CommentVerbal wars and a howler
Indo-Pak hostility sizzles at UN forum International delegates at global and regional forums must be fed up of the perpetual Indo-Pak animosity which inevitably spills over in these conferences, drawing media and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/27/verbal-wars-and-a-howler/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 27, 2017
CommentElectoral reforms
PML-N style PTI, MQM and PPP can hold their senators accountable – for the passage of the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 – all they want, but their findings will not prevent<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/25/electoral-reforms-4/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 25, 2017
CommentBack in a spider’s web
Dramatic dash home of Nawaz Sharif and Ishaq Dar Pakistan politics has turned into an intense snakes and ladders game of political intrigues and personal vendettas, which is increasingly being fought<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/25/back-in-a-spiders-web/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 25, 2017
CommentNawaz Sharif’s leap of faith
Not possible to do politics from London a la MQM chiefNawaz Sharif’s decision to immediately return to Pakistan is best for the PML-N and the former Prime Minister. He took the decision after co
Sep 25, 2017
CommentThe hair-raising tale from Karachi’s central jail
Who watches the watchmen? Five years after PML-N promised transparency, progress and improvement, the country is gearing up for another general election. There is no progress in
Sep 24, 2017
CommentWhich policy reset, exactly?
More confusion than clarity This ‘foreign policy reset’, spearheaded by the new foreign minister and backed by the new prime minister, has been going on for a while now. It st
Sep 24, 2017
CommentThe UNGA show
All in all a fine outing Since the years of the war against terrorism have also seen UN defanged all but completely, the general assembly has been reduced to one of those usual outings
Sep 24, 2017
CommentThe art of the possible
Dealing with a man locked and loaded with a game of chicken Prime Minister Abbasi who has the gift of the gab defended Pakistan’s position at a number of forums and when<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/23/the-art-of-the-possible-4/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 23, 2017
CommentNot another remote control party!
PM seems unable or unwilling to assert authorityPolitical and juridical confusion and uncertainty remain rife in the country, even after the forced exit of Nawaz Sharif, which should otherwise hav
Sep 23, 2017
CommentMending fences
Resumption of dialogue with AfghanistanEver-erratic Pak-Afghan relations have taken a more sober tone as Afghan president Ashraf Ghani during his speech at the on-going session of the UN General A
Sep 22, 2017
CommentThe PML-N leadership in pressure cooker
What’s next? Nawaz Sharif, his two sons and daughter have failed to appear before an accountability court. While PML-N sympathisers justify their absence on the ground that they were lo
Sep 22, 2017
CommentCh Nisar’s responsibility
PML-N’s self-inflicted wounds While PML-N has a strategy, however controversial, to contain the Panama case fallout, there’s no telling how much round after round of self-inflicted damage will hurt the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/21/ch-nisars-responsibility/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 21, 2017