OP-ED

The founder of the nation

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is the founder of Pakistan. He was a great leader with an ambitious vision for his people and their land, which he never stopped fighting to make happen - even from behind prison bars in London during WWII. Quaid-e-Azam is the mo...

Stiff fiscal challenges ahead

One would agree with the Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, who has painted a broad-based dismal macroeconomic outlook this year, but what he missed about the hitting the bull’s eye is that the economic melt-down which is prevailing right now is the...

Stiff challenge for security apparatus

Hardly a week goes by without a terrorist attack in the country, mainly the KP and Balochistan provinces, where the banned TTP and other militant and terrorists’ groups have regrouped after the take-over of Afghanistan by Taliban in August last...

Breast cancer: awareness is the key

It is very unfortunate that despite repeated pleas by the medical experts, our society sill stigmatizes some fatal health issues pertaining to reproductive health like the uterine cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and also the mental diseases....

An issue of national emergency

It is very unfortunate that the deadly virus of polio is rebounding once again with steep and steady emergence, mainly the KP and Balochistan provinces. On the one hand, the virus cases are rising while at the same time, the polio teams are under thr...

Use of EVMs in Punjab LB polls, a delaying tactic

It is very unfortunate that the Punjab government intentionally creates problems for the Federal Government in matters of national interests.  It comes up with novel practices and uncalled for stunts to create a dilly dally situation in serious...

STAND AND RISE – COPIOUS FLOOD IS ONE OF THE PROVENANCES TO DECIDE

Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan affected approximately more than 33 million people, including around 16 million children, which have also brought devastating rains, floods and landslides. Some major rivers breached their banks and dams overflow...

Cybercrime – A matter of concern

Crime is a word used for wrong deed or offence, but when it comes to cybercrime then, it can be defined as a crime done by internet to cause an immeasurable loss to the individual, organization, or the government. Cybercrime is a punishable offence c...

Smog: yet another climate change effect

It is very unfortunate that our country is exposed to all effects of Climate Change ranging from heatwaves, drought to floods and now smog. The changing weather patterns and abnormal rains and extreme temperatures are badly affecting our lives and en...

PTI always inclined to negative tactics

PTI leader and former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary in recent statement has hinted at PTI's Long March once again, for which he said the date is going to be announced soon by the PTI chief Imran Khan.   Though it will not be in the Red Z...

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Sindh Wildlife Department announces regulations, bans quail netting, permits mandatory

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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...
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