Editorial

Consumers running from pillar to post to pay electricity bills

Irrespective of the income level of a person, one is shocked and worried by the increase in the price of petrol and then the increase in the price of electricity, along with taxes and hidden costs in the bills. After the average price of electricity...

Population increase: a serious problem

The human race is currently in the middle of a catastrophic explosion; this explosion is the issue of enormous growth in the human population that can also be a precursor to great troubles as the growing population has increased the burden on natural...

Time to focus on corporate farming

Agriculture is the backbone of the national economy, but it is also a bitter truth that only 23.77 million acres of land in Pakistan is agricultural, which is 28% of the total land area, and even in this, more than 8 million acres of land is lying id...

India’s mischief and violation of LOC

These days, Pakistan is under the threat of political, economic and social problems as well as the terrorist acts. Undoubtedly, this situation is a matter of concern for every patriot. Meanwhile, India's mischief continues. Cease fire line violations...

Transfer of power distribution companies

According to reports, the caretaker government has decided to end the current electricity sales, distribution and tariff system, under which the electricity distribution companies will be owned by the provinces. By abolishing the uniform tariff of el...

Foreign hand visible in terror acts

Terrorists blew up a vehicle with explosives in Tehsil Shawal of North Waziristan, as a result of which 11 workers in the vehicle were killed. According to government officials, there were 13 workers in the vehicle, 2 people were seriously injured in...

Inflation: Up, Up and Away

The problem of inflation has gone out of control and unfortunately, in March of this year, the rate of inflation reached 46.6%, the highest in South Asian countries, while it has been an average of 8% since independence. The economic indicators of th...

Back to Square One

To reduce the growing caseload of police stations across the country, the National Police Bureau has proposed to restore the old panchayat system. The bureau has sent recommendations to the Ministry of Home Affairs and all IGs that the police and pol...

Imran Khan's disqualification

Taking into account the three-year prison sentence awarded to Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan by the court of Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad in the Tosha Khana case, the Election Commission has issued a notification of disqualificat...

Pakistan's textile exports and economy

The share of textiles in Pakistan's exports, which has been greater than that of all other industries combined, has been reduced to less than half as local cotton production has steadily declined over the past decade or so. In 1997, its cultivated ar...

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