Our rulers must realise that the world is no longer ready to help those who don’t help themselves
The writer says unless politicians and policymakers take and act on hard decisions, the world will no longer step in to rescue Pakistan.
Editorial
A people-centred Asean
The paper says it is imperative that ASEAN and the international community step up their efforts to address the situation in Myanmar and hold the junta accountable.
A tax won’t fix tourism
The paper says a tax would do little to change the behaviour of tourists or to keep out rowdy ones.
Before an all-out catastrophe becomes imminent, Pakistan needs its key leaders to sit and talk
The paper says the threats facing Pakistan right now are far more serious than the financial and moral corruption our ‘leaders’ keep accusing each other of.
Concerns remain about Japan’s emergency warning system
The paper says the problem is that there has been no detailed explanation from the government as to what information the initial warning was based on and why it was corrected.
Another attack on the Philippine justice system
This is not the first time that lawyers, and even judges, have experienced harassment and police profiling.
Risks of a deeper slowdown
As the IMF points out, Korea, once a rapidly growing economy, confronts a growth slowdown, which may reflect “more ominous forces” in the world economy.
Nepal’s health policy one step forward, two steps back
The proposed slashing of the budget by up to 42 per cent will be a coup de grace for the nation's already ailing health sector that every year sees localised health emergencies.
Law alone cannot stop food hoarding
The paper urges the government to ensure that the proposed law doesn't meet the same fate as so many other ineffective laws in Bangladesh, due to the government's inability to…
Retno’s quiet mission
The Myanmar question is unlike any of the other diplomatic issues Indonesia will seek to address this year as Asean chair.