Sindh, Balochistan cry foul as Irsa keeps mum over deepening water crisis

HYDERABAD: Water crisis in Sindh and Balochistan continues to deepen with each passing day as the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) remains indifferent to their hue and cry constantly being raised over the last few weeks.

The two smaller provinces have been expressing their strong reservations over “unfair” deduction in their share of the Indus water while Punjab continues to draw in excess of…

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Choose Class War, Not Boomer Resentment

The generational warfare promoted by centrists and the Right, who have long been desperate to cut and privatize Social Security, is a fool’s solution to what ails the system. Taxing the rich is the answer.


“Total boomer luxury communism” is the Right’s latest attempt to convince younger Americans to slash their own future benefits under the guise of sticking it to older generations.…

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Energy discount fails to impress industry

ISLAMABAD: The country’s business community continues to be unimpressed with the government’s ‘success story on energy tariff incentives’ benefiting more than 127,686 industrial consumers in the first two months and counting.

The two sides have exchanged divergent positions on the benefits of a three-year incremental package with a Rs4.04 per unit reduction for industry and the revision of the…

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