Editorial

Foreign debt still an issue

Though Pakistan's   debt-to-GDP ratio has come down in recent months, but the piles of  external debts are still increasing. Recently,  the estimates of foreign debts revealed in the Standing Committee on Finance of the National Assem...

Economic Challenges of the New Year

Despite a little improvement in economic indicators, the condition of the common man is still pathetic as  he is still running from pillar to post to make both ends meet.  Therefore, the government urgently needs to develop an alternative p...

Hopes and aspirations for new year

The year 2024 left with bitter and sweet memories and Pakistan has entered the year 2025 with new hopes and aspirations. Despite being full of various challenges, the past year proved to be a year of overall recovery for the country's economy. Infla...

Time for viable economic policies

There is no denying that currently our country is faced with unprecedented economic crisis. Though the goverments claims to be making a difference, but the ground reality beies the Govt claims. There is a little bit improvement, but the road ahead is...

Successful security operations in KP, Balochistan

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, in collaboration with other groups, has been heating up the market for carrying out attacks from the Afghan border on the instructions of enemy forces and entering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to carry out...

Challenges in eradicating polio

The last anti-polio campaign of this year is underway across the country and a total of more than 4.5 million children across the country have been targeted to be vaccinated against polio by December 22.   Although efforts have been underway in...

Unrest among Taliban

Today, the news is being discussed a lot that the activities of the banned TTP in Mianwali and Chakwal are increasing at a very fast pace and if strict action is not taken immediately, this fire will have the capacity to burn a lot. It is being beli...

Paradigm shift in tax system

The reason why government departments dealing with public dealings generally become a breeding ground for corruption is the direct link between government officials and citizens.   As a result, the national treasury is deprived of legitimate rev...

National harmony: need of the hour

No country can afford chaos and bloodshed. It is inevitable to discourage the politics of chaos and disorder. This creates law and order problems and also severely damages the country’s economy. The PTI leadership has adopted a path of confron...

Increase in foreign direct investment in power sector

Modern energy sources including renewable sources are indispensable for keeping the wheel of life moving and for sustainable economic growth, and it is very satisfying that as a result of the efforts of the Special Investment Facilitation Council, la...

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