Risks of playing hardball with opposition
PM needs to walk a fine line
One had hoped that a 48-hour respite from a strenuous schedule would cool down the strung-up Prime...
Is the economy recovering?
Depends on how you look at things
Prime Minister Imran Khan on a regular basis insists that the economy is heading in the right...
A positive U-turn needed
To complete tenure
PM Imran Khan deserved the two day rest at Banigala to recover from recent shocks. One was caused by Maulana Fazlur...
Forgetting Altaf Hussain
Such creations always become liabilities
Head of MQM-Pakistan Altaf Hussain has always been reckless and unpredictable with his words. Apart from inciting violence, issuing...
Things falling apart?
Nawaz’s exit revealed cracks in the coalition
The most prominent dissenter from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s hardline policy on sending ex-PM Nawaz Sharif abroad...
Paedophile patronised
Why did the KP government employ him?
That Sohail Ayaz was deported to Pakistan from the UK without anyone telling the Pakistani authorities of...
Yet another blow to the PTI leadership
LHC allows Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad
About a dozen judgments by the county’s three High courts against the PTI government’s decisions in a...
Intolerance across the spectrum
Political and otherwise
Yesterday was the international day of tolerance that is observed by UN members annually. Pakistan, being a member, does the same...
A sudden outburst of bonhomie in NA
What goes up fast comes down fast
In a rare exercise of give and take, the opposition agreed to withdraw a no-confidence motion against...
Facebook friendship
A new means of censorship
The PTI may well pride itself on being Net-savvy, but that its members’ penchant for use of social media...
PM Imran Khan up a blind alley
Need to end prevailing bitterness in politics
Sycophants have been the bane of many a leader in Pakistan in the past. They play upon...
HEC in trouble
Is the government being penny-wise pound-foolish?
The government has slashed the budget of the Higher Education Commission by half, granting it only Rs 59...
JUI-F’s Plan B
As questionable as its sit-in
After 13 days of its sit-in in Islamabad, the JUI-F has concluded that it is not possible for a...
The advisers are coming!
A vote of no-confidence in ministers?
The proposal to use technical advisers from the private sector in ministries above the secretary but below the...
Delay can be harmful
Former PM needs urgent treatment abroad
Last month, acknowledging the medical condition of former PM Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Imran Khan said his sincere...
Vegetables too are now a luxury
Of the many problems facing Pakistan at the moment, ranging from political instability to national security and foreign policy concerns, the state of the...
Confusion about Mr Sharif’s departure
Former PM needs urgent treatment abroad
Last month, acknowledging the medical condition of the former PM Nawaz Sharif, PM Imran Khan said his sincere...
