Editorial

2020 has started inauspiciouslyThe PTI has of late seemed to deflect criticism of its economic stewardship in 2019 by claims that 2020 is the year of economic progress, of the fulfilment of pr

ANF fails to satisfy PTI cabinetPML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah was bailed out by Lahore High Court on the ground of several lapses in the case filed by the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF). D

PTI’s razor-thin majority too tempting for the Opposition to ignore Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government was not easy to form, for it required a lot of effort pre- and post-elec

Another bloody winter for the countryOn Monday morning international media across the Atlantic reported that the Taliban Council had agreed to a ceasefire in Afghanistan to be followed by talk

Who does it really help?It would have been better if the much-needed amendments to the NAB law had been announced more responsibly, without prematurely leaking them to the media after the cabi

Time to do address the one-province party problem For the first time in 12 years, since her untimely death, Benazir’s death anniversary was not an affair restricted to a day of mour

Unreserved support to NAB took toll of economy For over a year one man’s ego made the bureaucracy dysfunctional, the business community hesitant about making investments and the ban

Why was Shuja Nawaz stopped from launching his book The book launch functions of Washington-based Shuja Nawaz’s latest book, The Battle for Pakistan, were cancelled after the author

Failure to issue joint statement reflects government secretiveness Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal ibn Farhan Al-Saud was in Islamabad on a one-day visit. The visit was being given more

Doing the government’s dirty work will bring disrepute It goes to NAB’s discredit that it failed to prove any charge against the PML-N leaders taken into custody over the last sev

PM Khan’s 2020 outlook is overly optimistic With the new year just around the corner, there is little to look forward to in terms of the economy considering its precarious condition

Needless obstructionism The PTI government should understand that its refusal to let the PPP hold a rally in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh was bound to be counterproductive. It did not