Editorial

Tough truth to swallowDuring his four-hour stopover in Pakistan on his way to India for a three-day visit US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  echoed US President Donald Trump’s mes

And what this conveys to PakistanPresident Xi Jinping has emerged as the most formidable national leader in the post-Mao era with  his contribution to Chinese socialist theory having  been  wri

Confrontation not in anyone’s favour Since his disqualification from office ex-PM Nawaz Sharif has stuck to an approach of confrontation and agitation with respect to state institutions. His party however is severely<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/26/divisions-in-pml-ns-house/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Senate restores moral credibility by amending controversial election clause The PML (N) government has an unenviable record of bulldozing its controversial legislation in an unparliamenta

“Do more” followed by “We have produced results”The appointment of a former IB chief to hold talks with all stake holders in the Indian controlled Kashmir is a welcome step. Indian gover

Both politicians and the establishment Reacting to  reports that some of the pro-PML-N microbloggers had been arrested under cyber-crime laws, Nawaz Sharif has criticized the action as a

Double jeopardy for Chinese in PakistanAfter having been subjected to repeated acts of  aggression, foreign control, and annexations of its territory, China has become  highly sensitive to separ

Will visiting Tillerson and Mattis pile on the pressure?President Trump’s new Afghan policy spelled out in August heaped fire and brimstone on Pakistan for its alleged sheltering of ‘agents of

Till Tillerson comes…  Pakistan’s been demanding some sort of action against TTP elements entrenched on the Afghan side of the border for a while now; more so since Zarb-e-Azb ran th

What now?   Now that fissures in the Sharif family have spilled out into the open, Nawaz will have one more pressing issue to address when he comes home from London. In<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/22/sharif-family-problems/" title="Read more" >...</a>

But does ISIS?  Finally, the one-time headquarter and lately final stronghold of the mythical ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, falls. But, seeing how the caliphate’s army defended its bastions f

Need to walk a fine lineSecretary of State  Rex Tillerson followed by  Vice President  Mike Pence has  thanked  Pakistan for its  help in  the safe recovery of a US-Canadian family from the