Editorial

Khalilzad may get talks started againThe visit to Islamabad by US Special Envoy on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad was cause for optimism. It showed that the USA wanted to resume talks with the T

But simultaneously maintaining relations with the WestPrime Minister Imran Khan’s third China visit in a year is important for a number of reasons. China had to be complimented for its suppo

A fish rots from the head down With the PTI’s style of governance, complaints against ministers are bound to rise from the party MNAs. The problem starts from the Prime Minister who

Major opposition parties still not convinced JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is showing no signs of backing down from his “million march” to Islamabad plans and is rather upping

Why make them in the first place?PM Imran Khan, during his first year, has had to take the business community into confidence over the various prevailing economic issues in the country. This h

Why isn’t NA being taken on board?  PM Imran Khan’s efforts to pressurize India have so far failed to effect any change in Modi government’s stance on the disputed region or towards

Terror is not yet over The Improvised Explosive Device which killed three in Chaman, including JUI(F) leader Maulana Muhammad Hanif, showed that the law enforcing agencies had not bro

Resistance will keep the thana culture supreme Senior policeman who are resisting the new accountability mechanism of a regulatory body should realise that a spate of deaths in police

Diplomacy is often the best of weapons Prime Minister Imran Khan poured out his heart on issues like Islamophobia, blasphemy, climate change and the imminent possibility of a bloodbat

And its possible outcomes US President Donald Trump had only just dodged a bullet, avoiding being formally accused of obstruction of justice in the much anticipated and hugely anticli

This poll matters more than usualAfghanistan has the first round of its presidential elections today. This is actually only the first of two rounds, for the Afghan system requires the winner t

But where is the Kashmir plan?Imran Khan will be remembered as a politician who talked a great script but couldn’t write one. Speaking at the Asia Society he lapsed into a comforting rhapsod