IMF wants Rs40b in taxes — who will bear the brunt?
Will the public stand for more taxes; can it afford to?
Taxes -- the ruling party can’t seem to run the country with them,...
The peculiar case of taxation
And Pakistan’s present predicament
International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) ninth review was successfully completed some days ago. We missed targets to the two key quantitative performance...
Pakistan and the shackles of IMF
Our own bad governance and poor policies are to blame
Muhammad Saleem, who has been running a pushcart in the Shah Alam Market of Lahore...
INTERVIEW: ‘Pakistan will never compromise its nuclear programme’ –General (retd) Talat Masood
There is nothing odd about Gen Raheel requesting the Washington visit
These are, of course, crucial times for Pakistan. The biggest threat naturally comes from...
Temple of Jhingar Shah Suthra
About time somebody protected our heritage
Small structures usually go unobserved, though they, too, hold some historic magnitude. Same is the case with one of...
Taxali Gate — Afar the red light!
No no-go area
We observe sites with associated assumptions and do not try to look beyond them. As I mention Taxali Gate to anyone, the...
Dr Who
The Time Lord alien who saves many worlds
Doctor Who is a program that needs no introduction, at least in the western hemisphere. The longest...
Imran Khan releases Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan back into wild
Islamabad – Our PTI Correspondent: In a much publicised photo-op, PTI chairman Imran Khan released Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan back into the wild, in the presence...
KP government to improve health, education sectors by producing “really kick-ass” song
Peshawar - Our Musical Correspondent: The PTI-led provincial government, under pressure of recent criticism of inaction in governance, specially the health and education sectors,...
Man with lion-suit “too far in” to leave PML-N now
Lahore - Our Sher Correspondent: Shehbaz Ahmed Butt, a resident of Mughalpura, Lahore, told reporters on Saturday that despite not being satisfied with the...
The elephant in the room at Imran’s press conferences
Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?
There is much to discuss at Imran Khan's press conferences. Chief of which can be the...
Lucman takes on the PTI
If there is one rule of political punditry that extends across all the nations, it is this: if you bite the bullet, do away...
Siraj-ul-Haq and revising history
The ANP and the Jamaat-e-Islami both opposed the creation of Pakistan.
But there is a difference in the way both parties deal with this historical...
Fruitful or fruitless?
Public opinion about the local body elections
Tall claims about electoral integrity and administrative efficiency have remained just that – claims. Elections at the grass...
PTI, local body elections and lost opportunities
Did the party fail the democratic process?
After becoming the second strongest party in Pakistan after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after the 2013...
LG elections and PML-N
Lacking the capacity to learn
The most important outcome of the Local Government polls in Punjab is that they have exposed Imran Khan’s highly exaggerated...
Ghosts of the LG polls past and future
And the elected acting like dummies
The Constitution of Pakistan establishes the state as a federal parliamentary republic, comprising four provinces: Punjab (95 million), Sindh...
