Editorial

The party has to bite the bullet Last time when ousted from power the  PML-N top leadership opted for a comfortable exile rather than facing the sham legal proceedings of the Musharraf<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/09/the-pml-ns-voyage-on-unchartered-waters/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Test of political, diplomatic and military leadership   The prime minister has formulated short and long-term goals for stabilising the country’s maimed economy and rectifying its endemic imbalances. The former include seeking<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/09/time-for-tough-decisions/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Economic prioritiesYet another week passes with the market hemorrhaging day-after-day not because of any inherent problem with the financial system but the government’s paralysis about the b

Nuggets from the Quetta tripThe PM made some apt observations in Quetta. Balochistan, the largest province, is being held back because of corruption, poverty and terrorism. And while the security

Creating confrontation when political understating is the need The decision by NAB to seek Shahbaz Sharif’s physical remand was unnecessary and unwise and seemingly taken under desperation. The PML-N chief was cooperating with<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/06/a-question-mark-on-nabs-competence/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Now stay the course After much dilly-dallying on the issue it seems the PTI government has finally realized that an IMF bailout is the only viable option given the rapidly deteriorating macroeconomic<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/06/accepting-harsh-macroeconomic-realities/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The mystery deepens Even after the conviction the Avenfield case continues to take surprising turns. First NAB singularly failed to make a strong case, resulting in Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar getting bail.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/05/ihcs-detailed-judgment/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Comment

A test of NAB’s credibilityShehbaz Sharif, PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, has been arrested by NAB in Ashiana Housing case only days before important by-e

And the dangers it poses The most urgent issue that Pakistan faces today is that of balance of payments. Foreign exchange reserves suffered one of their sharpest drops hitting the lowest level<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/05/a-government-of-the-naive/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Uniform syllabi and curriculum Imran Khan will be ruining the entire educational system  if he was to give practical shape to his newfangled views on  education. On Wednesday  the PTI chief  told<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/05/amateurish-ideas-on-education/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Pakistan has to  maintain neutrality in the Gulf   Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have cordial relations spread over decades.  Pakistani labour and professionals  have  made  major contribution to  the development and progress<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/03/a-pivot-to-saudi-arabia/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Remove lacunas  but safeguard the project It is significant that differences with China over certain projects under the CPEC have arisen at a time when Pakistan is already under direct and indirect<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/02/cpec-issues/" title="Read more" >...</a>