Government should get off its high horse
Both sides should avoid confrontation
The Azadi March was the largest protest march in the country’s history that traversed over 1000 kilometres from Karachi...
Rogue element in Afghanistan
Recent talks didn’t take them into account
The Human Rights Watch (HRW), a USA-based advocacy group, has said in a report that CIA-backed paramilitaries...
The Tezgam tragedy
No effort to put railways on track
Keeping in view the number of casualties, the Liaquatpur incident is the third biggest disaster in Pakistan...
Lahore’s air pollution
Being ranked second in the world no compliment
Being the world’s second most polluted city in the world should be cause for concern for...
PTI’s authoritarian streak
Disregard for constitution and laws
The PTI government continues to take actions in violation of the Constitution and law. In August President Arif Alvi...
The other border this time
Pakistan spreading itself too thin
A skirmish on the Pak-Afghan border in Chitral district has left five civilians and six soldiers hurt on the...
How will the Azadi march end?
The PTI has goose bumps
As the Azadi March led by the JUI-F and owned by eight other opposition parties enters Punjab the PTI government...
Traders fed up
Easing in reforms a better route to take
The PTI government’s tax reform initiatives have been largely unpopular across all industries as is the...
Imran Khan and political opponents
Setting atrocious precedents
Seven days in hospital with multiple life-threatening ailments, Nawaz Sharif’s life continues to hang by a thread. Fearing the possible repercussions...
Shrinking democratic space
Suppressing freedom of speech, punishing dissent
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has once again issued directives to television channels that fundamentally restrict them...
Azadi March Agreement
Lessons for the government
The government and the JUI-F finally reached an agreement on Saturday on the latter’s Azadi March on October 31, which...
Kashmir Solidarity Day
How long will the agony last?
October 27 marked on Sunday the 72nd anniversary of the invasion of Kashmir by Indian troops. Then as...
Shifting the burden to judiciary
To subsequently malign it
That Nawaz Sharif suffers from several ailments, some of which could be life threatening if not treated properly and on...
Inaction along LoC
Who will provide the necessary protection?
As tensions with India remain high, unprovoked crossborder firing along the LoC continues unabated despite there being a...
Playing with a political opponent’s life
Setting a bad precedent
There is little change in the PTI government’s vengeful attitude towards former PM Nawaz Sharif who is currently under treatment...
Getting away with murder
The case once again is rendered ‘unsolved’
The accused in the Sahiwal shooting, in which the Counter-Terrorism Department officials were accused of having shot...
After Kartarpur opening
Fresh attempts needed to resolve disputes
The unique agreement to open the Kartarpur Corridor has been signed at a time when the relations between...
