Editorial

Testing the efficiency of the ECLThe outcome of the Senate election should have been predictable as the electors are supposed to follow the party line while casting their votes. But will they

Ordinary citizens to bear brunt of Brent Crude hike With international oil prices jacking up following rationalised OPEC supply and greater global demand, the Pakistan government has been pleased, as always, to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/02/passing-the-buck-3/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Admiring ourselves before a flattering mirror won’t doThe smugness characterising Miftah Ismail’s statement on the effects of Pakistan being put on FATF’s grey indicates that those who m

State’s responsibilityMaryam Nawaz did a far better face-saving job after the shameful Pattoki woman harassment incident than Rana Sanaullah – asking CM Shahbaz to take decisive action ins

Mainstreaming Afghan TalibanOnce again there is a brave effort by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to hold a second Kabul Process Conference in the midst of unending terrorist attacks. President

Back channel diplomacy and global pressure behind moveThe Pakistani commerce minister has reportedly been asked to attend the March19-20 session of World Trade Organisation in Delhi, an out of

From Khadim-e-Punjab to Khadim-e-PakistanShahbaz Sharif has been elected Acting President of the PML-N by his party’s Central Executive Committee. Within a few weeks he is scheduled to be pr

Another instance of sadistic hate crimeUnfortunately, Pakistan is usually in the global media glare for the wrong reasons, and the recent case of a Christian youth jumping off the fourth floo

Are more leaders in the queue? The PML-N has finally nominated Shahbaz Sharif as acting president of the ruling party. This would put an end to speculations regarding who is to be<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/27/the-sharifs-in-pressure-cooker/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Political overlap It should worry the government to no end that the local stock market, which ended 2016 as the region’s best performing bourse, ended the next year (2017) as the worst<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/26/a-pakistani-market-crash/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Kh Asif’s footprintFirst, the scramble to avoid the ‘grey list’ axe at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting left a little to be desired, to say the least. Suddenly the governme

Bringing back some normalcy to the district Since 2009 after two military operations, Swat has remained by and large under army control with military check posts spread throughout the scenic valley. During and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/25/successful-protests-in-swat/" title="Read more" >...</a>