Editorial

Failure on all frontsSaturday’s ambulance-bomb massacre in Kabul, days after the Taliban stormed the city’s famous Intercontinental Hotel and killed more than 20 people, yet again undersco

Needed: strong libel and defamation laws Fake news spreads in the West mainly through social media over which courts and governments have little control. Its occurrence in mainstream media is rare on account<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/28/the-fake-news-industry-and-its-promoters/" title="Read more" >...</a>

In the end it will be detrimental to the project  CPEC remained at the forefront during the past few week in Davos where in various meetings prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi hailed<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/28/cpec-secrecy-and-missing-details/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Decades of misgovernance batters national policy makingThe pathetic state of Pakistan’s economy is not hidden from the world and warning bells are intermittently rung by local economists no

A major reshuffle with important implicationsSenate elections 2018 will be drawing more attention than any other held so far. The biggest loser would be the PML-N and PPP and the biggest gain

Avoid raking up dead issuesEvery country in the world including the superpower US has limitations beyond which it cannot afford to act. The economically weaker countries have more limitations

48th Annual Davos moot debates ‘improving state of the world’Sometimes criticised as a rich man’s club, representing only itself and catering to its own interests and issues, the World E

Distanced from realityIf the reaction to Shahbaz Sharif and Co’s less than graceful press conference were limited to the political opposition perhaps the Punjab government could have scored

And the need for balanceThe frequency of the suo motu actions taken by CJ Saqib Nisar reminds one of the tenure of former CJ Iftikhar Chaudhary. Within less than a week of having been raised t

Two tragic examples of uncurbed extremist trendsThey were seemingly a couple of isolated incidents occurring widely apart in Karachi and Khyber-Paktunkwa educational institutes, but were actua

Ignoring elephant in the room too longThe US cannot win the war in Afghanistan without Pakistan’s support. It knows that intelligence sharing with Pakistan is crucial for success. Washington

Accused SSP refuses appearance before Inquiry CommitteeThe publicity-relishing Rao Anwar, SSP Malir for ages, now suspended and facing charges for murdering 27 year-old Karachi resident Naqeeb