Editorial

Puts government in a quandary The IMF, despite the somewhat altruistic pretensions of fostering global high employment growth and reducing poverty, ultimately remains a stern money lender with a hawk eye on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/24/imf-drives-a-hard-bargain/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Legal remedy is the way out The former prime minister has been acquitted in Flagship reference as NAB failed to prove the case, sentenced for seven years in jail, debarred from holding<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/24/nawaz-sharif-gets-the-axe/" title="Read more" >...</a>

PTI should be waryTomorrow Nawaz Sharif is most likely going to face a sentence similar to what was handed to him in the Avenfield reference by the accountability court. Currently out on bail cour

What about IMF? Any foreign exchange inflow at the moment is no doubt a godsend for Pakistan, but the finance minister needs to be careful about ‘translating’ the UAE bailout – another<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/23/another-bailout/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Changing horse in midstreamBy abruptly changing his military strategy at a time when US officials are deeply engaged in talks with the Taliban Trump has bewildered many in the US and the regio

Consensus on fifth province, but realpolitik a barrierAn Arabic proverb states, ‘When man and woman are agreed, what can the Qazi do’, other than bless the union. The creation of the coun

Sensible U-turns? Gladly the government did not drag the matter of forming committee chairmen in the House as long as the business about the PAC (Public Accounts Committee) head. Instead of letting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/20/moving-ahead-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

How to move ahead without causing chaos The final verdict in references filed against Nawaz Sharif will be delivered on Monday. Unsure of getting Shehbaz Sharif convicted through ongoing references, the NAB<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/20/testing-times-ahead-for-pml-n-and-ppp/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Not enough homework Surely Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani’s decision to opt out of the 8th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee in China, over reservations about CP

And a number of ifs and buts The two major opposition parties which were at odds with each other till recently are closing ranks. The veiled threat of a possible mid-term election<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/18/opposition-shows-signs-of-animation/" title="Read more" >...</a>

And issues to ponder on On the first day, a broadside, stopping short of  the extreme that Zardari had gone to in June 2015. The second day, a  toned down  version, though  without any change in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/18/zardaris-tirade-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Breakthrough in UAE multilateral talks essential In the past, during the course of numerous false starts (as it turned out) for bringing peace and reconciliation to Afghanistan, the viewpoints of various stakeholders<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/18/pace-of-afghan-peace-quickens/" title="Read more" >...</a>