OP-ED

Features of sole proprietorship (PART 1)

Sole proprietorship forms by far the most common form of business ownership for start ups. Numerous ways of starting businesses are available to entrepreneurs but still this is most preferred. Several reasons can be attributed to this situation. Thes...

Enticement: a severe issue

In general terms, enticement means exchange of cash, material or goods in return of a favour that is otherwise impossible or hard to attain. The world is constantly evolving and so is the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. So when people reali...

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...

Being a jobless

Unemployment is common word nowadays. We may have noticed that in spite of education, there are many people that are without jobs. Widespread and persistent unemployment is one of serious macroeconomic problems, both developing and developed countrie...

Benefits of virtuous character

Character can be defined as a set of moral principles.  It is also defined as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Character is what you know about somebody, either through experience of dealing with them or by what you h...

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...

Time to do away with corporal punishment at schools

The incidents of corporal punishment at schools are on the rise and the recent incidents across the country indicate that the law to this effect needs to be strictly implemented.  In the fact, these incidents have created an outrage among the pa...

Construction industry in doldrums due to high prices of material

The overall economic meltdown and inflation are taking toll on construction industry as they have led to higher construction costs, making it unfeasible for the builders to continue with their ongoing projects. A recent survey says that a work on num...

CIVILISATION

When we say civilization, we can look at it from a lot of different perspectives. One of most common ways of understanding is that it is a value of kindness and compassion towards other beings. If you look back at history, you will find many acts of...

Multi-party conference: a welcome move

In the wake of increasing law and order situation, prevailing political uncertainty together with unprecedented economic crisis, the move by the current coalition government to convene a multi-party conference is a welcome development as it will prov...

NC Big Stories

SHC issues notice on illegal constructions worth Rs1bln in Karimabad Society

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and other concerned parties regarding alleged illegal constructions on plots in the Ismailia Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited in Karimabad. The c...

Police registers case against TLP leadership, workers under terrorism charges

LAHORE: At least five people, including a police officer, three Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers, and a passerby, were killed as law enforcement agencies carried out a major pre-dawn operation in Muridke on Monday to disperse what officials d...

PM Shehbaz lauds Trump as 'man of peace'

EGYPT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday described US President Donald Trump as a "genuine man of peace", who had worked relentlessly and untiringly to end global conflicts, including the war in Gaza. Standing with the US president and other gl...

SSP Central and Community Police meet to discuss new security measures

KARACHI: SSP District Central Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui met with officials of Community Police Karachi (CPK) Nazimabad at his office yesterday. The meeting was attended by CPK Chief Aqeeq Iqbal, Deputy Chief Hammad, and other representatives. During th...
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