Editorial

Bilateral ties with rich Gulf states

It is welcome to note that the rich Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc have been opting for investment in Pakistan. On the one hand, Qatar recently promised to increa...

Optimism is in the air

Tarde sector has started showing signs of improvement and a latest report says that in the first month of the new government, Pakistan's exports to Afghanistan registered incr...

Disappointing statistics on human development

Burdened by inflation, load shedding, unemployment and heavy taxes, the news is not happy for Pakistanis that they are behind Haiti and Zimbabwe in the world human development...

Unplanned population vs limited resouces

There is no denying that the current economic crisis is mainly culminated in the supply and demand issue. Demand for food, shelter, jobs and other needs is on the rise due to...

Growth in exports: a good augury

It is welcome to note that our exports are slowly but steadily picking up since last year.  And the latest is the IMF report, which anticipates Pakistan’s exports w...

Pak-US must focus on long-tem goals

From the time of its establishment, Pakistan had ignored the socialist bloc and associated its interests with the United Statses, but the historical fact is that these ties ne...

No justification for capacity charges

It is worth mentioning here that due to the continuous increase in electricity and gas prices during the last few years, where the work in the industry has come to a standstil...

High time to get terror genie back in bottle

The dreadful incidents of  terrorism in the country are an opener for the security appartus. The anti-Pakistan game behind the terrorist attack on Chinese engineers in th...

PSX sets new record in the wake of IMF accord

Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday set a new record due to an extraordinary rally and the record of the highest level of 100 index was broken. After the agreement with the I...

No relief in sight

The energy crisis in Pakistan is getting worse. Sui Northern Gas has asked for a third hike in gas prices in a year. Its prices are being hiked by 155 percent from July 1. Pri...

NC Big Stories

PTI reportedly denied permission for Karachi power show

KARACHI: The Karachi administration on Friday denied permission to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold a power show at Karachi’s Bagh-e-Jinnah on April 28 private TV...

PKR shows strength against USD

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Rupee on Friday gained 10 paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading and closed at Rs 278.38 against the previous day’s closing of Rs278.4...

CJ avoids full court session regarding judges letter

ISLAMABAD: Despite hinting at forming a full court to hear suo motu notice pertaining to alleged meddling by the country’s security apparatus into judicial affairs, a th...

President, PM call for collective efforts to curb disease on World Malaria Day

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for making collective efforts to curb malaria as World Malaria Day is being observed across globe including Pakistan. In his m...
Need Help? Chat with us