Editorial

Unflattering report cardOnce again the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) delivered a damning account of the human rights situation of the country in its latest report, which was relea

Punjab government caves in before violent extremistsThe ruling family’s draining ongoing corruption cases and the government’s understandable sensitivity to looming national elections have

And the original sinWith cronies appointed to important departments like NAB, SECP, IB, and FIA Nawaz Sharif was confident that no probe into Panama case could implicate him in the scam. He wr

$13 billion, Pakistan’s planned borrowing for 2018-19 Maintaining the illusion of an overall economic equilibrium, while holding out hope of credible financial upturn in the future will test the cerebral skills (such<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/17/record-breaking-or-back-breaking/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Is there more to it than meets the eye?The firing at the residence of a SC judge supervising an accountability court proceedings against Nawaz Sharif and his family members is a serious incide

Gen Bajwa’s messageDespite its fair share of foreign policy failures, the government has been handling the problems with India in the correct manner lately. The political government has long

PM has a pointThe defections stung, no doubt, but PML-N has handled the fallout about the province well enough. PM Abbasi made a valid point in Bahawalpur, after inaugurating the 45km National

Need to keep Cold War within manageable limitsThe US, France and Britain have launched missile attacks inside Syria to destroy the country’s supposed chemical weapons capabilities. Ambivalence

Adopting a new approach with a new roleWhile the red carpet was out for Shahbaz Sharif’s first visit to Karachi as the new PML-N party president courtesy the governor of the city there is a grow

Successes against terrorism should be made irreversibleThe nation has undergone horrific experiences and witnessed bad times during the protracted war on terror, but the resilience of the peop

Syrian civil war perilously pits US against Russia The battle lines, thankfully only metaphorical so far, have been drawn in the Syrian sand by the two heavyweight nuclear-armed antagonists

Forcing PML-N’s budgetary policies on the next governmentWhile the government’s five year term ends on May 31 it intends to present a sixth budget before the National Assembly on April 27