Editorial

Dengue and other diseases’ onslaught

After the confirmation of the health department in Sindh province that the number of malaria patients has more than doubled this year compared to the last two years, dengue has also started to raise its head for a few days. According to official stat...

Number of pending cases in courts: a matter of concern

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has stated that the number of pending cases till 31 August 2023 is 56544, including 653 provisional cases and 9384 criminal cases. Earlier in March 2023, the PDM government's Law Minister had informed the National Assemb...

Gallup survey on economy and sugar crisis

Every three months, Gallup Pakistan compiles a report called the Business Confidence Index on the economic situation after taking the opinions of the business organizations in many respects. Gallup's 10th quarterly report released Tuesday for the sec...

Saudi investment and other mega economic projects

In view of caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, free, fair and transparent elections are to be held in the country, but along with this, he is also active in dealing with challenges and bringing foreign investment in Pakistan. While talking t...

Climate effects: Time to stop deforestation

According to latest reports, the timber mafia which is damaging the ecosystem and immediate steps are need to come hard on it. Despite overwhelming hue and cry over the climate change effects, no attention is being paid to the very vital issue of def...

Mechanism needed to prevent smuggling of goods

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar in a high-level meeting has directed the customs officials and law enforcement agencies to strictly prevent the smuggling of sugar, urea, agricultural commodities, petroleum products and other goods from th...

Revival of ailing industries

The federal government has assured to activate the closed industry in one month, to continue the industrial support package and to pay the refund. According to Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Textile Exporters Association Khurram Mukhtar, who held separa...

Rise in street crimes due to increasing unemployment and inflation

Rising inflation and unemployment have increased the rate of street crimes. Most of the incidents of street crimes used to take place in the dark streets in the evening, now they are happening during the day and they are increasing significantly. In...

Fresh floods: relief work very slow due to economic crisis

At a time when Pakistan is suffering from many problems including economic depression, India's water aggression has made the situation more serious. By the way, heavy rains have caused damage in the entire country, but there is a high level of flood...

Burden of taxes on masses

The national economy is trapped in the quagmire of uncertainty due to the burden of unsustainable debts, the ever increasing trade deficit, insufficient foreign exchange reserves and the continuous depreciation of the national currency. It is importa...

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