Is Karachi the sixth worst city to live in?
News Analysis | With a grim performance on all the aspects of human development, The Economic Intelligence Unit has unsurprisingly ranked Karachi as the sixth...
NAB: National or Nawaz’s Accountability Bureau?
News Analysis | Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons, Hassan and Hussain, failed to appear before NAB officials in Lahore on Friday. The...
Can Pakistan capitalize on $100 billion Chinese agricultural sector
"Where CPEC envisages an era of golden development for Pakistan’s economy, there lies at disposal a bona fide opportunity for Pakistan to unlock an...
Why has Kulsoom left for London amid the run-up to the Lahore by-polls?
News Analysis | The by-polls of the recently-vacated National Assembly seat, NA-120 are less than a month away. The seat which has been put up...
Pakistan looks for realignment as Indo-US alliance strengthens
News Analysis | Ever since Donald Trump became the President of USA, its relationship with India has transformed into a strategic rapport. Indo-US enmity for...
Will NAB references compel “natural allies” to shake hands?
News Analysis | Former President and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party(PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has iterated he would not come to rescue the dwindling...
Self-aware Pakistanis vs the influential and power-wielding elite
Saeed Afridi | This Pakistan This unworkable and wholly undemocratic architecture rendered Pakistan’s democracy in a state of constant struggle between two forms of authoritarian dictatorships,...
The Political Demise of Dar; finance minister out of favor!
News Analysis | After being relieved from the chairmanship of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has now also been removed from...
Qadri adds to Sharifs’ misery: The Model Town Case is back to the fore
News Analysis | It seems that the Sharif family has to fend-off multiple threats simultaneously. If the Panama verdict and its follow-up in shape of...
100 new cases of child abuse reported in Sheikhupura
News Desk | While Children have remained one of the extremely vulnerable groups of the society, the rising abuse cases against them is an interpretation...
Pakistan at 70
Adil Najam | Pakistan turned 70 on August 14, 2017. It has been a tumultuous journey. Exciting. Adventurous. Unpredictable. Sometimes uplifting. Often heartbreaking. And, often,...
No cherry picking of law breakers
Ikram Sehgal | Sharif’s utter contempt of the Supreme Court’s (SC) recent ruling, and by default the rule of law, was exposed blatantly for public...