Editorial

Army and PTM must resolve disputes by talksWith administrative merger of Fata in KP, signed into law by the president on May 31, 2018 a long, painful and dark chapter in the political history

Why can’t we let the system grow in an intervention free environment?Political process remains skewed in Pakistan because it continues to be subjected to intervention by un-elected instituti

Strategies and their viability    The PTI has announced the names of most of its ticket holders. As a good number comprises turncoats who have been nominated at the expense of old timers the

Need for a genuine change of courseThe National Security Committee needs to take courageous decisions to reverse the process of Pakistan’s increasing isolation. Till recently the country had une

Where is the consistency in justice?   Both the PML-N and PPP are rightly fuming over the permission granted to retired Gen Pervez Musharraf to file his nomination papers by the Supreme Court.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/10/musharraf-contesting-elections/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The  fault with political partiesPolitical parties failed to  nominate caretaker chief ministers in three provinces through consensus with the result that the issue landed on the ECP’s de

COAS-Pompeo telephonic talk to boost Afghan peace The American policy makers' pendulum-like strategy on ending the apparently insoluble Afghan imbroglio, swinging wildly from seeking a decis

World Bank acknowledgesNo surprise, really, that the biggest concern for the caretaker cabinet – after holding timely, transparent elections of course – is the ‘fractured economy’. Bri

Ball in Nawaz’s courtIf Nawaz Sharif can break down the mechanics of ‘aliens’ conducting pre-poll rigging to reporters outside the accountability court, surely he can also drive down to

Elections on time, period! Full marks once again to Chief Justice Saqib Nisar for suspending the LHC decision ordering revision of candidates’ nomination papers that all but put a monkey wrench in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/07/sc-nomination-papers-and-the-vote/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Why is the party scared of the book?The PTI leadership suffers from a deep rooted, almost pathological, sense of insecurity. This is the conclusion one is forced to draw from the party leader

Why does the world disregard our viewpoint?The press conference addressed by the DG ISPR dealt with significant matters related to foreign affairs and domestic issues. The army spokesman repe