Pakistan backs down
The excuses are already being trotted out that the greater good of the game was at stake, but the fact remains that Pakistan has...
Basant’s careful return
The return of Basant to Lahore over the long weekend brought feelings of both nostalgia and anxiety for those that remember the festival in...
3 million jobs a year
World Bank President Sanjay Singh Banga, on a visit to Pakistan last week to review the Country Framework Agreement signed last year, gave a...
Terror in Islamabad
The blast in the Khadijtul Kubra imambargah after Friday prayers was horrific enough as it is, with 31 killed in the blast, and dozens...
Focus on Central Asia
The visits from the Presidents of the two largest of the ex-Soviet Central Asian Republics. President Kassim-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan and President Shavikat Mirzayoyev...
Gaza reconstruction funding
US President Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan is running into problems because potential donors are hanging back because they are afraid that Israel will...
Inflation stays down
The danger of inflation creeping back up, after the CPI reading for December of 6.1 percent, seems to have receded, with a reading of...
Nerves of steel
Though steel production is an important sign of industrialization, and was first envisaged by the first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, it has been...
Waiting for them to blink first
The announcement by the Pakistan government that the national cricket team will boycott its match against India in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup...
Balochistan operation
There should be no doubt that one of the biggest attacks on Balochistan was launched on Saturday, and though they involved Quetta, Gwadar, Mastung,...
Boosting exports
A reduction of Rs 4.04 per unit was the main measure announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with a cut in wheeling charges...
850 billion was saved in last financial year paying off debt early
The revelation, by Finance Minister’s Adviser Shehzad Khurram, that in 14 months the government has paid off Rs 3.65 trillion of debt early, would...
Threats to public health
With one virus not eliminated, another threatens. Pakistan is drawing international attention because it is one of the last two countries where children are...
Exports fall
That exports to the USA were flat in December may well show that the Tariffs imposed across the board have not favoured Pakistan as...
Holding the line
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Price Committee was facing pressure to lower the interest rate, but the IMF review mission which visited between...