Editorial

Need for conciliatory approach in South Asia alsoThe BOAO Conference is over. Instead of matching sanctions with sanctions President Xi has taken a flexible stand that best serves the internat

Especially Adiala Jail Nawaz’s usual outbursts outside the accountability court are now little more than shots in the air and he is reduced to repeating the same accusations as the NAB references<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/12/nawazs-apprehensions/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Hazards of political isolation Things continue to move as planned by the Great Mind. The provinces where the course of political developments has to be regulated before elections are Punjab, Sindh and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/11/the-pml-n-goes-down-the-rabbit-hole/" title="Read more" >...</a>

PML-N’s 2017-18 economic performance so farWith national elections due, government actions are naturally geared towards projecting the ruling party in the best possible light for voters to m

Neqeebullah Mehsud’s case buried under PTM’s political slogansPashtun Tahaffuz Movement, founded in 2014 ostensibly to clear Waziristan of land mines that were taking a tragic civilian tol

Hopes and hard realitiesWhile proceeding to the three-day Boao conference, the Chinese version of DAVOS, Prime Minister Abbasi was effusive about the huddle. As he put it, Baoa’s mantra of

And not one to learn It is still not clear what made Foreign Minister Kh Asif come down so hard on NSA Gen Nasser Janjua for meeting India’s high commissioner in Pakistan.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/09/not-so-diplomatic/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Ticking faster and louder The government can spit-shine the economy all it wants – higher exports, OK growth, less inflation – but in truth the debt problem has become almost impossible to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/09/the-debt-bomb/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Same scriptSBP’s second quarterly report is proof enough, if any was needed, that hopes of the Bank exercising any sovereignty in the post-Dar era were misplaced. Once again the Bank praises

Who is to blame for NAB’s 'black law'?While agreeing that it is vital to hold elections on time, there is a need on the part of all stake holders that include political parties to ensure th

Wealth whitener scheme admission of governance failure  The suspicious timing and limited scope of the government’s latest ‘one-time-only’ amnesty package for foreign and domestic und

The proof of the pudding is in the eatingA lot of ground work combined with toing and froing  has taken place during the last three months to improve Pak-Afghan relations. Part of the activit