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It’s all about political stability

Perturbed by the ongoing political uncertainty, the trade and industry leaders met and expressed concerns that the rising political uncertainty, deteriorating security situation and high cost of doing business are forcing…

Businesses, rights defenders decry internet slowdown

Government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country’s economic recovery at risk. Internet networks…

IPPs: one of the most difficult conundrums

For decades the public at large has been agitating in futility against electricity tariff hikes and power cuts. This summer, bitten by IMF’s withdrawal of multiple concessions to the industry,…

Let sanity prevail

The controversial cybercrime bill has been passed in the Senate – with most of its pernicious clauses still intact. These clauses carry mandatory minimum prison sentences and fines from anywhere…

The Rise Of Daesh

The rise of Daesh

The rising activities of the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) are posing a serious threat to the regional security in the Subcontinent. Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s recent address in…

The No-Action Plan

The No-Action Plan

The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV. Our record of making complex issues out of relatively simple ones is unbeatable. As…

Tax Evasion And Legislators

Tax evasion and legislators

Allegation of the Federal Information Minister in a press conference on November 27, 2014 that Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, and other prominent leaders of his party are "tax…

Illusions Of Peace

Illusions of peace

A brave woman by the name of Rehana Haleem, the sister of one of the men involved in the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, spoke up during a CNN interview last…