Editorial

Truth is a kaleidoscopeA high level meeting called by caretaker PM on Monday expressed satisfaction over arrangements to hold the elections on July 25. The ECP meanwhile rejected three petitio

Market protests underline deeper economic plightJust as it seemed that Iran’s troubled economy would bounce back after the 2015 nuclear deal, with lifting of sanctions and release of billion

Back to the future?A process has been launched to nullify the achievements made during 2008-2018 that strengthened democracy.Despite serious flaws in the working of the ruling parties, the

FATF decision on Pakistan ‘grey’ listingIt is touch and go, something too close for call. The three-month reprieve period by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in its February 2018 ple

And our dear politicians   With PTI reinventing political science to justify its obsession with ‘electables’, PML-N struggling to hold on to ‘loyalists’ and PPP, astonishingly, still reeling from the 2013 drubbing,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/25/degeneration-of-democracy/" title="Read more" >...</a>

And implicationsWith the PML-N’s signature tax amnesty scheme exceeding expectations – some FBR optimists are confident of something upwards of $4b – calls for an extension seem to make

And what lies ahead for himImran Khan has finally concluded that neither his personal charisma nor party programme are going to play a crucial role in winning the elections. Like the PMLN and Zarda

And the CJ’s silence over it Much has been written by this and other publications over the prevailing issue of media outlets being made to exercise self-censorship for survival in a highly<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/24/media-being-forced-to-self-censor/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Plus the sit-in outside BaniglaDistribution of party tickets is creating problems for political parties, particularly for the PML-N and the PTI. This is understandable because democratic cultu

CJP seeks rational answers, not true-lies, from relative officesThe apex court chief is on the warpath regarding cases whose commonality is violation of basic human rights, including issues of

Not so positive anymoreWith Moody’s downgrading Pakistan’s outlook to negative, the current account deficit bloating to $6b, the rupee in free fall, the stock market tanking, ADB cancellin

Once again, the ROsDuring 2013 elections the Returning Officers asked all sorts of irrelevant and funny questions to gauge the depth of the candidates’ religious knowledge, using Article 62