Editorial

Relief for common man and uplift of business activitySpeaking at Ghallanai in Mohmand district on Monday, PM Imran Khan pointed out that neither the common man nor the national industry can su

The PM doth protest too much?Prime Minister Imran Khan’s saying that his government’s problems are caused by some of his ministers, and that they spend too much time in Kohsar Market (in I

With two Presidents in AfghanistanIntra-Afghan talks scheduled for today are nowhere in sight, thanks the rivalry between Messrs Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah. Hectic efforts by US Specia

The oil price war and coronavirus together will trample world marketsYesterday, there was a bloodbath across international stock markets as soon as trading opened in various countries as oil p

The damage to reputations cannot be undoneIslamabad High Court Chief Justice Mr Justice Athar Minallah’s remarks about the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) go to the heart of one of the

Withdrawing US troops without a sustainable set-up in Kabul i bad for Afghanistan, but also for Pakistan and the regionHours after a terrorist attack in Kabul claimed at least 35 lives, US Pre

Male-dominated criticism screams hypocrisyToday’s ‘Aurat March’ has been allowed to take place by both the Lahore and Islamabad High Courts, which have rejected petitions demanding that

After another US blunder in Afghanistan The US-Afghan Taliban peace deal in Doha was seen by many as a major step towards ending the 19-year-long war in Afghanistan. An intra-Afghan dialogue

Karachi must tighten building laws, as must other citiesThe collapse of a building in Karachi’s Gulbahar was not a stand-alone event, but it also brought down two adjacent buildings, and end

ECC ‘defers’ government promiseThe government has been giving off mixed signals about the electricity tariff, and the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet failed to approve

A discreet exercise by the PML-NWhile their goal might have been the same, the PML-N approached the MQM in a more prudent way than had PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The later had issued

Inaction despite several heads-upsThe PTI government’s attention has so far been concentrated on preventive measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19). Equally important however is the l