Editorial

A history of failures Soon after the overthrow of the Taliban government, President George W Bush visualised nation building as the prime task in Afghanistan. Bush miserably failed to achieve the aim.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/23/quick-fixes-in-afghanistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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KP dengue outbreak warning signs ignored The deadly mosquito-borne disease, with which the inhabitants of Punjab are uneasily familiar, is spreading by the day in Peshawar, with over a 1,000 confirmed cases<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/21/epidemic-of-negligence/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A house divided against itselfDifferences that have persisted within the PML-N for a long time became manifest with the ouster of Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister. It is doubtful whether Sharif is

Need to end cherry picking None of the three options presented to Trump to resolve the Afghan conundrum has pleased the US President. The first involves more troops and an open-ended commitment.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/21/us-afghan-policy-and-pakistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Enough Darnomics!  Now that Prime Minister Abbasi is clearly cutting Finance Minister Dar to size, perhaps he’ll help influence a deeper change in direction in the finance ministry

America’s Afghanistan policy  A Taliban letter to the American president shows how far the Afghan war has really come. Back when George W Bush unleashed Enduring Freedom, “We don’t

And distorting democracy How quickly the honourable courts have come from being the pillar of our still budding democracy to being ridiculed in the streets, literally. And that too by the

Extremism radicalises young people The highly lethal Islamic State (IS) depends heavily on technology to expand itself. It employs a team of tech-savvy handlers and recruiters who contact

CCI’s reconstitution unfair to Balochistan and KP The Prime Minister’s decision to add another two members to Punjab’s representation in the eight- member Council of Common Interests (CCI) by denuding one each<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/19/setback-to-centre-provincial-harmony/" title="Read more" >...</a>

No cakewalk in NA-120 Kalsum Nawaz’s papers for NA-120 have been accepted in her absence. Her performance on September 17, when the by-elections are due, would be closely watched by t

Need to clear the air through meaningful dialogue Since the Trump administration has taken over there has been little insight into its policy towards Pakistan. During the latter