Editorial

One foot in sea and one on shoreThe handful of countries which have decided to reopen are moving very, very cautiously, prepared to withdraw the advancing foot the moment the ground feels slip

PM was self-congratulatory when updating the nation on CoronavirusIn his latest update to the nation on the covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Imran Khan sounded self-congratulatory when he sai

A bad timePakistan and India keep up the sniping against each other, symbolized by firing against each other on the Line of Control between the two nuclear-armed countries. There have been exc

To keep the clerics sweetWhile the country continues to pay a heavy price for not stopping the Tablighi Jamaat gathering at Raiwind, the federal government has taken another risky decision by

Much needed support but will it be enough?Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed revealed the other day on a talkshow that Pakistan would have practically defaulted on its debt commitmen

G20 actsThe G20 countries have paved the way for the multilateral donors, as well as the G7 countries, to give the world’s 76 most highly indebted countries debt relief by themselves decidin

Putting more lives on the lineThe National Coordination Committee decided to extend the lockdown for two weeks while at the same time easing it. It also decided to reopen ‘low-risk industrie

State must not become hostage to interest groupsThe first wave of coronavirus came from Taftan. The second from the Talblighi Jamaat gathering in Raiwind. If the clerics are allowed to persuad

Wrong decision at the wrong timeUS President Donald Trump has long been averse to the United Nations, mainly because it does not do what the USA wants it to do. It does not operate as an organ

Papering over deep-rooted antipathyAfter the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan exceeding 5,000 and 100 patients already dead, there is finally a pretence of understanding betwe

Aleem Khan inducted into Punjab cabinetAleem Khan was one of the most central figures in the PTI and financiers of not only the party’s more conventional political activities but also much o

When elected governments fail to deliver, others strep inThe PM would do well to take serious note of the remarks by CJ Gulzar Ahmad about the PTI government’s performance in general and its