Editorial

Are the ‘aliens’ at it again?In an interview with a private TV channel Imran Khan claimed that “the army helped him (Nawaz Sharif) in the 2013 elections.” Explaining how this was done

Belated, but welcome moveKeeping army deployed in civilian areas for a prolonged period is liable to create problems. In the case of the long neglected tribal region where the population subsc

Long way to goNothing typified Pakistan’s standing on the World Press Freedom Day as police brutally beating journalists marching towards parliament to present their charter of demands. News

Track II again?Resumption of Pak-India Track II diplomacy – after a high-powered Indian delegation visited Islamabad in April – reflects a realisation in Delhi that the policy of no engage

Rhetoric versus realityThe parties have up to May 15 to campaign as with the beginning of Ramzan there is little likelihood of people coming out to attend public gatherings till after Eid holi

And the PML-N leaders’ sexist remarksWith the day of judgment drawing near, Nawaz Sharif  is becoming increasingly bitter.  What  adds to his fury is  that  his attacks on the Supreme

Tragic targeting of long grieving communityAgain the familiar routine, two Hazara men shot dead in Quetta on Saturday by gunmen who then make a leisurely getaway, secure in the knowledge that

Making the right headlines It is one thing say that the PML-N government has no plans to knock on the Fund’s door ‘before the end of its tenure’ and quite another to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/30/the-miftah-effect/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Setting an exampleChina and India deserve credit for handling the fallout of last year’s eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the disputed Doklam area with great maturity. Firstly, they did n

Media and academia in the crosshairs nowPoliticians learnt little from their past blunders and continued with their shenanigans after the revival of democracy in 2008. Some of them are already

Problems on the domestic frontWith a business friendly budget full of tax breaks and a shift from the conventional development oriented budget towards current expenditures the PML-N haphazardly pr

Veteran parliamentarian’s unceremonious exitKhawaja Asif, long-standing star of the now nose-diving PML-N show, variously minister for water and power, defence, and foreign minister, on Thu