Editorial

The initial signs of a thaw?During the last two years and a half there has be a constant deterioration in Pak-India relations. The period is marked by the Pathankot terrorist attack in January

Will the two parties display maturity?A fourth meeting on Tuesday and still no consensus between Khaqan Abbasi and Khursheed Shah on naming the caretaker prime minister. There could be valid r

Man helpless before Nature, but human callousness alsoThe unfortunate inhabitants of Karachi, suffering from perpetual lack of basic civic amenities and social welfare facilities, are under as

Speedy KP-FATA merger appears inevitableLast week witnessed hectic activity on the KP-FATA merger ‘front’ with meetings of federal cabinet, the opposition, culminating in the decisive Nati

Ambitious, but requiring years to implementThe PTI deserves credit for being the only party which has so far put before the voters the list of its priorities after assuming power. The party pr

Anybody remember the market?For all the damage Nawaz’s controversial interview has done, nobody has quite noticed how it also sounded the death rattle at the stock market. Three weeks in the

Scarcity amidst abundance  Assurances to end power shut downs and load shedding by the time the PML-N government completed its tenure have not been fully materialized.  On Wednesday, a massiv

And the double standards associated with itSuppression of a free press is nothing new in this country. Successive military regimes and even civilian setups excelled at it, most notably the Zia era

Debt time bombWhatever the outgoing government has achieved on the economic front, or otherwise, it has done so on the back of a record 50.6pc ($31b) increase in external debt, which cumulatively st

Will the party implode under external pressure and internal divide?The PML-N government’s tenure ends on May 31. The party faces an existential challenge as the election campaign gains momen

Motivation, morale and dedication par excellenceColonel Sohail Abid shaheed, of the army’s military intelligence, probably wanted to leave nothing to chance. On Wednesday, receiving reports

Really? For all of PML-N’s chest-thumping, Prime Minister Abbasi’s proposal about forming a truth and reconciliation commission, a day after Nawaz Sharif asked for a national commission, allege