Dawn Editorial 18 April 2020
IMF facility THE news of new lending from the IMF totalling $1.3bn is a welcome development as Pakistan’s external pressures …
Read MoreThe Express Tribune Editorial 17 April 2020
Deaths with cause unknown Two hundred-odd deaths in Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city, in two weeks’ time are just about …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 17 April 2020
A stealthy contagion A VIRUS that spreads stealthily even through asymptomatic individuals is obviously one most difficult to counter, especially …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 16 April 2020
Maintaining lockdown PICTURES of crowded vegetable markets in some of Pakistan’s largest cities in recent days paint a grim picture …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 15 April 2020
Domestic violence WHEN governments around the world first began announcing lockdown measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, …
Read MoreAfghanistan-US Peace Agreement: Back From the Brink! By Iqbal Khan
AFGHANISTAN government released 100 Taliban prisoners on April 09, claiming they were among 5,000 detainees to be freed under Afghanistan …
Read MoreEase in Lockdown | Editorial
Are we going to witness a near-normal activity in the country from today? Well, it looks so. The PM has …
Read MoreThe Express Tribune Editorial 14 April 2020
Horrifying WB forecast While Pakistan’s economy was already in an extremely bad shape, the coronavirus pandemic has dashed any hopes …
Read MorePakistan Economy and the Impact of Covid 19 By Imtiaz Rafi Butt
WHAT started as a small viral outbreak in Wuhan city of China has now engulfed the whole planet. All those …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 14 April 2020
Economic projection THE World Bank has just released its first major report looking in detail at the economic projections for …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 13 April 2020
Need to restrict WITH more than 1.5m people infected and upwards of 100,000 dead, the spread of the deadly coronavirus …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 12 April 2020
Dearth of test kits ADEQUATE testing capability is integral to formulating a response to any health crisis. One can multiply …
Read MoreWHO Warning | Editorial
As the worldwide death toll from the novel Coronavirus has surpassed 100,000 with 1.6 million cases reported, World Health Organization …
Read MoreThe Express Tribune Editorial 11 April 2020
Soaring public debt Debts are not bad if they are invested in development projects to bring socio-economic progress in the …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 11 April 2020
Ehsaas begins THE largest distribution of direct cash assistance to the poor and unemployed began on Thursday as 4m people …
Read MoreImpact of COVID-19 on the World By Senator Sehar Kamran
“Public health is really closely tied to the social, political and economic issues of the world. Where they go awry, …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 10 April 2020
Yemen truce AMIDST much doom and gloom across the world, a faint flicker of hope has appeared for the impoverished …
Read MoreThe Express Tribune Editorial 9 April 2020
Spike in cases From one coronavirus-infected case on February 26, Pakistan took 29 days to reach one thousand. It then …
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