The issue involving the use of EVMs for the next general election has become more complicated, expanding its tentacles beyond the national level into the provincial and even local bodies’ domain....
World AIDS Day, which falls on December 1 each year, is a timely reminder that according to experts the rate of AIDS has risen by 84 percent over the last 10 years in the country. There are now at...
This refers to the news report, ‘Taliban say Doha talks to open new chapter of ties with US’ . What could be better news than this for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the US? A thorough and deep...
Life in a developing country like Pakistan is not easy. First, the burgeoning defence budget is forcing the government to sideline education and social services, which is affecting people’s...
This refers to the news report ‘ECP discusses doability of the impossible’ . If the PTI was really serious about electronic voting machines and voting rights for overseas Pakistanis, it should...
This refers to the editorial ‘State of impasse’ . It discusses the issue of the selection of ECP members – something that has always remained a bone of contention between the government and...
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued a policy that prohibits the screening of films or dramas that promote foreign cultures or traditions in Afghan...
Unfortunately, Pakistan fell into the hands of selfish politicians and dictators soon after independence, and its economy was ruined. It became dependent on foreign aid and loans. Every leader who...
A new Covid-19 variant – the omicron – has been discovered and is feared to be more transmissible than the delta variant.The variant has already been detected in over 20 countries. Given that...
This is to draw the attention of the authorities to the increase in the use of drugs by young people.One is compelled to think that teenagers and young adults are incredibly worried about their...
While addressing the inaugural ceremony of the FBR’s Track and Trace System , the prime minister praised the FBR for its performance. However, unless one feels that the collected taxes are...
