Unveiling the charisma of Gilgit-Baltistan

One of the most beautiful places in the country   The rock carving found in various places of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially those found in Passu village of...

“We have a major crisis of investment”: Dr Salman Shah

  Need 25pc investment-to-GDP ratio to provide buoyancy to the economy   The farming community is not doing much better either. There, too, the same issue of...

It’s always about the economy

And it isn’t looking good   IMF’s Extended Fund Facility ran out last year. With the oil cushion and funding gone, and nothing coming by way...

Aid and aided economy

Pakistan’s financial hangover   “For China, while Pakistan offers a perfect geostrategic location to implement its global “One Belt One Road” project, the revival of...

‘Initial signals from Washington are positive’: Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed

  There is no Obama legacy in Asia This interview was jointly conducted by Mian Abrar and Shah Nawaz Mohal   I don’t think the Trump administration is...

‘Initial signals from Washington are positive’: Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed

There is no Obama legacy in Asia This interview was jointly conducted by Mian Abrar and Shah Nawaz Mohal I don’t think the Trump administration is...

Trump: does this president mean business?

The new wine in an old bottle   “The US policies being primarily interest based make Trump nothing more than a new wine in the same...

Trump’s limitations in Pakistan

Pakistan can’t afford its isolation – but neither can the US   “One of the reasons that Washington has never looked out of this security prism...

Trump has taken oath, ladies and gentlemen!

What can Pakistan expect from the Trump administration?   Pakistan has already had a love-hate kind of relationship with the US during the Obama administration, with...

Donald Trump – the maverick

Love him or hate him – the man now holds the US economy in his hands   “Apple might soon be “convinced” by Trump to shift...

Huzoori Bagh – the historic garden

Another treasure of history dying a slow, ugly death This place was not meant to be like this. The Parks and Horticulture Authority tried illuminating...
Justice (r) Wajihuddin Ahmed

Justice (r) Wajihuddin Ahmed: ‘What is wrong is wrong’

 …and will remain so till eternity   Panamagate is all the rage, of course. But no sooner than the court’s proceedings end do the government and...

The Panama Papers riddle

Get ready. Get set. Go   “The contradictions in the past and the present statements of the prime minister, and his children with respect to the...

Panamagate case: As matters were stated and stood before the SC Bench

Is the Court headed towards forming a fact-finding commission?   Mr Bukhari rode high on rhetoric and self-deprecating humour while pointing out numerous contradictions in the...

Anthropologists make contact with remote, cut off tribe still thanking Raheel Sharif

A team of anthropologists from the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad have made contact with a tribe of remote, cut off tribe that still practised...

NAB CHAIRMAN QAMAR ZAMAN CHAUDHRY: ‘Plea bargain is not controversial’

NAB is just one arm of the accountability machinery   "I cannot stress enough that NAB is an independent, autonomous institution. It has no affiliations whatsoever...

Media Watch

‘Party hoppers’ in the age of the internet     Party hoppers are a bit of an elite when it comes to New Year’s celebrations but not...