Editorial

Alleged wretched conditions of Shahbaz Sharif’s cell Sometimes the country’s chief accountability agency seemingly exhibits a marked lack of tact, correctness or basic decency, as in the case of accused senior professors,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/16/spouses-shock/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Reluctant to invest in the region, US opposes CPEC Realising the gravity of the financial crunch Pakistan is currently facing China has endorsed its decision to seek IMF support. Beijing has however<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/16/a-dog-in-the-manger-policy/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Imbalances and neglect of reforms plague economy The inevitable event has occurred and Pakistan is sheepishly turning again to IMF for a bailout to avoid default and paralysis of its economy and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/15/imf-the-financial-life-line/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A too early assertion of the incumbency factor Unrealistic promises made before the elections would haunt the PTI throughout its tenure. When the voters find the government moving into an altogether different<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/15/the-defeat-of-populism/" title="Read more" >...</a>

And the CJ’s attention Finally, with just three months or so left before his retirement, the honourable chief justice has turned his attention to the matter of judicial (rather judges’) incapacity. Perhaps<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/14/judicial-overhaul/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The need to stand up and be counted The TLP has issued an ultimatum to the Supreme Court warning it that if it delivered a verdict in Asia Bibi’s case against the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/14/the-constitution-versus-the-mob/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Malpractices at 135 years old Punjab University Alfred Woolmer must be turning in his grave in the ‘gora’ cemetery located on Lahore’s Jail Road. A leading Sanskrit scholar, he was also the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/13/decline-and-fall/" title="Read more" >...</a>

And Washington’s angle, of course It was only a matter of time, really, before China’s CPEC investment became a bone of contention with Washington. And now that Islamabad had no option but<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/13/imf-and-the-chinese-loans/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Enter his ghost Justice Shaukat Siddiqi, senior judge of the Islamabad High Court, has been sacked by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The former judge was convicted for criticising the ISI and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/13/exit-justice-shaukat-siddiqui/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Justice for all At a time when the ruling Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf is having to make embarrassing U-turns on many of its campaign promises, it must go the extra mile to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/10/the-accountability-drive/" title="Read more" >...</a>

PTI’s search for quick fixes The country is paying a heavy price for the government’s belated recourse to IMF. The delay underlines the fact that despite the pre-election claims that the PTI<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/10/hazards-of-neglecting-the-home-work/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Another unfortunate instance of lawyer’s lawlessness Massive street agitation of the legal fraternity started with the movement to restore former chief justice Ifthikar Chaudhry, sacked by president Pervez Musharraf on March 9,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/10/blackcoats-disrespect-for-law/" title="Read more" >...</a>