Early shades of Eqbal

A fresh look into the beginnings of one of Pakistan’s finest intellectuals   Eqbal Ahmad made his mark in the early 70’s as a radical polemicist...

Experience the Shahi Hamam now!

The exquisiteness of 17th century royal bath revived     Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor, was saddened with the untreatable illness of his beloved wife Noor Jahan, when...

Islamabad slum residents file missing persons report for MNA Asad Umar

Islamabad - Our Missing Persons Correspondent: The residents of the kachi abadis in Islamabad's I-11 sector filed a missing persons report on Friday, after...

CDA announces plan to demolish sense of decency

Islamabad - Our Political Correspondent: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad has announced plans to demolish any and all sense of decency in...

Allegations not proven

What the JC Report means for Pakistan – and for Imran Khan   If there were to be a breakthrough worth applauding in the democratic process...

Politics after the report

Will things change?   The General Elections-2013 Inquiry Commission 2015 report has finally resolved a political conflict legally. But will it be helpful politically too? That’s...

The Commission’s finding

Testing Imran’s political acumen   The judicial commission constituted to probe PTI’s allegations of rigging in the 2013 general election has concluded in its 237-page detailed...

What they say

ANP Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan: In the light of Judicial Commission report, which declared that the allegations levelled by Imran Khan were false,...

Interview: ‘The ToRs were faulty’ –SM Zafar

No one should consider PTI weak   The Judicial Commission’s findings have made for an uncomfortable situation for PTI, to say the last. Imran Khan was...

A searching analysis of Kashmir dispute

Comprising a collection of articles on the Kashmir dispute, the book seeks to study the problem of Kashmir from a politico-legal angle     Abdul Gafoor Abdul...

Reviving children’s Urdu literature

Undying penchant for Urdu, the language of heart and composite culture     “Mein ne Urdu apni maan ke doodh ke sath pi hei!” (I have consumed...

PTI files petition against rigging in 2018 elections

‘Might as well’   Islamabad - Our Judicial Commission Correspondent: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), under the presumed conclusion that it is going to lose the next...

PPP Punjab to travel across province on single Qing Qi

Lahore - Our Political Correspondent: “We'll still have room to spare, if anyone's interested.” The Pakistan People's Party's remaining members from the Punjab are planning...

INTERVIEW: Indian celebration ‘as premature as immature’ –Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri

Back-channel diplomacy takes years of commitment Khurshid Kasuri has definitely been the most successful Pakistani foreign minister in recent memory, especially if you consider India....

Back channel diplomacy – does Pakistan have any real ground to stand on?

The proverbial circle awaits?   Pakistan and India have seemingly put their verbal skirmishes aside for now to revive back channel diplomacy. For peace to prevail,...

After the Ufa botch up

The government has been rightly criticised   Nawaz Sharif is keen to initiate talks with India. He genuinely believes that Pakistan’s economic progress is not possible...

Modi meets Nawaz

Both countries must recognise their near-indispensability to each other’s causes     A joint statement to officially affirm the key agreements reached between PMs Sharif and Modi...