Our responsibility to mental health
According to a report, there are 50 million people suffering from mental disorders and there are only 400 trained psychiatrists in Pakistan. Due to lack of mental health awareness, mental issues are…
Sector specific
As reported in the dailies, LCCI president has correctly diagnosed the ills that beset the economy i.e. dwindling exports, reducing foreign exchange reserves, high cost of doing business, low tax-to-GDA ratio, stagnant…
Security linked to economy
This is reference to this needless public exchange of statements and counter statements between elected executive and ISPR etc. it should have been avoided and matter discussed in NSC meeting. However the…
Fake degree holders in PIA – Plea to SC
PIA is a statutory state owned corporation created through an act of parliament in 1956 further amended on 1989 and its executives are required by law to perform their duties in accordance…
A do or die situation
Now IRSA thinks that the provinces might face up to 30% shortages in the current Rabi season instead of the earlier predicted 20%. The estimate is based on whatever is available in…
Improved tax collection
The federal government has come out with some good and positive figures in terms of its economic progress and growth as well as sustaining prudent fiscal discipline while reviewing its fiscal performance…
Government action needed against intolerance
I happened to visit Hafeez Center, Gulberg, Lahore – one of the largest mobile and computer sale centers of the city. I was shocked to observe that almost every shop of the…
Praiseworthy initiative
I wholeheartedly appreciate the initiative taken by Sui Southern Gas company (SSGC) to build a Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) plant in Awaran district of Balochistan. A dream became true when the former…
With respect – get your facts straight
This is not a rejoinder to the reported outburst of former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law and MNA Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar’s reported outburst of anti-Ahmedi hatred in the National…
Massacre in Sin City
Stricter US gun regulation laws long overdue The tragic incident in Las Vegas, in which 59 people have so far lost their lives, and over 500 are on the wounded list, some…
Quite befitting responses
It is quite commendable to note that Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi has quite successfully and forcefully picked up the threat from where Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan…
Two bills two tariffs
Irrespective of ever-increasing power tariff loaded with heavy taxes and surcharges, the billing of LESCO leaves much to be desired in all fairness. I have before me two bills of domestic consumers…
Turbat and NADRA
Turbat is one the biggest cities of Balochistan but it is a pity that it lacks many facilities, including multiple NADRA offices. Moreover, from different areas such as Dasht, Tump, Nasirabad and…
Regarding pension
I would like to draw your attention towards the maltreatment with the retired employees by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the PIA board of directors, PIA management, and by the federal government. The…
Literacy policy
It is good to note that the Provincial Literacy and Non-Formal Education Department has started working on plans to formulate a comprehensive Punjab Literacy Policy in close coordination and cooperation of all…
Child marriage: are we all in denial?
It hurts me to say that early marriage remains a major issue in Pakistan in these days. According to a report approximately half of Pakistani women are married before they are 18…