Editorial

Stuck in the quagmire of losses

Train travel has been and still is the most popular and cheapest option for us but on the other hand it is not as active as it used to be. At the time of the partition of India, a vast network of main and branch lines was laid as a whole. The irony o...

The global health security moot

Global Health Security Conference was held in Islamabad on Wednesday  and Thursday. Health experts, ministers, delegates and delegations from more than 70 countries participated in this important global gathering. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar...

ECC takes good initiatives

Inspite of its limited mandate, the caretaker federal government is taking important steps to restore the country's economy, improve the law and order situation, provide health facilities, promote sports and provide fertilizer to farmers at equal rat...

Domestic consumers in a fix

The domestic consumers are in a fix as the winter gas crisis has further aggravated with no gas available in many areas of the mega city. Though the crisis has been going on for the past two decades and is now worsening rapidly, affecting domestic co...

CJ Faiz’s revolutionary step of directly showing SC proceedings, increases public confidence

Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa took the revolutionary step of directly showing the proceedings of the Supreme Court to the whole nation and the whole world, strengthening the impression that he is committed to such meaningful reforms in the prevailing j...

Efforts to eradicate polio seem to be faltering

It is very unfortunate that polio cases are rising once again across the country. In fact, efforts to eradicate polio in Pakistan seem to be faltering with each passing day as polio virus has been confirmed in 14 environmental samples collected from...

External debts increae in November

According to the State Bank of Pakistan, the external debt of the federal government in the period from November 2022 to November 2023 reached 63 thousand 390 billion rupees after an increase of 12 thousand 430 billion rupees.  There are still 6...

Reducing the trade deficit

The fact that the government is trying hard to overcome the economic crisis cannot be ignored. Special attention is being given to increasing investment, reducing the gap between imports and exports, reducing the trade deficit, completely eliminating...

New Year dawns on positive development on economic front

According to the information on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the issue of the second installment of the standby arrangement provided to Pakistan on the 11th of this month has been included in the agenda of the meeting of the...

Time to improve Af-Pak ties

Security forces killed five terrorists and destroyed their hideouts and recovered heavy weapons and ammunition from there in the latest operation in Mashkai area of Awaran district of Balochistan. Three terrorists were killed and their remaining weap...

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