Editorial

The government is unwilling to take any criticismFreedom of the press continued to deteriorate in this past year amid increased direct censorship, self-censorship and state-sponsored hostility

Police reforms are preferable to playing politics on appointments When the PTI formed a government in KP in 2013 it promised to reform the province’s police into an exemplary force, a m

Consequences of government’s incompetence unfolding now PM Imran Khan was accused of incompetence by his critics during the first year of his tenure. His supporters however defende

Foreign Minister Qureshi brought no news of FATF relief Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has completed a three-nation tour, of Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USA, with the

The scope and limitations of ISPR Since its inception in 1949, the ISPR has been the principal public relations and information outfit of the armed forces. It has been the official so

It has just increased its credibility problem The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has greeted the recent amendments in the Ordinance governing by doing what it is accused of: goi

Strengthening Pakistan is best help to Kashmiris On Wednesday the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) came under discussion in the UNSC a second time after August 16. Without t

An example of how trade talks can help peace The US-China trade agreement, signed on Wednesday, has left no losers. As it is only the first phase, and the second is expected, it repre

What did Mr Vawda mean?Federal Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda must have thought he was no end of a wag when he took a boot to a TV Talk show on the recent amendments to the Army, Navy a

And the rainy season brings other calamitiesAfter passing through a smog-affected period that for a while pushed Lahore and Karachi into the category of the most hazardous cities in the world,

PTI should prioritise its many issues Nawaz Sharif’s exit from the country on the orders of the Lahore High Court on medical grounds was not an easily digestible proposition for Pri

Legal issues can only be settled legally The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday threw out death penalty awarded by a special court to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and declare