Need to engage the opposition
Establishment- PDM dialogue can save the situation There was a time when all opposition parties wanted to resolve issues with PTI government through talks. PM Imran Khan’s hubris however led him to…
Orange line train
Benefits of new transit system justify the subsidy After much delay, Lahore’s Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project has become commercially operational with both the PTI and the PML-N squabbling over who…
The Prime Minister’s obsession
Is Mian Nawaz Sharif’s being in the UK the country’s only issue? It is not easy to fathom Prime Minister Imran Khan’s insistence on the need to bring ex-PM Mian Nawaz Sharif…
Abduction and return
Ali Imran’s example was meant to scare journalists The abduction of broadcast journalist Ali Imran Syed and his release later on Saturday evening was not so much meant to punish as to…
The government and the Supreme Court
Will anyone resign after the court’s strictures? The courtiers around Prime Minister Imran Khan are willing do anything for him irrespective of its legality. The President continues to abjectly sign on the…
Still on grey list
FATF’s latest deadline may be its last Pakistan has made good progress on the FATF front; fulfilling 21 conditions of the 27-point action plan put forth by the global terrorist funding and…
The public perception of NAB
Fresh references further support it NAB has acted in a predictable way. Within days of being goaded by Prime Minister Imran Khan to dispose of mega corruption cases quickly, the NAB Executive…
Bowing to extremism
Cancellation of lecture shows disturbing trend Apparently, there should be no problem with Dr Atif Mian delivering a lecture on ‘Why has economic growth fallen behind in Pakistan?’ at Karachi’s Institute of…
Moving from crisis to crisis
Is the worst yet to come? It suits the PTI government to redirect the opposition’s criticism of its failures towards the establishment. There is a perception that to enable an incompetent administration…
First quarter surplus
Good news won’t last unless government puts in effort That the country’s current account has remained in surplus for the first quarter is cause for celebration, but does not quite justify the…
Rehabilitate the honour of Sindh police
Bad advice must be rejected Sindh faced an unprecedented security crisis as practically the entire police leadership from the IGP down to the DSPs, and in cases even Inspectors, sought leave for…
Controlling prices
PM must take charge Prime Minister Imran Khan must learn from the latest meeting of the Federal Cabinet that food inflation is a serious problem for the government, and that his excuse…
Imran Khan’s multifarious woes
Need to bring down political confrontation Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to satisfy the IMF by presenting a realistic plan for how his government would raise more revenues, cut spending, raise…
NAB’s role
A bull in a china shop Over the past two and a half years there has been an aggressive and consistent deterioration in the reputation and running of the country’s premier accountability…
After two rallies
PTI government in blue funk PDM’s Karachi rally was as impressive as the one at Gujranwala. While Jinnah Garden’s massive enclosure was filled to its capacity, hundreds of late comers listened to…
New level of high handedness
Forced entry and arresting without an FIR There is no doubt that the recent actions of Captain (r) Safdar, PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law and Maryam Nawaz’s husband, are reprehensible. The…
Dragging institutions into the open
Imran Khan replies to Nawaz, but raises questions about himself Prime Minister Imran Khan used his address to a Tiger Force convention on Saturday to give a reply to predecessor Mian Nawaz…