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ColumnsThe economy heading south Perhaps a quintessential optimist, Asad Umer the finance minister, would make us believe that the economic crisis is all but over. Previously the ruling PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) oft<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/15/losing-the-perception-game/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsTail wagging the dog Prime minister Imran Khan is a lucky guy. The kind of support he enjoys from various state institutions, his predecessors could only dream of. He has everything going<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/08/confusion-worst-confounded/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsNeed for a reset Soon to be approaching, the first 100 days in power of the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government are reportedly going to be observed with much fanfare. But is there<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/18/first-100-days-of-pti/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsThe easy way out Instead of catching the bull by the horns the PTI led government has buckled under the collective might of religious zealots and extremists. The political opposition the go-to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/11/kowtowing-to-extremism/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsNo more NROs The PTI (Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf), led by Prime Minister Imran Khan, seems to be in a constant state of revolution. Castigating political opponents across the board in the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/27/khan-vs-the-opposition/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsAnd the beleaguered media Prime Minister Imran Khan is perhaps making a somewhat desperate last minute attempt to escape the gauntlet of the IMF (International Monetary Fund). In his interaction with media<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/21/economy-blues/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsAn uphill task An ostensibly flustered Asad Umer sounded a bit sheepish announcing the government’s decision to finally request the IMF (International Monetary Fund) for a bailout package. But more embarrassed should<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/14/fixing-a-failing-economy/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsAnd gimmickry sans performance In just less than two months since Imran Khan took oath as prime minister, he must have realized that governing Pakistan is a not a bed of roses.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/06/victimization-in-the-name-of-ehtesab/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsIn the wake of positive diplomacy It is indeed a positive development that the Imran Khan led PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) within a month of its induction is making all out efforts to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/23/the-thaw-that-never-was/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsNo light at the end of the tunnel The massive outpouring of sympathy across the political spectrum for the family on the demise of the Sharif matriarch begum Kulsoom Nawaz was a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/16/rip-kulsoom/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsAnd the Mian affair The PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government has succumbed to forces of obscurantism and bigotry even before it could start resisting them. It was a pleasant surprise to notice that<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/09/jinnahs-pakistan-3/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsNo time for a honeymoon Prime minster Khan has appealed to the media to give him three months before criticizing his government. Fair enough. After all he has been barely two weeks<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/02/taliban-khan-to-the-rescue/" title="Read more" >...</a>
