Depoliticising bureaucracy
Can Imran Khan start the exercise from Punjab? One would readily agree with Imran Khan that the confidence of the civil servants has been badly shattered and the country needs a de-politicized…
Unjustified detentions
History may repeat itself Following the death of PTM’s senior member Arman Loni under mysterious circumstances at a sit-in in Loralai protests against the alleged murder are being restricted as PTM members…
Promises and ground realities
PTI’s dilemma By the time the 2018 elections arrived it was clear to anyone who could access ww.sbp.org.pk/ that the country’s forex reserves were fast shrinking to below the danger point. Intelligent…
Harley Street or nothing?
Nawaz Sharif’s risky choice The former prime minister has decided, or perhaps the decision was made for him by an influential family member, of going back from Services Hospital to the Lahore…
The curious ways of NAB
And the concerns they generate The way NAB arrested Aleem Khan has once again led people to ask if the accountability body is balancing its enquiries to neutralise the pressure from political…
A landmark judgement
And the feathers it’s bound to ruffle The verdict on Faizabad sit-in brings a breath of fresh air. It reiterates the general principles that the state, government , various agencies and institutions…
Afghan endgame
Anytime soon? A new trend is clearly emerging in the Afghan endgame, if it can be called that just yet. Not only are the Taliban gaining more ground, they are also successfully…
COAS on army’s achievements
Need to differentiate between different shades of grey While speaking at the 218th corps commanders conference, Gen Bajwa spoke on a number of issues of which two need special mention. The first…
Expanding the healthcare umbrella
PTI’s version of welfare national health service Among the social indicators of a country’s human resource development, health and education facilities available to the masses occupy prominent positions. Unfortunately these benchmark gauges…
PTI’s spin masters reach the end of the road
Spin too has a limit Both Fawad Ch and Sh Rasheed had insisted that Nawaz Sharif would never get relief in corruption cases filed against him. Soon things started happening that they…
Kashmir Day with a difference
Sleepless nights expected in Delhi this February 5 The just struggle of the Kashmiri people in Indian-held portion of the region for holding a UN plebiscite on self-determination, nothing less, and freedom…
Direction of the economy
Bracing for high inflation? Surely some sort of thought would have gone into inflating gas prices, without due notification, for domestic consumers. And till a thorough explanation reaches the people, they will…
Opposition vs government
Courting the media The Peoples Party usually has its line pretty straight about democratic governments completing their terms. And that was precisely its position about the present PTI dispensation. However irrelevant it…
Move for peace in Afghanistan
Need to ensure Afghanistan’s unity and neutrality Never since the fall of the Taliban government in November 2001 were the US and Afghan Taliban as willing to end the war as they…
TLP on its last legs
Dismantled like the rest After a last ditch effort by religious zealots to steal Aasia Bibi’s hard-fought freedom the Supreme Court upheld its acquittal decision and she can now finally get on…
Truth behind Sahiwal slaughter
Form judicial commission, make report public Even by the standards of a society accustomed to horrific incidents almost on an everyday basis, the cold-blooded highway slaying on January 19 of four people,…