Editorial

Vegetable too are now a luxury Of the many problems facing Pakistan at the moment, ranging from political instability to national security/foreign policy concerns, the state of the ec

Questionable techniques leading to bad results The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has never enjoyed a good reputation. Constituted by Pervez Musharraf, it was widely perceived t

IMF mission also not unhappy about revenue Federal Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar has described a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) future which does not bode well for the co

Flexibility is the essence of democracy The government pretended that it was trying to reach a deal with the Azadi March organisers supported by the opposition who have been protestin

Amidst headwinds of intolerance Two important events took place on Saturday. The first was the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, thus allowing Indian Sikhs for the first time in 72 y

Perception can sometimes become realityAddressing the JUI-F’s Islamabad sit-in, Maulana Fazlur Rehman complained of interference from above in every election in the past, including the one i

The government must do more than close schoolsThe Punjab government was panicked into closing schools on Thursday by increasing smog and predictions of worsening air quality. Rain in the early

The economy still has a long way to goFederal Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar cannot really be faulted for taking an optimistic view of economic developments, for that is why he has the

A kick in the government’s pantsFormer PM Nawaz Sharif suffers from a number of life-threatening illnesses. Last month, in a rare display of good grace for a political opponent, Prime Minist

Now with a lot of egg on his face Every political party in Pakistan has a core issue around which its election campaign revolves and for the PTI it was unrelenting accountability that

Individuals and businesses sufferingNEPRA has increased the electricity tariff by Rs2.37 per unit for the current month. Last month an increase of Rs1.66 per unit was made while in September i

The government, opposition talksOne of the positive outcomes of the Azadi March is the initiation of a serious dialogue between the government and the opposition. The government seems to have