Editorial

Economic clout commands respect There were two reasons to observe September 6 as Kashmir Solidarity Day. The Kashmiri people have to be reassured at this psychological moment that the

Boris boxed inThe Westminster Parliament has been witness to many extraordinary scenes after the original fateful decision in 2015 to leave the European Union. However, that extremely messy pr

Need for revision of policy regarding Opposition alsoA number of technocrats, former bureaucrats and businessmen have been appointed as advisors and special assistants to the PM. It is widely

A test of Imran Khan’s diplomacyThe humanitarian crisis unfolding in Indian Occupied Kashmir has caught the world’s attention. A second protest in London against the illegal and immoral an

Opposition walks out of the SenateThe walkout by the Opposition from the Senate may have appeared to some as caused by a fit of pique, but one of the principles of parliamentary government see

PTI short of new ideasPrime Minister Imran Khan took up the issue of Kashmir with US President Donald Trump in Washington. Pakistan succeeded in calling a consultative session of the United Na

As unruly as beforeOne of the harshest critics of the Punjab Police, and by default of the PML(N)’s Shehbaz Sharif who ran the province for eight years, was Imran Khan and the PTI, accusing

Robin Hood in reverseA handful of industrialists will be benefitting heavily from a waiver on their liability to pay the Federal Government Cess on gas consumption. Since 2012 a total of Rs701

Cooperation rather than point scoring is the answerIn early August Federal Minister Ali Zaidi launched “Let’s Clean Karachi” drive, pledging to bring the city waste down to zero with the

There still too many unknowns to decide that the crisis is over The Doha talks between the USA and the Taliban are supposed to be close to a settlement which will lead to the Taliban

Rhetoric versus reality The PTI’s first year in office has been most criticised in the light of its various economic policies– the hits and misses– aimed at stabilisation. What

Time Pakistanis get over sentimentality India’s illegal annexation of Kashmir followed by widespread repression has raised serious questions about the relevance of the Ummah and the