Deforestation and the climate change effects
Hot summers are awaiting Karachiites as the latest prediction regarding Sindh weather is that the first heave wave of the current year is going hit the Sindh Province including Karachi this weekend till February 21. The forecast says that...
F-9 Park rape: where do we head?
It is very unfortunate that women are not safe anywhere in the country. At times when the nation has been making hue and cry over the F-9 Park rape case, other young women in her early 20s was gang-raped in the suburbs of Islamabad, the Capital...
Hike in gas tariff taking toll on economic activities
The Pakistan Stock Exchange which is already at its lowest ebb, got another shock on Tuesday when the KSE-100 index plunged 566 points with the benchmark KSE-100 index. Though the PSX is in red zone for the last many weeks due to the ongoing uncertai...
An irreparable loss for the nation
The nation has suffered a huge loss in the death of legendary Zia Moheyuddin, who can truly be described as voice of the nation. He was a school in himself and legends of his caliber are born in centuries. As such the vacuum created by his death is d...
Use of technology to curb illegal organ transplant trade
The recent introduction of a new biometric patient ID verification system for donors and patients of organ transplant is a welcome move as it will help control the illegal trade in organ transplant and sale of human organs like kidney etc. The...
2023: Year to promote tourism
In these testing times when our country is faced with huge economic crisis, the Govt must explore new venues to revenue collections. Tourism is one such sector which holds a lot of significance as this sector can rope in not only foreign investors, b...
Changing dimensions of Pak ties
It is welcome to note that the dimensions of Pakistan’s relations with west and other countries are expanding to new horizons including cooperation against climate change effects, natural disasters, environmental issues, people to people contac...
Stock market volatility: all eyes set on outcome of Govt-IMF talks
The prevailing economic situation has confused the investors in stock market shares and they quit the trading in haste in the wake of share market’s collapse and its unstable outlook with no imminent turned around in its fortunes unless the IMF...
The killer roads and highways
In yet another gruesome road accident, 21 people lost their precious lives when a bus carrying them fell into ditch after collision with another vehicle on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan district. Earlier, on Jan 8, as many as 50 passengers died&n...
Millions rendered jobless due to textile sector woes
Textile industry which is one of main employers of the labour workforce in the country has laid off seven million workers during the last few months and the situation is still not under control as there is very little raw material i.e., cotton bales...
