Editorial

Leaves behind a legacy of firsts Mr Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has concluded his service as Chief Justice of Pakistan after only 11 months, which although is a relatively short tenure w

It will lead to inflation across the board One of the main problems with raising the gas tariff is that does not mean just higher gas bills. For the domestic consumer, that is bad eno

Another diplomatic faux pasBy first confirming to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit in Malaysia, then deciding to send Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in his stead and eventually bowing out

Action is urgently needed to close itThat Pakistan has been ranked 151st out of 153 countries in the world on gender equality, by the Global Gender Gap Report, now in its 4th year,  should no

Can the PTI form the consensus required?It was perhaps one of the easier decisions and processes, being the Prime Minister’s prerogative alone, and thus requiring no consultation with the op

General Musharraf sentenced to deathGen (retd) Pervez Musharraf was found guilty of high treason by a Special Court, and sentenced to death in absentia, becoming the first military dictator to

Are we on the right track?Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to take place in Pakistan, the APS Peshawar massacre, where 149 people were brutally

The PM’s stepping in shows technical competence is missingThe tremendous mess being made of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Dam can be seen in the fact that it was only the Prime Minister’s i

New cases throw doubt on vaccines The detection of fresh polio cases in Mirpur Khas and Swabi has taken the nationwide tally to 101, compared to eight in 2016 and 12 in 2017. Clearly,

The CJP speaks The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, has weighed in on the attack by lawyers of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), and along with the cond

Is the MQM (P) asking for its pound of flesh? An MQM (P) member has submitted a bill to the National Assembly Secretariat proposing a doubling of the number of provinces in Pakistan f

A diplomatic conundrum Prime Minister Imran Khan is in Saudi Arabia for the fourth time in a year on “official business” as part of “regular exchanges” between the leadership