Demanding fresh elections
Without removing flaws in the election process
Maulana Fazlur Rahman had announced the date for what he calls the Azadi March without consultations with...
Dengue crisis
Highest figures to date
Dengue virus has claimed 47 lives this year across Pakistan and with new cases still being reported it seems this...
Imran Khan’s ever shifting priorities
And JUI-F’s shot across the bow
He said he would provide jobs and houses. Then he promised to give hens and eggs and calves to...
Nipping militancy in the bud
For our own sake
Pakistan has fought a largely successful, long and bloody war against terrorism at home for more than a decade through...
Reforming the law
NAB Law reforms without the opposition
Every government makes reforms in the criminal law. Changes are often enough made by an omnibus bill, in...
Sino-US Trade War
The end in sight
Though the Sino-US trade war is by no means over, its end has been brought into sight by the agreement...
Change of heart in the Prime Minister?
Free hand to JUI-F
It is surprising the way the government’s attitude towards Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March has suddenly undergone a change. Earlier...
The adjustment phase
And its effect on industries
While the economy goes through an adjustment period where the currency has been brought closer to its real market...
Politics making accountability questionable
Nawaz Sharif in NAB custody
The PTI has been used to launching noisy public protests to hold those in power accountable. Now that the...
PTI’s foreign funding
PTI’s reluctance creates the wrong optics
The Election Commission of Pakistan’s dismissal of multiple PTI petitions for secrecy about its foreign donations to be...
Discussing hot-button issues
Two issues dominated talks during PM Imran Khan’s China visit, Kashmir and CPEC
President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Imran Khan that China would...
Sri Lankan series
Pakistan whitewashed in T20Is
The 3rd T20I in Lahore would not have decided anything, for Sri Lanka had already won the series by virtue...
JKLF march
Kashmiris peaceful protest against illegal annexation
Prime Minister Imran Khan telephoned several world leaders to condemn Indian atrocities and its change of Indian-Occupied Kashmir’s...
Doubts about the March
Interior Minister showing signs of impatience
Interior Minister Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah does not approve of JUI(F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s intention of holding...
PTI government in panic
Upset by a small dose of its own medicine
Months after assuming power in 2018 Imran Khan challenged the opposition parties to hold rallies...
Blurring the lines
Multiple power centres prevailing
There is a growing perception that the government is not in control of some very important aspects of governance and...
Imran Khan’s third visit to China
Failing to implement CPEC projects by a long chalk
The PM proceeded to China yesterday to discuss issues of regional and bilateral importance with the Chinese...
