Editorial

Centrist streak incompatible with Jinnah’s visionThe 18th Amendment was passed by the National Assembly in October 2010 with the full support of all political parties. The Amendment was aim

No option but to legislateBoth Houses of Parliament will have to meet and legislate if the government wishes to preserve the protections it gave to businessmen and civil servants from the exce

Why a think tank when there’s a Finance Ministry?The second meeting of the think tank constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan to deliberate on the coronavirus-related economic downturn and

PTI looks for scapegoats The government has taken the decision to allow congregational. gatherings in mosques, ignoring the advice by prominent doctors from all over the country. The danger o

Science must be the guide during pandemicsPTI’s image builder Shahbaz Gill had accused the Sindh government of politicising the coronavirus situation through doctors. The accusation was however

Sending the wrong messageThe government has long harnessed religion to its cause. For this, it has had to make use of religious preachers who then receive high levels of electronic media proje

Will the investigation be a whitewash?The Cabinet has decided to make public the enquiry commission report on Independent Power Projects (IPPs) and ordered their forensic audits. The absence o

Social distancing in the National AssemblyThe need to convene the National Assembly session is being felt by all political parties. National consensus is needed to deal effectively with the c

Can smart strategy deal with the impact?There is a perception that by allowing people to crowd the mosques during Ramzan we are sleepwalking into disaster. The precautionary measures included

Coming months will not post similar resultsPakistan’s FDI jumped 137% to $2.1 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year with March faring particularly well, posting a 92 pe

Dangerous in the era of coronavirusIn January the PTI government had lashed out at Transparency International for placing Pakistan further down in its corruption perception list. Questions hav

Better sense should to prevail Since his abrupt return from London to ‘handle the Coronavirus pandemic’, PML-N president and leader of the opposition Shahbaz Sharif has popped up on the N