Newspaper - Letters - March 15, 2026

The missing data of our nuclear journey

THIS is with reference to the article “Pakistan’s winding road to the bomb” (EOS, Jan 11), which comprised excerpts...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:33am

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Academic stress is taking lives

THE recent incident involving a final-year medical student jumping off a three-storey building was shocking, and...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:32am

In uncharted waters

THE Iranian leadership has been wiped out by American-Israeli alliance, but Iran is still standing tall. Nobody can...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:31am

CIA and Mossad

THE recent joint operation by the United States and Israel, which targeted the Iranian supreme leader along with...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:29am

Cashless economy

THIS refers to the letter ‘Documented economy’ (Feb 23). For obvious reasons, our tax-evading traders, smugglers and...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:28am

Gas shortage

ONE of the most serious problems faced by the people of Karachi during Ramazan is the shortage of natural gas. For...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:27am

PLANNED DISTRICTS OF LAHORE

PLANNED DISTRICTS OF LAHORE: The government of Punjab had planned a little while ago the division of Lahore into two...

Published 15 Mar, 2026 08:25am

Demotivated staff ruin organisations

OUR institutions and organisations, both public and private, suffer from a silent crisis; lack of motivation among...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

Exam confusion

I TEACH English to Karachi board’s class IX and X students at a private secondary school. We, the teachers, have...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

Widening trade gap

THE recent data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reveals a deeply troubling picture regarding the...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

Water wastage

I WENT to the local water filtration plant recently and saw a man washing his car using filtered water meant for...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: Turbat’s growing population faces a critical shortage of medical facilities. The existing...

Published 14 Mar, 2026 05:35am

AI algorithms have anti-Muslim biases

I AM a scholar and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, working at the intersection of technology,...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:06am

Pesco blues

A FEW months ago, I had lodged an online overbilling complaint with the portal of Peshawar Electric Supply Company...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:05am

University affairs

A VIDEO on social media went viral recently, showing a senior official of Sindh University’s Dadu campus in an...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:05am

Austerity plan

AUSTERITY measures must be visible and start from the top. Mere rhetoric will not serve the purpose. There are...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:03am

Poor in trouble

REGARDLESS of the current wave of austerity measures, the trend remains the same; a systematic abandonment of the...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:03am

Meaningless debates?

THIS refers to the letter ‘Wasting time in futile debates’ (Jan 11), which argued that debates about the...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:02am

PLASTIC CONSUMPTION

PLASTIC CONSUMPTION: Inter-national studies have revealed that humans ingest thousands of microplastic particles...

Published 13 Mar, 2026 09:02am

Ill-conceived sense of urban progress

THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Destroying heritage’ (Feb 16) regarding the destruction of a Mughal-era...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Damaging proposal

THE recent proposal by Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, to lower the admission percentage threshold for...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Public trust

PUBLIC policy often fails not at the design stage, but at the point of execution. Many policies are technically...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

School counsellors

THE establishment of Career Placement and Counselling Centres (CPCCs) in universities is a great step towards...

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

VIOLENCE AGAINST DOCTORS

Violence against healthcare professionals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has reached an alarming level,

Published 12 Mar, 2026 06:37am

Mighty military is the ultimate factor

THE complex and deeply saddening situation unfolding in Iran should serve as the ultimate, the most powerful, and ...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:28am

German hypocrisy

AROUND 250,000 protesters gathered in the German city of Munich recently to demonstrate against the Iranian...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:27am

US vover for Zionists

THE Zionists, who are basically European settlers in Palestine, have increased their attacks on Al-Quds, the third...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:26am

Exploited labour

PAKISTAN continues to play a major role in producing official footballs for global giants. Sialkot has long been...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:25am

Survival test

I WISH to share a horrible experience I recently had at the Metro Bus Station. What was expected to be a comfortable...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:25am

CLOSED SCHOOL

CLOSED SCHOOL: The government keeps saying it is making sincere efforts to promote education and bring out-of-school...

Published 11 Mar, 2026 08:24am

Glamorising civil service is inanity

ONCE seen as a quiet pursuit of discipline, sacrifice and intellectual rigour, a career in Central Superior Services...

Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:56am

Traffic discipline

OVER the last few years, significant infrastructure development has taken place in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, which ...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:34am

Rude PPSC staff

I RECENTLY had to put up with a rather rude behaviour of the staff members of the Punjab Public Service Commission...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:33am

Pointed question

A FEW days ago, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister faced a pointed, but relevant question from a student at ...

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:32am

United we stand

IN these challenging times, when tensions and uncertainty dominate headlines, it is critically important for us, as...

Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:56am