ColumnsCul-de-currency
Just whose money runs the world? The Pakistani rupee retraced an historic low this week, touching 138 against the US dollar. Given the International Monetary Fund’s conditions, the currency is expected to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/10/cul-de-currency/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Oct 10, 2018
Columns10 years on…
The ‘mother of all recessions’?By the end of September 2008, Lehman Brothers had collapsed and the then US President George W Bush was speaking of an “issue in the Wall Street”. A cris
Oct 3, 2018
SportsPakistan need to forget the Asia Cup disaster ahead of Australia series
LAHORE: The Asia Cup exit understandably has had its ramifications and the aftershocks being felt in the statements coming out of the Pakistani camp. It isn’t particularly encouraging when the captain comes<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/28/pakistan-need-to-forget-the-asia-cup-disaster-ahead-of-australia-series/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 28, 2018
SportsHow the Asia Cup debacle burst Pakistan’s ODI bubble
LAHORE: Surprise knockouts and early tournament exits can happen to the best of sides. This on its own should never be used to conjure knee-jerk reactions or call for a mass exodus. And even though wh
Sep 27, 2018
ColumnsFrom Kargil to cricket
Musharraf’s legacy? Just when one thought events inside Dubai International Stadium couldn’t get any worse with India pounding the national cricket side, one saw Pervez Musharraf in the VIP box enjoying the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/26/from-kargil-to-cricket/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 26, 2018
ColumnsCase against impeachment?
How close will this one get? Veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s latest book Fear: Trump in the White House is the latest – and arguably the most high-profile – in a series of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/18/case-against-impeachment/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 18, 2018
SportsPakistan, India clash anything but a dead rubber
LAHORE: Technically Wednesday’s Asia Cup clash between Pakistan and India is a dead rubber. For, there would be no impact on the final standings no matter which side wins the match. This<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/18/pakistan-india-clash-anything-but-a-dead-rubber/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 18, 2018
ColumnsDiplomatic dilemmas
Khan might go with what Pakistani leaders have normally gone with Almost a month into the new government taking oath there already are quite a few talking points. While many of these<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/12/diplomatic-dilemmas/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 12, 2018
Columns‘Secular’ PPP’s Ahmadiphobia
This is where PPP cochairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been in a particular fixPakistan People’s Party leader Shehla Raza’s rants against a ‘Qadiani’ (derogatory term for Ahmadis) bei
Sep 5, 2018
SportsDespite recent successes, Asia Cup will be a unique challenge for Pakistan
After a hard-earned break of around two months, Pakistan will begin a continuum of high-value clashes with the Asia Cup in mid-September. Pakistan’s last challenge was the tour to Zimbabwe, where the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/30/despite-recent-successes-asia-cup-will-be-a-unique-challenge-for-pakistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 30, 2018
SportsPM Imran Khan missed a trick by replacing Najam Sethi as PCB chairman
LAHORE: Despite the rise of Pakistan cricket under former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi, his exit was always a foregone conclusion once the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came to power.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/29/pm-imran-khan-missed-a-trick-by-replacing-najam-sethi-as-pcb-chairman/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 29, 2018
FEATUREDOriginal phir nahi ani
The releases lined up on Eid-ul-Azha were significantly better on paper as compared to what was on offer at Eid-ul-Fitr. However, given the string of disasters that Lollywood served two months ago,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/26/original-phir-nahi-ani/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 26, 2018