Editorial Periscope: Karachi, a Metropolis Betrayed
We write these lines with mixed feelings of pain, hope and anxiety. "Karachi A Metropolis Betrayed" is one of our main themes in this...
‘Best of times, worst of times’: PTI government completes two-year economic recovery
Last month marked two years since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was elected on the back of a transformative agenda that promised reforms to...
Pakistan’s way forward out of recurring economic crises
Prime Minister Imran Khan recently said that Pakistan's economy was on the right track since country's current account balance - the difference between government's...
‘Pakistanis are becoming poorer under PTI’: An interview with former finance minister Miftah Ismail
Miftah Ismail is the force and the face of PML-N's economic team. He is a former finance minister of Pakistan and a leading political...
Pakistan’s Age of Accountability: Will it sustain itself?
"How dare the National Accountability Bureau question 'me'? They should fear the day when they (NAB) also have to beg like Saif-ur-Rehman once did,...
Inspiring Leadership, Relentless Innovation: Meet Ayesha Dhedhi, Pakistan’s Youngest Female CEO in Real Estate
Given the importance of the construction industry in providing jobs and helping economic growth, the government recently launched a construction package – do you...
Pakistan’s Unsustainable Pension Bomb
Just as we stopped talking about the current account deficit, a new monster has appeared on the scene: Pakistan’s pension time bomb that is...
Ensuring Food Security in Pakistan
Over the last few years, Pakistan has seen a drastic decline in the production of staple crops, such as wheat, rice and cotton, due...
Special Feature: Karachi, a metropolis betrayed
The country watched in horror as Karachi the country’s largest city was awash with water - over 40 people dead from the worst floods...
‘Karachi needs permanent solutions’: An interview with former mayor Waseem Akhtar
GVS: What are your thoughts on the Karachi transformation plan?Waseem Akhtar: We had a press conference regarding the transformation committee, and how it plans...
The Fate of Karachi Transformation Plan
The recent spell of torrential rains literally drowned the city of Karachi for a few days, leaving the helpless masses at the mercy of...
Indo-Pakistani 1965 War: Battle of Chawinda
The battle of Chawinda marked the largest clash of armour since the great tank battles of World War 2. Pakistan’s actions at Chawinda were...
UAE’s deal with Israel and Pakistan’s populist FP dilemma
The UAE-Israel historic accord on "normalization of relations" have found resonance in Pakistan with many quarters in the country criticizing Dubai for normalizing diplomatic...
Intra Afghan Talks: Many a Slip between the cup and lips
Taliban, on the other hand, see no real place in any future set up for the likes of Saleh, Qanooni, Mohaqiq, Dostum and Sayyaf....
Review: Umbrella Academy by Netflix doesn’t give you more than you’d expect
Netflix’s Umbrella Academy is quickly becoming a flagship series for the streaming service. Based on Gerard Way’s comic books of the same name, the...
Review: Raat Akeli Hai, a cozy murder mystery
Raat Akeli Hai (The Night Is Lonely) hails from Honey Tehran, a Bollywood casting director-turned feature film maker and is one of the more...
Netflix’s Cliched Superhero Story Is Too Weak To Be Powerful
By now Netflix has really cemented that its slate of action films, will always be a cut above TV movies but remain marginally inferior...