Editorial

Giving bureaucrats another reason to run scaredThe decision of the present government to retire prematurely civil servants for corruption is problematic for a number of reasons. While there is

Not the healthiest of picturesPakistan has found itself on World Press Freedom Day (Sunday) to have a press which is under two types of attack, both through censorship and other means of repre

For politics or efficiency?PTI’s government was formed by carefully stitching it together with independent members and second tier political parties, thus enabling Imran Khan to become the P

Stop the situation from bleeding overThere has been a disturbing surge in coronavirus cases and deaths caused by the pandemic in the country. Instead of sitting down with the opposition leader

Without Ahmadi memberApparently, the PTI government is taking a forthright constitutional stand with its Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri saying that it will not include an Ahmadi o

Smartland or jungleland?Wherever a decision to reopen businesses has been taken, it followed a surge in screening to ensure that the outbreak had begun to steady. Both in the USA and Europe th

The claims and the realityDespite the coronavirus having killed 335 people in Pakistan so far, Prime Minister Khan insists the pandemic’s intensity is still low compared to other countries.

The new team takes overFederal Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Information SAPM Lt Gen (retd) Asim Bajwa have both said that the Information Ministry will be taken into the 21st century.

US report wants India included on watch-listThe US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s annual report has expressed the world’s unease at the anti-Muslim bias of the BJP governm

No walk in the parkThat SAPM Firdous Ashiq Awan was given the boot was not unexpected, as stories hinting at her removal were already going the rounds. What comes as a big surprise is the choi

Not the first time and not the lastPakistan cricket once again is in the headlines not for any accolade or achievement, rather another corruption scandal. One of the most talented yet inconsis

Sugar and wheat forensic report delay creates suspicionSubmission of the much-awaited detailed forensic audit report on the sugar and wheat crisis has been delayed by two weeks. The supplement