Editorial

PML-N styleEnd-of-term is when the incumbent typically waxes eloquent about gains made in virtually every area of government responsibility. And so it was with the outgoing government the othe

A baptism of fire for Justice Nasirul Mulk  Many had  had lost hope of a consensus after Khurshid Shah broke off talks with Prime Minister Abbasi on Friday and said that he  would now   g

High expectations of Pak-Afghan smooth teamworkIn the modern era of frenzied pace of events, Sunday seems to have lost its previous recharging status, a holiday to clear away the physical and

Parliament rather than NSC is the forum to fix themFor four years the PML-N government didn’t recognise the urgency of a debate on issues like civil-military relations, role of judiciary and

Lahore Dolphin Force firing leaves one passerby deadThe actual details surrounding yesterday’s tragic shooting incident in Shadbagh are admittedly still confused, vague and sketchy, as is th

Looking backTwo is a trend, they say in the world of statistics, and more than once now PML-N has bagged a heavy mandate at the elections only to lose its way well before the completion of the

Take Iran seriously The Pakistani government should take Iranian intelligence’s findings – about new, large pockets of ISIS on the Afghan side of the Durand Line – very seriously even if it<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/27/isis-warning/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ECP has done its job, politicians must do theirsDespite a doomsday scenario, the Senate elections were held on time and preparations are afoot to hold the National Assembly elections in accordanc

In the run up to the elections In what is surely going to attract legitimate criticism and accusations of ‘pre-poll rigging’ Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has approved an additional salary for<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/27/an-exorbitant-parting-gift/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mike Pompeo’s anti-Pakistan outpouring   They look like a more toxic version of George W. Bush’s kamikaze neo-con team, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle,

The government and opposition jointly pass Fata reforms billEight days before the end of  its tenure of the National Assembly passed the 31st Amendment bill approving FATA’s merger in KP.

Working with PakistanWhile SBP Chairman Tariq Bajwa is right in implying that Chinese commercial banks are flush with credit – though whatever made him think they are holding the funds just