Editorial

Privatization of schools

Plans regarding privatization of schools is not a welcome move. It means that children who were given an almost free education in public schools will now be charged from their parents the hefty fees charged in private schools, where only the children...

To nip the evil in the bud

Finding polio virus samples from almost every district of Karachi is a matter of great concern. And the most painful thing is that it is being transmitted to this mega city by people from other part of the country, mostly Afghan refugees, majority of...

Chinese investment in solar energy and other sectors

Pak-China trade and investment parleys are going to further increase in coming years and the Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar invited China to invest in the solar energy sector. It is of particular importance for Pakistan in that it will st...

Violations of rules and pathetic state of roads

Pakistan is being counted among the worst countries in the world list regarding traffic accidents. Every five minutes, one person gets involved in a traffic accident here. In 2018, Pakistan was ranked 67th in the global death rate and the number of d...

Speculations on Afghanistan’s inclusion in CPEC

In Afghanistan’s bilateral trade with Pakistan, it is not possible to deny formal and undocumented trade. The reason for this is the centuries-old relations between the two countries, the relations between the communities and the level of relig...

Much more needs to done

When the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government came to power in 2018, the amount of foreign debt owed to the country was 28 thousand billion rupees, and at the time of its termination it was 45 thousand billion rupees which shows a massive increase in...

Privatization process in the offing

State-owned enterprises and national institutions are the assets of the nation which play a fundamental role in the economic development of the country. Those institutions of Pakistan which were once the backbone of the country's economy started to b...

Anti-polio drive in full swing

The anti-polio campaign is going on across the country from October 2, which will continue for a whole week in Karachi and for five days across the country. Meanwhile, children up to five years of age are being administered polio drops from house to...

Mafias involved in child labour

Giving jobs to innocent minor boys and girls has become a regular business. It is a mafia that is involved in carrying on this brutal business for the sake of few bucks. But the main role in this cruelty is the parents who bring their innocent childr...

Terrorists and their facilitators active again

 “Terrorists and their facilitators have nothing to do with religion and ideology".  They are the enemies of Pakistan and its people. Terrorist attacks on the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal show the nefarious intentions of these terrorists, wh...

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Hina Bayat discusses rising divorce rates

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