Editorial

And still the deficitJust because India’s war hysteria dominated the news cycle for a few days does not mean the main existential problem of the moment has gone away. And it’s not war, but

‘All the right people’There is, most certainly, visible progress in the ongoing Afghan peace talks. And with the presence of Mullah Baradar on the Taliban side and senior military personne

Legally registered Afghans permitted banking activityMilitary invasions, civil wars, ethnic and religious hatred, persecution, imperialist land grab under the guise of sacred sanction, have al

Avoid war cries, get rid of terrorist networksPutting aside India’s fantastic claims regarding 12 IAF jets hitting JeM’s terror camp in Pakistan which is likely to be an exaggeration, ther

Bitter public rift among ruling party high-upsThe ideological divide within PTI, between the old guard who struggled for two decades before attaining power, and ‘electables’ who jumped on

Not out of the woods yetSurely the government does not need any reminding that a black listing at the FATF will deliver the kiss of death to its dreams of economic revival. It will not be able

All’s well that ends wellThe success of the last round of Doha talks generated hopes that the ongoing parleys that started on Monday would lead to major steps towards Afghan peace. The two

Being reduced to a political toolWith a second bail approved in tandem with severe criticism by a high court of NAB’s investigation tactics, questionable findings and general approach to enquiri

The role played by the “good Taliban”The young boy who launched the suicide attack in Pulwama belonged to Indian occupied Kashmir; his vehicle was local; the explosives were locally procured.

Welcoming takeover of JeM seminarySome of the points raised by the National Security Committee (NSC) had already been taken up by PM in his  policy statement on  Pulwama attack. The NSC stat

Punishing the corrupt or maligning  the political class?The National Assembly sitting on Thursday was adjourned after opposition members protesting the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha S

Still fiscally insecureWasn’t it the State Bank governor who said just the other day that the country had come out of the economic crisis it had been facing since before the PTI government t