Editorial

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>

Treading the path of Iftikhar Chaudhary? The CJ says that he has resolved to struggle to provide basic necessities to the people which include supply of clean drinking water, clear environment, pure<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/24/the-messiah-complex-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

New breed of politicised and amoral super-bureaucratsThey might not represent the ethos of Pakistan superior civil services as a whole, but it must be confessed that a considerable number of t

Weakness in government policies and revenue collection machineryConsidering our society’s disdainful rejection of a serious tax culture, American humourist Mark Twain’s clichéd remark ‘

For whom the bell tolls next? The axe has fallen on Nawaz Sharif. The former PM is no more the PML-N chief. All decisions taken by him in his capacity as party<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/23/the-die-is-cast-3/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Too little too late?NAB’s decision to reopen the Rs2 billion corruption references against four retired senior army officers – including ex-ISI chief and later railways minister, Lt Gen Ja

Need to heed COAS BajwaPakistan has got temporary reprieve over terrorist financing watch list. European Union has granted GSP Plus status to Pakistan. Sergei Lavrov has said Russia will continue

Precedents set by PML-N are haunting it nowWith the majority that it enjoyed in the National Assembly the Sharif government had the opportunity to strengthen Parliament. What Nawaz Sharif did

Sessions Court or homicidal arena?A sudden unnatural death by firearms is the last event expected within the revered confines of a court of law, a chaotic, noisy but honourable place dispensin

And a week-knead minister The narrative about Pakistan’s fight against terrorist groups presented by COAS Bajwa at the 54th Munich Security Conference is more credible than the earlier ones as it is<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/20/a-more-credible-narrative/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Pakistan foreign minister’s four day Russian visit It is clear that the mending of Pak-Russia Cold War ties, especially over the past four years, is not tied merely to making joint efforts<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/20/embracing-druzhbha-or-friendship/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Not quite a no-brainerIf it were really as simple as mobilising the privatisation committee, passing a motion through the House and putting a price tag on it, PIA – and other loss making PSE