Abdullah Niazi is a member of staff currently studying Literature at LUMS. He also writes and edits for The Dependent.
Election 2018–Just a week to go There was a wonderful moment on television recently when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry gave an interview to Shahzeb Khanzada. The interviewer asked the PTI mouthpiece why<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/17/elections-roundup-feet-in-mouths-for-pti/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Election 2018There were tremors in the country as the Pakistani rupee lost 5.7 percent of its value as markets opened on Monday, with the rupee to the dollar rising to a record Rs<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/16/elections-roundup-take-care-caretakers/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Election 2018If there is agreement on anything, it is that the polls must take place on time. Whether it is a relic of a disturbed past or a genuine concern, there have been<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/15/election-roundup-right-around-the-corner-now/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Election 2018--Defiance in Lahore The dust had barely settled from the blast on former KP chief minister Akram Durrani’s convoy that there was a much deadlier attack in Mastung. While Durrani was th
Election 2018Some would like to call the clouds that engulfed Lahore on Thursday ominous, in truth they were little more than a small spat of monsoon rain and the sun was shining cluelessly<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/12/brace-for-impact/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALIt was in a sea of red caps, teary eyes and defiant slogans that the ANP’s Haroon Bilour was given his last rites and sent to his maker. The ECP has already<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/11/elections-roundup-another-election-another-bilour/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Election 2018The big news on Tuesday was the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor assuring the populace that the military was not in any way involved in the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/10/elections-roundup-alls-well-that-ends-well/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday unveiled his party's much-awaited manifesto for the 2018 general elections.With the launch of the manifesto, Pakistan’s three major p
Election 2018As inauspicious as the day may be, Mian Nawaz has announced he will be landing in Pakistan on Friday the thirteenth.The former prime minister is defiant, and to his credit, the return is a week af
SportsBefore the ICC Champions Trophy final in England last year, Imran Khan in a television interview had advised the Pakistan team to bat first and simply bowl through India no matter what<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/08/pakistan-batting-comes-alive/" title="Read more" >...</a>
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Election 2018The enemy of my enemy. . . The dust is beginning to settle, well, as much as it can settle with the Sharifs still out of the country. But even with them still in London, the cogs of the state
