Place to do business

Improving position not the only yardstick Pakistan has improved its ranking as a global reformer 28 places on the Ease of Doing Business Index....

Rule through Ordinances

Are we shutting down Parliament? During a little more than a year, the PTI government has promulgated over 15 ordinances, thus subverting the core...

Misplaced levity

The PTI should be most worried about Nawaz’s and Zardari’s health Instead of dismissing the illness of ousted Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif as...

Handling it tenure’s first protest

PTI government develops cold feet Protests against the government are a common thing in democracies and governments do not put hindrances in their way...

Trudeau’s marginal win

Canada’s far right unable to divide the electorate Justin Trudeau has won a second term in office as Canadian PM after a hard-fought election...

Climbing the escalation ladder

A tit for every tat can be disastrous   Despite the 29 May 2018 agreement between Pakistan and India to fully implement the 2003 ceasefire...

No positions available

Who should the unemployed look towards?   The automotive industry is expecting at least 10-15 per cent more direct jobs to be lost in the...

The case for the prosecution

Why is Rana Sanaullah not being brought to trial State Anti-Narcotics Minister Shehryar Afridi should realise that he will have to find some better...

Polio focal person

Too late the hero? The Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication, Ata Babar, has resigned, citing personal reasons, rather than the sixfold rise...

Put on notice

Reprieved for four months   In yet another display of sheer inefficiency, the PTI government is likely to have Pakistan painted into a corner while...

Censorship concerns

Senate’s concerns need to be addressed   It has become somewhat of an open secret that an abnormal amount of pressure is being put on...

There’s a good time coming, boys

But will we see the day?   Like the PML-N government before him, Prime Minister Imran Khan too has something to give to the youth....

Larkana by-election

The PPP loses again   For the PPP to have lost a provincial seat from Larkana, the home district of party founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,...

You asked for it

Now you have to put up with it No ruling party in Pakistan has been so arrogant and full of itself as the PTI...

Death on the Superhighway

Judicial inquiry needed to prevent future recurrence Three truckers were killed and another injured after Frontier Works Organisation personnel fired on a crowd of...

PM Imran Khan’s Saudi trip

Diplomatic offensive ends in smoke Finding it impossible to fulfill promises like five million houses and ten million jobs even if he was to...

The youth vote

If the government hasn’t the jobs, who does? Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry has told the nation not to look to the...