Labour-intensive industries – a way to fight poverty
ISLAMABAD: Hunger refers to the strong desire, craving or scarcity of food in a country. The number of hungry people around the world has come down considerably over the past two decades, but still 842...
View ArticleUnwanted ingredients
KARACHI: Recently, new information has stirred up debate on social media and in international newspapers regarding certain ingredients found in daily-use items that have been categorised as...
View ArticlePensioners
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the revision of pay scales to give greater benefit to government employees. While this is a welcome decision, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is requested to...
View ArticleIs Pakistan really a state?
KARACHI: The concept of a ‘state’ was adopted to provide security, health and education to all citizens, irrespective of their caste, colour, religion and creed. If we take an overview of Pakistan’s...
View ArticleIgnoring merit
KARACHI: Merit means the quality of being worthy. This word is generally not given value in many sectors. Ignoring merit is a common occurrence in many schools, colleges, offices, hospitals and other...
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Nuclear futures
Pakistan is increasingly power hungry and will become more so as the economy expands, albeit by fits and starts. Power is generated from a basket of sources — hydroelectric, wind, sun, diesel and...
View ArticleSpeculative financial attacks
We live in a world awash with money. Not only can the banks create 20 times more money than the amount they receive as deposits, but an enormous shadow banking system has come into existence which...
View ArticleThe Snowden effect
History is going to have an interesting time placing Edward Snowden in context and assessing his relevance. Of all the whistleblowers of the modern era there are none that have had quite the impact...
View ArticleClamping down
Taking a cue from the hardline governments in Bangladesh and India, our government is also tightening the noose for NGO’s who operate on a number of projects in Pakistan. Our state wants more control...
View ArticleGirl from Swabi on journey to find her parents
SWABI: In a heartbreaking discovery, a girl who was taken away from her parents at just seven years of age is now on the lookout for her family. Sana, now 13, reached Topi town of Swabi district on...
View ArticleFatal collision: Man killed, three injured
JAMRUD: A man was killed and three others were injured in a road accident near Takhta Baig check post in Khyber Agency. Haji Khandad Afridi, a khasadar line officer, said the accident took place at a...
View ArticleMining in Fata: ‘Protect interests of investors, mine owners’
PESHAWAR: Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan directed the FATA Secretariat to implement mining regulations and ensure the interests of investors and mine owners are protected. According to a handout...
View ArticleThe (poli)ticking clock: Arch-rivals PML-N, PTI in the lead in Swat
MINGORA: After vote counting was completed, a two-horse race began between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for the coveted district nazim slot in Swat. Both parties bagged 22...
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Miracle worker: The man who sees what most cannot
GHAZI TARBELA: The recent local government elections rewrote Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s political history in several aspects. While the public went through a somewhat violent grass root devolution for the...
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A slow pace: PTCs slam tedious funding process for missing facilities
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Elementary and Secondary Education department has trained nearly 0.2 million members of parent teacher councils (PTC) in 13 districts. However, PTC members...
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In the fold: PML-N joins tripartite alliance in Swabi
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has joined the ranks of the tripartite alliance of Awami National Party, Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl in Swabi. While addressing a news...
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Eyes on you: Over 2,200 people being monitored in K-P
PESHAWAR: Over 2,200 people are being strictly monitored round-the-clock under Schedule IV of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. According to the law, the provincial government is authorised to include...
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In Mohatta’s rooms, many a textured splendor unfurls
KARACHI: The black cotton jumlo from Kohistan with its 350-panel skirt and embroidered bodice arrests the eye until the gaze is torn to look at the sparkling gharara from the collection of the Nawab of...
View ArticleDanish Ambassador rides Metro Bus like a true Islooite
ISLAMABAD: The new Metro bus service, running between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, has everyone in the twin cities excited. It was thus only a matter of time that the fever spread to the foreign...
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Protecting their own? Police yet to arrest key suspects in brothers’ killing
RAWALPINDI: Police are yet to arrest two of their colleagues who are main suspects in the killing of two brothers in Rawalpindi on Saturday night. The two brothers, Shakeel Butt and Zeeshan Butt, were...
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