Editorial

Alarming capital flightThe 20pc year-on-year drop in FDI last month, despite a CPEC fuelled 2.4pc expansion over Jul-Apr (y-o-y), ought to ring alarm bells in the finance ministry as well as t

The election, especiallyIt is clear, especially since Nawaz Sharif raised the temperature with his Mumbai-attackers comment, that the PML-N has decided to rally behind its Quaid for life. And sinc

Israel’s Monday massacre in Gaza Whatever their personal failings or policy mistakes, recent US presidents sensibly put off the requirements of the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, shifting the

Other Asian countries flourish, Pakistan falters One of the perennial problems plaguing the country’s economy, an abysmal level of exports, casts a negative chain reaction effect on the entire system, impacting the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/14/declining-exports-dilemma/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mystery deepensThe matter about Nawaz Sharif’s controversial statement – about the 2008 Mumbai attack – is only becoming more confusing with time. After the National Security Council (NS

Musharraf as principal culprit50 people died including 45 lawyers on May 12, 2007.  Eleven years after, the families of the victims still await justice. Terror was unleashed in the city on orders

A result of years of ignorance As with most socioeconomic issues of the country lack of attention, procrastination and complacency have managed to bring a fairly manageable problem to an unsustainable level.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/13/alarming-population-growth-rate-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Not so complicated, reallyThe mad frenzy that erupted in India – following Nawaz Sharif’s controversial statement about the Mumbai attackers, of course – is understandable, but why is th

Failed attemptIt is unfortunate that the Americans tried to fly defence attaché Col Joseph Hall – who ran a red light and killed a 22-year old motorcyclist last month – out of the country

Can he do the Houdini act?As president of the PML-N  Shahbaz  Sharif has to ensure that the party remains united and comes out victorious in the forthcoming elections. The major threat the

No end in sight? It was hoped that the army chief’s visit, and assurances made about better security in future, would help bring stability to Quetta sooner rather than later. But it<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/11/more-problems-in-quetta/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dangerous US-Pak diplomatic spatPresident Trump started the downslide with his New Year ‘lies and deceit’ tweet, a tunnel vision, simplistic perception demonising Pakistan for massive US f