Editorial

Rewarding instead of punishing mischief makersActs of lawlessness and vandalism have stopped after three days as a result of a truce between the government and the TLP. This would provide relief

Love from Beijing The prime minister’s visit to Beijing was quite a success, as expected, but latest reports suggest that the big cake he’s bringing back will be without a cherry on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/04/balance-of-payments-support/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A thorough investigation is requiredOn the eve of the PTI government negotiating a questionable peace deal with religious zealots who had rampaged throughout the country for three days JUI-S chief

Rethinking things? PTI seems to have just had the delayed realisation that the way it negotiated an end to the recent TLP dharna was not, perhaps, the smartest way to handle the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/04/after-the-deal/" title="Read more" >...</a>

But mischief  still remains out of control Ignoring  Imran Khan’s call not to clash with the state the  shortsighted TLP leadership has taken to the streets. On Thursday, miniscule  groups of  TLP<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/02/imran-khans-stern-warning-to-extremists/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The ruling party fails to meet the challenge With Imran Khan in China, PTI government remains undecided over how to deal with the TLP’s protests. The prime minister had given the extremist<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/02/the-damage-imposed-by-tlps-protests/" title="Read more" >...</a>

New Pakistan, old egos in IGP transfer case The sudden and initially mysterious transfer of Inspector General of Police, Islamabad on October 27 opened another image tainting issue for the green in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/02/been-there-done-that/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Makes sense? He did it at the beginning of the previous electoral cycle as well, just after ‘begrudgingly’ accepting the PML-N government. Former President Zardari agreed not to upset the new administration<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/01/zardaris-olive-branch/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Like the CoD, it requires consensus   A self-righteous government which rejects the possibility of any dialogue with the two main opposition parties is ill-equipped to create a national consensus even on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/01/the-charter-of-economy/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Blasphemy and its discontentsWednesday’s verdict proved that when state institutions have the will to implement the law, regardless of outside pressures and likely fallout, justice is eventu

The two are closely inter-linkedPakistan’s exploding population, like its sharply declining water resources, are red flags that can turn into existential threats in the future, but the appro

Stop the slide before it’s too late Concerns are being expressed that the system is being turned into a controlled democracy. One can see shadows of things happening behind the scenes without<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/29/moving-towards-a-controlled-democracy/" title="Read more" >...</a>