Karachi dead in the water
The Sindh government has failed miserably Despite an intervention by the federal government, through the NDMA and Pakisan Army rescue teams, to resolve Karachi’s urban-flooding crisis brought about by monsoon rains, the…
Yet another pie in the sky
The “biggest ever megaproject” So far what we know about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Rs 7 trillion Ravi City Project is no more than an idea. Lahore continues to expand without any…
Lifting curbs on industry
Brave, though a bit of a crapshoot The government has taken a brave step by lifting the curbs on tourism and hospitality industry. The decision was taken in view of a significant…
More FATF requirements met
Citizens’ rights have to be protected The joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday night passed the Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) Bill 2020 only after two days of consultations between government and…
Pakistan, India and the Gulf
The myth of Muslim Ummah Pakistan’s influence in the Gulf has waned over time. Last year, India’s Foreign Minister was invited as guest of honour to address the OIC Foreign Ministers’ meeting…
Keeping it on the rails
There must be no delays in such a useful project The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Rs 1.137 trillion project for the improvement of the ML-1…
Modi has lost Kashmir
But has Pakistan a strategy to win it? One year after stripping the occupied Kashmir of its autonomy and turning the whole region into a virtual jail, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Civil Service Reform
Ignoring the youth bulge One of the election campaign promises made by the PTI was to find jobs for the youth bulge. That promise did not seem to have worked out before…
The PTI needs to dial back
As opposition limbers up for action One of the major failures of the PTI government is its inability to keep the prices of the commodities of daily use under control. Those hired…
The new normal
Moving forward safely and with caution Pakistan, through some miracle, has pulled off an impressive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that hit the country hard, reaching its peak in mid-June. The PTI…
Depriving Occupied Kashmir of its identity
August 5 is a dark day for the Kashmiris By revoking Indian Constitution’s Article 370 on August 5, 2019 the BJP government stripped the occupied Kashmir of its autonomy after seven decades.…
Rains and politics
Karachi needs a more permanent solution to its infrastructure problem For the citizens of Karachi, the catastrophe created by monsoon rains is an annual event. The city’s sewerage and drainage system is…
PTI’s policy of total confrontation
Democracy is the art of the possible Prime Minister Imran Khan does not want to touch the opposition with a bargepole. Strongly believing that he has been assigned the sacred mission of…
Staying the course
SBP thinks the modest GDP growth target can be met The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), in its report on the third quarter of the financial year just past, 2019-20, has also…
SAPMs depart
Dual nationality hardly the reason SAPMs Tania Aidrus (e-governance) and Dr Zafar Mirza (Health Services) have resigned not because they had really delivered and their respective jobs were done, though Ms Aidrus…
Politicking over anti-terror financing laws
PTI’s tunnel vision Finally the amendments required in two laws by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) have been passed by both the National Assembly and Senate. While the clearance of the…
An atypical leader of the Opposition
Waiting for the government to fall under its own weight The opposition has failed to make use of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s continuous failures caused by incompetence. The opposition alliance which was…