Editorial

After revamping, reinventing and restructuring Pakistan’s rotten Domestic System with ambitious one, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also announced the name of Misbah-ul Haq for the earlier vacant

If you’re in a hole, stop diggingIt is sad that the government is unwilling to accept that the country faces an economic crisis of unprecedented magnitude. It is more interested in blaming t

Another ordinance is struck downPresident Arif Alvi might complain that he is badly served. There have been three major debacles, with which he has been involved intimately, and where he has h

PML-Q’s demands accepted, who will be next?Speculations that had surrounded the future of the PTI government due to its deteriorating relationship with its key ally, the PML-Q, have been, fo

Another band-aid solution to a deeper malaiseFor months the PTI spokespersons accused the media for creating a scare about shortages of essential items. Some of the ministers went a step furth

Now for some introspectionAnother violent incident, involving Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, somewhat similar to what transpired in 2007, has been successfully averted. Maulana Abdul Aziz, who had

How long can PTI continue like this?Never in the past had a ruling party faced internal dissensions or challenges from allies within less than a year and a half of its coming to power. Never h

Cases in 2020 already equal to those in 2018The number of polio cases this year reached 12 on Saturday, which is equal to the number for the whole of 2017, which was the last year when progres

Time to cool things downThe Washington-based Wilson Centre’s Deputy Director Asia Program, Michael Kugelman, has said that there is a good chance of war between India and Pakistan, when spea

Maulana Abdul Aziz must be dealt with a firm hand, once and for allIt has become somewhat of an annual event that Maulana Abdul Aziz, the other omnipresent national nuisance, makes headlines f

Public hanging bill passedChild abuse followed by the brutal killings of the victims is widespread in the country. In several recent cases the PTI administration has failed to trace the perpet

Strange things are happeningThe world of Islamic militancy, and thus of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is a little strange, a little too full of violence, even apart from the spectacular