Editorial

Parliament and media under attack Sustained attempts are afoot to dismantle the democratic system brick by brick and column by column. Despite elections having been announced in South

Some key takeaways Pakistan is out of the running for the ongoing Cricket World Cup that has entered its final knockout stage. Watching the first few matches that included a crushing

Need to cut these parties some slack In a country where civil liberties and media freedom are under strain, a quasi-presidential system has been brought in as a step towards the presi

Can the ruling party do the job alone?With the Army supporting government’s tough initiatives for improvement of fiscal management, this is the most suitable time to bring about much-needed

The classifications were not made by the last governmentThe Punjab government has made a policy for Mian Nawaz Sharif’s visits, according to the jail manual, under which the jail superintend

The oft-trodden path and a sense of déjà vuSatisfied that some of its critical conditions had been duly foreloaded, the IMF has approved a $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan. The IMF pr

Preparations for PM’s visit?The US has designated the Baloch Liberation Army a global terrorist organisation, thereby accepting that it is an organisation which has launched an armed insurre

The jail as a replica of hellFor a while the PTI government maintained a semblance of an ambivalent attitude towards the ongoing cases against the opposition. To maintain a façade of neutrali

Creating hurdles for the opposition Although the historic decision to merge FATA, a region torn apart by years of conflict, with KP, took its time; the legislation (26th Constitutiona

There is every reason to worry PM Imran Khan is a highly motivated politician. But he has to be reminded that at this day and age it is no more possible to put political opponents on

Opposition offers its services to fix the economyThe NAB chairman had maintained in his controversial interview in May that he had avoided taking any action that could lead to the fall of the

Unlikely to be metAn extension of three days in the deadline for the PTI government’s much touted and heavily marketed amnesty scheme means the response has clearly been underwhelming. Two t