‘Tis the season to rally
It seems ‘tis the season to conduct political rallies here at home because we have scarce little to be jolly about. All the political...
Let’s be real
The topic that generates maximum speculation theses days, may it be in top political shows or in our drawing rooms, is whether Imran Khan...
Gas crisis
The current gas crisis has hit the country very hard and it will only get worse in the upcoming days. Though the government of...
CSS age-limit
I would like to draw the attention of high ups through your newspaper to the following logic which justifies the age-limit relaxation for the...
Bleeding Balochistan
Exactly 64 years ago, we celebrated our first New Year in a country called East and West Pakistan– a name glorified by the remarkable...
Extravaganzas
It would certainly be more of a killjoy for the current corridors of power to pay heed to the feedback from civil society but...
Not just searching for sex
I read a post some days back about Pakistan’s number one ranking on searching the word “sex” over Google on Pro-Pakistani. This little stat...
Human rights violation
Pakistan is considered one of those countries of world where human rights violation hit the highest point everyday. Our turbulent political history with long...
Five months after, KESC workers on the streets again
After five months, hundreds of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) workers regrouped outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Saturday to resume the protest...
Paramedics’ protest puts OPD patients in limbo
The outdoor patient departments (OPDs) at all major state-run hospitals in the city remained closed on Saturday as doctors, professors and paramedic staff protested...
New Years parties under tax threat
Beware; as the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department is all set to ruin New Year celebrations for revellers enthusiastically looking forward to the new...
Govt reduces fee for CNG stations and Petroleum storage licenses
Government has reduced the safety checking fee for CNG stations and petrol pumps for strengthening the mechanism of checking installation of substandard CNG kits...
Clarification
Apropos upon a news report regarding a year of gloom for agriculture sector published in “Profit”, Lahore on 28th December, 2011, the spokesman of...
MQM wants Hazara and South Punjab provinces
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly Secretariat which demanded to carve out ‘Hazara Province’ out of...
Water is life… even if it’s a project
‘Project Aab’, a nationwide post-flood rehabilitation programme, has so far reached 70,000 people affected by the 2010 floods in 19 locations within eight districts...
US mulling Saleh’s travel request: official
The US government would only allow Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to travel to the United States for "legitimate" medical treatment, and is now...
