Editorial

Except for his fans  Prime Minister Abbasi is only partly correct when he claims  that the fate of the leaders is decided at polling stations and not the courts.  In a system working under  a c

Third protest movement to kick off on January 17The excitable Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief is again at the selfsame spot he so hugely relishes when resident in Pakistan, the limelight, amidst much f

IS now behind country’s deadliest terror attacksRussia and China shouted themselves hoarse in the past few years while pointing to the grave danger posed to Central Asia and South Asian reg

Bringing religion into politicsThe PML-N decided to appease the preachers of hate by making Zahid Hamid a fall guy. As if this was not enough Captain (r) Safdar launched a virulent tirade aga

Judicial PR drive?Who wouldn’t be happy, in Lahore at least, that someone very high up has finally taken serious note of issues like unsafe drinking water, cancer inducing milk, ridiculous s

Few prospects on the income sideSince his disqualification Nawaz Sharif has expressed concern over the fledgling condition of the economy insinuating that everything was hunky dory during the four y

An instructive life Air Marshal (r) Asghar Khan’s military and political life – the latter not without its fair share of mistakes – ought to provide an inspiring template for the present<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/06/asghar-khans-passing/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Secretiveness breeds suspicionsNo explanation was given either by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz or by former prime minister Nawaz for their Saudi visit. Being public figures the matter was bou

Future of Pak-US relations With opposition and government representatives striking a unified tone at the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, after a similar stand by the country’s civil and military leadership a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/05/way-out-of-a-tight-spot/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A somewhat late but welcome realisationWhile one may differ with some of the observations made by Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday, he is spot on when he says it is time to put our house in order. H

Space left for diplomacyAfter the New Year Day rant by President Trump, Washington has moved ahead to tighten economic restrictions on Pakistan beginning with cancelation of $255 million forei

Headwinds for PML-NChatter of differences in the Balochistan cabinet – brewing for a long time, which escalated sharply just before the budget – proved true after all as the no-confidence