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Tuesday May 14, 2024
Editorial Board

  • May 14, 2024

    Disaster on repeat

    More than 300 people were killed in Afghanistan this past Saturday after flash floods in several Afghan provinces

  • May 14, 2024

    AJK protests

    Situation in AJK has been brewing for some time now due to high electricity prices, flour prices and taxes

  • May 13, 2024

    Education for all

    According to Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, adult literacy rate is 62.3 per cent

  • May 12, 2024

    Spotlight on hockey

    Players of Pakistan and Japan seen during an Azlan Shah Hockey Cup match. — Facebook/FlashSukan/FileIn the Malaysian city of Ipoh on Saturday...

  • May 12, 2024

    Who’s talking to whom?

    Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan hold a giant cricket bat with the colours and initials of the party in Multan on July 20, 2018. —...

  • May 11, 2024

    New users

    The country is one of the top opium-producing and exporting regions in the world

  • May 11, 2024

    State of human rights

    Annual reports by human rights groups are important – reminding us of decay in our society and need for meaningful action

  • May 10, 2024

    Balochistan unrest

    Seven barber shop staffers were killed and one was injured on Thursday by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan’s port city of Gwadar

  • May 10, 2024

    A tighter muzzle

    This approach to misinformation is likely to end up becoming more of a threat to people’s rights

  • May 09, 2024

    No service

    Government has reportedly been considering blocking mobile phone SIMs of over 500,000 tax return non-filers

  • May 09, 2024

    Tweetless in Pakistan

    For the first month, everyone in authority pretended to be clueless about it

  • May 08, 2024

    Too hot to handle

    Maximum temperature for May is 48.1 degrees Celsius, with a humidity ratio of 71.72 per cent

  • May 08, 2024

    ISPR talk

    Initially about terrorism in the country, the press talk very quickly turned to the May 9, 2023 riots whose anniversary looms tomorrow

  • May 07, 2024

    Reserved seats saga

    Supreme Court has suspended Peshawar High Court’s verdict on reserved seats denied to SIC-PTI combine

  • May 06, 2024

    End the cycle

    We are reminded once again of flawed accountability process that has been practised in country for decades

  • May 05, 2024

    Guardians or gatekeepers?

    Representational image of a person using a laptop. — AFP/FileSuch is the scepticism regarding any Pakistani government’s initiative on social...

  • May 05, 2024

    Judicial reforms

    Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar addressing a press conference. — APP/FileReforms seem to be on the government’s mind these days. With NAB...

  • May 04, 2024

    Over the moon

    A moment when China's Long March-5 rocket, carrying iCube Qamar, was launched in space on May 3, 2024, in this still taken from a video. —...

  • May 04, 2024

    Constitutional guardrails

    COAS General Asim Munir addressing cadets during the Pakistan Air Force’s passing out parade at the Asghar Khan Academy in Risalpur on May 2,...

  • May 03, 2024

    State of fear

    Latter is arguably an unfortunate consequence of the new-found freedom that social media gives anyone with internet access to air their opinions

  • May 03, 2024

    Taxation misstep

    Representational image of a tax return form. — APP FileThe FBR's decision to block the mobile SIMs of individuals who haven’t filed their taxes...

  • May 02, 2024

    Tipping point

    This year, too, torrential rains indicate that the country should brace itself for extreme weather patterns

  • May 02, 2024

    The interference conundrum

    Hearing the suo-motu case regarding the allegations levelled by senior judges of the Islamabad High Court against spy agencies for meddling in...

  • May 01, 2024

    Workers united

    Private sector is making the most of the country’s economic ills

  • May 01, 2024

    Bitter harvest

    It is the time to harvest wheat and mustard, make matches, perform weddings, and be generally happy

  • April 30, 2024

    The final mile

    Polio had been eradicated in all countries, except Afghanistan and Pakistan

  • April 30, 2024

    Symbol, strategy or apathy?

    Mr Dar may have been given the new position because of internal tensions and grouping in the PML-N

  • April 29, 2024

    A shot at life

    Vaccination does not necessarily require a physician to sit around administering doses to children

  • April 29, 2024

    Digital lag

    UNDP launched ‘Digital Development Index’ , which measures digital development progress across Pakistan’s provinces and districts

  • April 28, 2024

    Political way forward

    PTI leader Shehryar Afridi addresses party workers in this undated photo. — Facebook/@shehryarkhanafridi1A day after PTI leader Shehryar Afridi...

  • April 27, 2024

    Unfettered courts

    Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa poses for a photo. — Supreme Court website/FileChief Justice Qazi Faez Isa has said he has not received any note of...

  • April 26, 2024

    Unbridled Hindutva

    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after releasing the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto ahead of country's upcoming general elections,...

  • April 26, 2024

    Olive branch?

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Poeples Party Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PTI founder Imran Khan....

  • April 25, 2024

    MMA bid

    Shahzaib Rind, Pakistan's martial arts fighter from Quetta. — Facebook/shahzaibrindhofficial/FileShahzaib Rind has become a big star, at least on...

  • April 25, 2024

    Going beyond firefighting

    A representational image showing women at a market. — AFP/FileIn the six weeks since he assumed office, not only has Finance Minister Muhammad...

  • April 23, 2024

    Child brides

    Every year, millions of girls silently say goodbye to their education and the promise of a better career and get married

  • April 23, 2024

    By-poll verdict

    Ruling party emerged victorious in by-elections and as per unofficial results has won at least two out of five NA seats up for grabs and 10 out of...

  • April 22, 2024

    States of plastic

    According to its organizers, the event now brings together around one billion people across 200 countries every April 22 to help protect the planet

  • April 22, 2024

    US sanctions

    Pakistan’s nuclear programme, it would have threatened peace in the region because of its hegemonic designs

  • April 21, 2024

    On thin ice

    PHF should take comprehensive steps aimed at bringing improvement in the quality of our players

  • April 20, 2024

    Elections in India

    Since its ascent to power in 2014, the BJP, under the leadership of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  • April 20, 2024

    Words of caution

    President’s address was marred by a noisy protest in parliament by the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council