US, Pakistan and India
Spin and reality Despite sharp difference between the US and India on trade issues, President Trump considers PM Narendra Modi as a strategic ally while relations with Pakistan are seen important but…
Parting of ways
Accurate or not, Bilawal’s remarks signal the end of cooperation PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that PML-N supreme leader Mian Nawaz Sharif too had been a ‘selected’ Prime Minister before Imran…
Being slowly engulfed by coronavirus
Deaths in Iran show lack of readiness The recent deaths in Iran from the coronavirus has caused panic in neighbouring Balochistan, giving rise to the fear that the coronavirus may spread to…
PM torn between two extremes
An exercise in unaffordable populism Prime Minister Imran Khan is caught between two stools. As a staunch admirer of Ayub Khan’s economic model, based on the trickle-down theory, he has consistently advocated…
Peace at last?
Hopefully yes A ‘partial truce’ has been reached between US forces and the Afghan Taliban for a week long “reduction in violence” guaranteeing that there will be no ‘major offensive operations’ from…
In search of a scapegoat
PTI govt throws AGP under the bus On Tuesday Attorney General Anwar Masood Khan made a statement before the full bench of the SC that was dubbed by the judges as “uncalled…
FATF reprieve
Buy only until June The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put off putting Pakistan on its blacklist, but has retained it on its grey list, and will decide in June whether…
PSL home at last
The momentum should continue The holding of the PSL tournament in Pakistan should have been a matter of routine. However, the fact that it took until the fifth tournament to be held…
Opposition’s dilemma
Waiting for the referee to raise finger? The media continues to broadcast live interviews with the people in the streets bitterly complaining of rising prices, unemployment, businesses closing down leading to retrenchments…
Leaving social media alone
The government realises control is beyond it By directing the Information Technology Ministry to take aboard stakeholders before implementing the social media rules recently approved by the federal Cabinet, Prime Minister Imran…
Ehsan’s escape
Answers required Federal Interior Minister Ejaz Shah has confirmed that former Tehrik Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan had indeed escaped, as he had claimed in an audio message recently. However, Mr Shah…
Resurgence of polio
Vaccination drives under security threat As if the continuing rise of confirmed polio cases across the country was not enough, vaccination drives to protect against the crippling virus have once again come…
Karachi gas leak
With the cause unknown, ICU patients need the most attention The gas leak in Kemari presented the scene of a gas attack, except that the source of gas attacks is usually known.…
UN Secretary General
Call for mediation on Kashmir rejected United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres made an offer of mediation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue, but India rejected that offer. He also…
Letter from the AIC
Government still has time to review its new digital media laws There has already been significant and justified outrage over the PTI government’s attempt to regulate social media through a ridiculous set…
IMF intends to collect
The success of the IMF review will cost the common man In a negotiation which went into extra time, the IMF and Pakistan came to an agreement on how to proceed further.…