CommentJudiciary, PML-N and ‘red lines’
Last leg of the campaign Hopes that Nawaz might tone down his anti-judiciary rhetoric in the last leg of the election campaign have clearly turned out false. Now, PM Abbasi has put<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/19/judiciary-pml-n-and-red-lines/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Feb 19, 2018
CommentProposed amendments to the blasphemy law
Will lawmakers do the right thing?Mashal Khan was lynched by his fellow students, five bloggers were kidnapped and tortured only to be released a few weeks later as a result of public outcry over
Feb 18, 2018
CommentSocial media and election manipulation
What can happen in the US can also happen in Pakistan Special US counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for meddling in the 2016 presidential electio
Feb 18, 2018
Comment‘A stitch in time’…
Waking up to FATF threat at the eleventh hourAlmost overnight, the term, ‘Financial Action Task Force’ (FATF) has assumed ominous overtones and started dominating Parliament, government ci
Feb 17, 2018
CommentOf judges and litigants
And golden rule of judges speaking only through their verdictsThe ongoing tension between the PML-N leadership and the Supreme Court has the potential of developing into a confrontation betwee
Feb 17, 2018
CommentLagging behind on financial front
Planning Commission assessment brings no joy for governmentCentralised planning of the national economy is a hugely complicated exercise, marrying vision and goals to the existing circumstance
Feb 16, 2018
CommentConsequences of cherry-picking
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Feb 15, 2018
CommentQuickened crusade for Afghan peace
Pak-Afghan recent joint talks are vital and welcome The tireless and seriously Afghan peace-minded COAS embarked Tuesday on another Kabul visit to attend a conference with top US and Afghan commanders, the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/14/quickened-crusade-for-afghan-peace/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Feb 14, 2018
CommentLodhran bye-election
A lesson for political parties and establishmentThe humiliation of the PTI in Ladhran must not lead the PML-N to close eyes to its weaknesses. Various reasons are being ascribed to PTI’s
Feb 14, 2018
CommentClutching at straws
PTI should devise creative new election strategy and tactics Imran Khan has sought to fish in the troubled waters of PML-N political infighting by inviting one of its leading antagonists, his old<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/13/clutching-at-straws/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Feb 13, 2018
CommentMisconceptions and blunders
PML-N leadership needs a reality checkIt was a blunder on the part of Nawaz Sharif and his advisers to reject the opposition’s proposal to resolve the Panamagate issue through Parliament rat
Feb 13, 2018
CommentThe Ch Nisar-PML-N cleavage
Implications for the campaignYet another charged Ch Nisar press conference opens the floodgates to yet more speculation about the PML-N leadership, especially Maryam Nawaz’s role, just as th
Feb 12, 2018