Editorial

135 organisations and departments lack headsThe Establishment Division has reported that 135 heads of state organisations and departments have to be recruited, because they are being run in ad

If Imran didn’t let Nawaz go, who did?The rather plaintive statement by PM’s Information Adviser Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, that former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif had not reported back o

Do nothing, blame the other That the PTI government failed to take remedial measures prior to the onset of the smog season in Punjab indicates sheer incompetence. It was widely known

No hegemons, please National interest led Pakistan to cultivate friendly relations with both China and the USA. Despite belonging to opposing camps, neither Pakistan nor China let dow

The PTI’s reluctance sends wrong signals The decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold daily hearings in the PTI foreign funding case is laudable, and its decision to

Discount rate remains unchanged The State Bank of Pakistan, in its latest monetary policy statement issued every two months, has kept the discount rate unchanged at 13.25%. The rate h

Can campuses be invaded by law enforcing agencies?The registration of cases of sedition, rebellion, and rioting by the Jamshoro police against 15 students of Sind University raises many troubl

Depends on how you look at things Prime Minister Imran Khan on a regular basis insists that the economy is heading in the right direction and that the worst is over. His chief economi

PM needs to walk a fine line One had hoped that a 48-hour respite from a strenuous schedule would cool down the strung-up Prime Minister, leading him to build upon the recent positive

To complete tenurePM Imran Khan deserved the two day rest at Banigala to recover from recent shocks. One was caused by Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March and the attitude of the PTI allies.

Such creations always become liabilities Head of MQM-Pakistan Altaf Hussain has always been reckless and unpredictable with his words. Apart from inciting violence, issuing death threats to r

Why did the KP government employ him?That Sohail Ayaz was deported to Pakistan from the UK without anyone telling the Pakistani authorities of why he was deported is bad enough, but what seems