patients have to

There is no way if there is no willThe Sindh Chief Minister’s appeal for a three-day voluntary lock down was highly successful on Saturday. Shopping areas and government and private offices

The recent controversy involving India, Pakistan, and the USA over the Kashmir issue is very unfortunate in the first place. I have been watching the whole news of controversy even amid my tight sched

A situation beyond thhe PMWithin a week, coronavirus cases have risen in Pakistan from 28 on March 13 to 377 on March 19, which should be sufficiently alarming. There is however a perception t

Now more than ever should the public’s representatives concert measuresThe government’s responsibility to tackle the coronavirus epidemic is only matched by that of the parties in waiting

Too little too late?The Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank in its monthly ‘fix’ on Tuesday merely dropped the policy rate by 75 basis points, disappointing virtually everyone by t