Heatwaves: tree plantation must be given special attention
The Met forecast says that the country is going to face hot summer this year as the northern areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and most areas of Gilgit-Baltistan will receive less than normal rainfall. The meteorological department has released the weather...
Ways to protect victims of online scammers
It is very unfortunate that along with other crimes, women have also been increasingly falling prey to online harassment and online scams, which needs to be prevented. Yes, the existing data shows that women are soft targets of online harassers, blac...
Mental stressing taking toll on students’ lives
Though suicide has been a silent killer in our society but off late there is another addition to this menace which has afflicted the young students as well. Yes, the rising number of suicides and attempted suicide among students is a matter of grave...
Inflation at its peak
Though inflation has been high during the last many years, but the record-high February inflation has hit the masses hard and now families have started to opt for choices among what they can afford and what not. It is mainly the food and transport pr...
Ordeal of Pak migrants
It is very unfortunate that despite repeated incidents bringing to fore the plight of Pak migrants abroad, nothing significant has been done by those at the helm of affairs to redressed their problems abroad. In yet another incident, as many as 28 Pa...
Hazardous pollution reach alarming level
Pollution has become a long-time issue in Lahore, which is still among the top three most polluted cities of the world for the last many years. As a matter of fact, all living things including plants and animals are also at risk due to various sorts...
Lawless in volatile Balochistan province
As the gender-based violence is on the rise in the country, the human rights organizations, have decried the impunity to criminals invol ed in the heinous practices. At a rally staged in protest against the Bhakran incident of murders, the protest ma...
Austerity drive: a way out
The comprehensive austerity drive under which the Federal cabinet, Ministers and others have to forgo salaries and other perks is a welcome move as austerity is the only way out of the current economic storm which is unprecedented in nature and which...
Defence Minister’s statement adds to uncertainty on economic front
The Defence Minister Khawaja Asif statement on Saturday last, saying that Pakistan has already defaulted, is matter of grave concern as it has sent shockwaves among the investors, the business community and the public at large. “You...
Saga of humiliation and neglect
The recent video of a Transgender person, who was seen dancing for getting ration in Punjab speak volume of the plight of the trans people in Pakistan. It is really disturbing to see that the trans man did not dance on his own but he was...
