Editorial

Three odd events and the establishmentWhen things are going badly for a political party, or if an alliance between disparate groups suddenly takes place during a period of turmoil, accusatory

And Dar sb also? Time was, not too long ago, when Ishaq Dar was second only to the prime minister on the totem pole in Islamabad. He could do as he pleased; even, as finance minister, ann

Not for the first timeThe  PMLN government failed to take measures to rein in the extremists as required by the unanimously adopted  National Action Plan (NAP). The Sharif administration was so im

The thin end of the wedge?  Karachi which used to be a peaceful metropolitan city  welcoming students, businessmen  and labour from all over the country turned into a most violent place  on

And PML-N’s secretive governance With the PPP and  MQM  blocking the move  to pass the law for delimitation of new constituencies, the government has finally decided to call the CCI me

Vulnerability of economy increasing without urgent reforms The best way to treat good advice from global financial experts is to ignore it. That is the alarming approach of our economic wiz

No to a shotgun marriage It had appeared  on Wednesday  as if  the systematic dismantling of the MQM that began in 2013 under the Pakistan Rangers Sindh was going into  consolidation mode when<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/10/mqm-psp-merger/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The relevance of Iqbal  At a time when clerics in the Council of Islamic Ideology justify child marriage, discard DNA as primary evidence in rape cases and insist that the victim produce four eye w

But where is the civilian input?COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa’s three day visit to Iran concluded on an overall positive note with both countries agreeing to support each other "within the framework

Doubling down on a bad bet Trump’s Afghan policy has alienated Pakistan while it continues to bring  more suffering to Afghanistan. Among other drawbacks it  links Afghanistan with Washington’s  South Asia policy<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/07/trumps-afghan-gamble/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Wanted urgently: A shrewd and savvy Finance ministerThe callously negligent national leadership is definitely the epitome and worst example of a laid- back, cavalier style of governance. Pressing

Saudi Crown Prince’s ambitious agenda a tightrope actFor most outside observers the recent unprecedented events in Saudi Arabia, in many ways still a tribal society as closed and enigmat