N’s third second year in power
Long way from the finish line
Once again Nawaz Sharif completes two years in power. He’s yet to complete three continuous years as prime minister....
Army runs the show
The tower that nobody can miss
Never in the history of Pakistan did any elected prime minister meet the army chief so frequently. Never during...
PML-N’s stock taking
Influenced by events
As controversial as the coming into power process of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) was, it pales in comparison to the...
‘NEPRA is a parasite’ — Interview: Engr Arshad H Abbasi
Pakistan is in danger of facing a grave level of food insecurity due to water shortage
Amidst the existential war against terrorism our more lingering,...
Gems of Lahore — The Havelis
Footprints on the sands of time
Lahore, originating from unknown times, has always been a masterpiece of design that city planners of today look upon...
Sins not committed
A good plan and a bad executor does not a stable country make
Once upon a time Aristotle measured the value of learning and said...
The return of the foreign hand
Political expediency has stood in the way of the PML-N government from implementing the NAP
A report by Sindh police maintains that it has broken...
An action plan without good intentions
It’s hard to see a rainbow when the sky is black
NAP is making news again. Not for the ground it has covered but for...
Seminaries and the government
They’ll nap on NAP a while longer
That Information Minister Pervez Rashid had to apologise for his ‘provocative comments’ about religious seminaries has once again...
Blind faith
Not something we can afford
We have been facing the same issues for decades without any solution. Whether it were the 1950’s, the 1980’s or...
‘NAP was faulty policy’
Counter terrorism is civil admin’s domain
After the information minister’s recent run-in with madrassas – over reforms, of course – it seems that much about...
A valuable addition to study on Pakistan
The long road from the beginning to the abyss
The book is a collection of period studies by experts which would be highly useful not...
Was hero-making of Tipu Sultan a necessity?
A different story from Bhagat Singh
The first week of May marks two great historical events; the martyrdom of Tipu Sultan dated May 04, 1799...
Our economy — the good, the bad, and the ugly
It’s that time again
Winter is coming to Westeros. If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, you know what that means. In a less fictitious...
When growth doesn’t add up
But that’s not how the finance minister sees it
The 7th Review with the IMF may have eased the finance minister’s road to the budget,...
The social factor and GSP Plus
What Pakistan’s economic and trade development policies lack
Pakistan is by no measure an infant state though it has never ceased to behave like one....
Karachi massacre central to NAP success: LEAs
Our Massacre Correspondent -- Incidents like the Ismaili massacre in Karachi are just what we need if the National Action Plan (NAP) is to...
