Soaring food prices
Vegetable too are now a luxury
Of the many problems facing Pakistan at the moment, ranging from political instability to national security/foreign policy concerns,...
Kartarpur Corridor
Amidst headwinds of intolerance
Two important events took place on Saturday. The first was the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, thus allowing Indian Sikhs...
Accountability, NAB-style
Questionable techniques leading to bad results
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has never enjoyed a good reputation. Constituted by Pervez Musharraf, it was widely...
PTI and the system
Flexibility is the essence of democracy
The government pretended that it was trying to reach a deal with the Azadi March organisers supported by...
FATF future
IMF mission also not unhappy about revenue
Federal Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar has described a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) future which does...
The army and politics
Perception can sometimes become reality
Addressing the JUI-F’s Islamabad sit-in, Maulana Fazlur Rehman complained of interference from above in every election in the past,...
Smog covers Lahore
The government must do more than close schools
The Punjab government was panicked into closing schools on Thursday by increasing smog and predictions of...
Medical board on Nawaz’s treatment
A kick in the government’s pants
Former PM Nawaz Sharif suffers from a number of life-threatening illnesses. Last month, in a rare display of...
Not as rosy
The economy still has a long way to go
Federal Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar cannot really be faulted for taking an optimistic view...
When in a hole, stop digging
The government, opposition talks
One of the positive outcomes of the Azadi March is the initiation of a serious dialogue between the government and...
Another hike in electricity prices
Individuals and businesses suffering
NEPRA has increased the electricity tariff by Rs2.37 per unit for the current month. Last month an increase of Rs1.66...
A waypoint in Azadi March
From showdown to sustained pressure
The Azadi March has shaken an arrogant government to the core. The sit-in that followed has given it another...
PTI’s debt collector
Now with a lot of egg on his face
Every political party in Pakistan has a core issue around which its election campaign revolves...
US report on global terrorism
State Department’s message to Pakistan
The US State Department’s report on terrorism, mandated by and presented to US Congress, focused on Pakistan’s terror financing,...
Following up the Tezgam inferno
Sensitivity missing
That many of the 74 victims of the Tezgam inferno would need DNA identification was necessitated by the horrible way they were...
Maulana’s solo flight
Despite opposition parties sharing his objectives
The PPP and the PML-N had made it known before the Azadi March that they would stand by...
Development spending
IMF’s direction a wake-up call
One of the PTI’s first measures, after coming to power, was to restrict the ballooning budget deficit, significantly cutting...
