Local government elections
The long and short of it
Elected local governments are the foundation of democracy, without a shred of doubt. Today, more than 70 countries in...
Interview: Co-chairman was misunderstood –Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo
Politics of reconciliation held the country together
The PPP co-chairman has got the party back in the main news with a bang, to say the...
A pearl inside Lahore Fort – Moti Masjid
A must-see sight for tourists
Entering the Lahore Fort through the British Era Postern Gate and going up the walkway, one can see three white...
Terrorists in urban areas
Who is more efficient, the terrorists or law enforcement agencies?
Operation Zarb-e-Azb launched last year in North Waziristan has achieved major successes. The capacity of...
Shades of Zarb-e-Azb
Anti-terror operation is one year old
They said it would be over in a matter of months. Three or four at the most. Yet Zarb-e-Azb...
One year of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
Consolidating gains
Nobody expected Operation Zarb-e-Azb to be a short term proposition. The most striking aspect of the operation was the categorical note adopted by...
The ‘other side’ of the existential war
The balm to sooth the wounds of the IDPs
The budget for FY2015-2016 once again threw the spotlight on the war on terror and its...
Badshahi Mosque
World’s largest mosque for 313 years!
On February 20, 1707, died the 88-year old Aurangzeb in Ahmednagar, India, leaving behind a huge empire he had...
Interview: ‘Sharifs have learnt little from history’ –Saeed Ghani
Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary decisions from leaders
The political situation in Islamabad, and indeed the rest of the count, remains interesting and intriguing. Operation Zarb-e-Azb...
Economy in limbo
A little help from Allah needed?
None other than the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar himself tells us that the government has failed to achieve all...
Budget – The mythical beanbag
All that glitters is not gold
The humorist and social commentator Will Rogers once declared the federal budget to be a mythical beanbag. In Rogers’...
Who cares about the budget?
When it means nothing, really!
It doesn’t inspire much confidence when, one day before the budget, the finance minister says the previous year’s targets were...
What they say…
Dr Salman Shah (Former Finance Minister): The budget continues to be made on ad-hoc basis. After three budgets, they are still without a cohesive...
The case of CPEC funding
No major shift in trade route per allocations
Good sense has prevailed finally: The political and religious parties have come to terms on a new...
INTERVIEW: ‘The meeting of the worlds through our territory’ –Dr Qais Aslam
The Corridor will bring us untold advantages, but only if we build enough capacity in time
China has signed with Pakistan $42-72 billion worth of...
Pak Tea House
An attempt to recreate what once inspired for so long
Having tea in a small café on Mall Road Lahore, the pictures hanging on the...
Two years of PML-N government
Three more to go?
The PML-N government is in the throes of celebrating its two years in power. Being the ruling party at the federal...
