Malik Muhammad Ashraf

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First steps in the right direction While media and the opposition parties in a democratic dispensation are supposed to act as a watchdog against the incumbent government, which requires an honest and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/02/direction-setting-initiatives/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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A good offence is the best defenceIn response to the threat hurled by the Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat, the message given by the civilian and military leadership is that Pakistan is

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Fingers crossed Renowned political scientist and philosopher Plato said, “The state is what it is because its citizens are what they are. We need not expect to have better states until we<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/13/political-scenario-poised-to-change/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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The government means businessIndependent media and democracy are sine quo non for each other. The media as a watch-dog against the government and as a fourth pillar of the state is supposed to

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Putting things right Prime Minister Imran Khan during his maiden visit to the ministry of foreign affairs while sharing his vision in the domain of foreign relations with the concerned officials also<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/30/steps-for-projecting-positive-image/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Global bulliesIt is a painful and irrefutable reality that the USA and its allies are one way or the other connected to and responsible for almost all the conflicts around the globe and also a

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Freedom and responsibility go together It is rightly said that press (media) and a nation rise and fall together. The media as a fourth pillar of the state and representing the society<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/14/media-landscape-in-pakistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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An uphill task The elections 2018 were probably the most controversial exercise for electing the public representatives in the electoral history of Pakistan as the veracity and fairness of their outcome has<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/08/can-pti-deliver-on-its-promises/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Implementation will require three phases The future of Pakistan and the health of its economy undoubtedly hinges on its transformation from an agricultural to industrial country. The solution to most of our<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/31/cpec-a-conduit-to-industrial-economy/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Lost in the election circus The entire country and the media were so engrossed in the developments leading up to the general elections 2018 that an important event has gone almost unnoticed.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/26/reminiscing-the-kalbhushan-episode/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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The inevitability of negotiations Reportedly, in the backdrop of the horrendous tragedies that unfolded in Peshawar, Bannu and Mastung, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called the care taker Prime Minister Nsirul Mulk<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/18/fighting-a-common-enemy-requires-sincerity-and-determination/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Importing instability in the region Modi-led Indian government is essentially anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan as is evident from the persecution of the Indian Muslims, reign of terror let loose by the Indian security<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/11/us-india-nexus-threat-to-peace/" title="Read more" >...</a>