WHERE does one begin? The mind goes first to the parents of the 14 newborns who died early Wednesday in the Mother and Child Health Ward of Islamabad’s Pims Hospital. The heart falters at the sheer ...
PAKISTAN logged 1.8m malaria cases last year, revealing that sustained preparedness is not on the government’s priority list. The disease, preventable but potentially fatal, is registering a worryin...
BY now it has become almost tedious to read the same assessment from every global credit rating agency and lender — Pakistan’s economy has stabilised, but risks remain. Moody’s commentary on the...
WITH regard to resolving the US-Iran stand-off, two distinct approaches are being pursued simultaneously. The more mature track involves Pakistan and other regional countries that are trying to revive...
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s renewed push to strengthen agricultural research, provide quality seeds to smallholders and medium-scale farmers, and improve crop estimate systems could help address...
THE country’s top civil and military leaders are absolutely right when they say that dialogue and development are needed to address Balochistan’s crises. But perhaps one should recall that many ea...
EARLIER this week, the prime minister had extended yet another invitation to the opposition for negotiations, noting that “it takes two to tango”. “I once again invite the opposition for talks [...
ALL the government had to do was take a prisoner from jail to an appointed hospital and allow them to have their medical tests administered under the supervision of individuals they trust. This would ...
OVER the past quarter century, Pakistan has paid a staggering toll in lives lost to terrorism. Therefore, today, as the world observes the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victim...
SOME game is afoot. What precisely it is, is difficult to say. Islamabad hums with rumours, half-truths and speculation. Meanwhile, a Supreme Court order to shift the ailing former prime minister Imra...