National unity: PM & COAS meet 3rd time in a week

News Analysis | Ahead of the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tomorrow, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...

Ehsan Mani elected PCB Chairman unopposed

News Analysis | Ehsan Mani, former ICC President, who was nominated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the day of his oath-taking, has been elected as Chairman...

PM Khan launches countrywide tree plantation drive

News Desk | On Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a countrywide tree plantation campaign from Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The campaign aims to plant 10...

The 2018 Election: Some observations – Muhammad Zahid Rifat

Muhammad Zahid Rifat | The casting of a vote in the general election for the National and Provincial  Assemblies on July 25, 2018, was my...

The opposition never was and still isn’t united

News Analysis | Despite persistent efforts by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to make the joint opposition parties drop the name of Maulana Fazlur Rehman...

Of helicopters, misplaced priorities & exploitation by media

Uzair Javaid | Prelude August 18th, Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister, officially taking over the charge of power in the corruption...

No to IMF bail out – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Since the late 1980s, Pakistan has availed 12 IMF bail-out packages with disastrous results. Now a 13th package is being...

Large scale financial embezzlement revealed in Punjab Population Innovation Fund

News Analysis | Large scale financial embezzlements were revealed in Punjab Population Innovation Fund (PPIF) as administration had allegedly distributed millions of rupees among private...

MQM London: Target killer among 2 killed in police encounter

News Analysis | Two alleged robbers, including an MQM-London hitman, were killed in separate shootouts with police in Central and West districts of Karachi this...

Pakistan once again opts to stand with a friend, Iran, over the USA

News Analysis | Foreign Minister of Iran, Javad Zarif, visited Pakistan as the first foreign dignitary to meet with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign...

The civil-military argument – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | Throughout our history, Pakistan has been consumed by (an ongoing) debate about civil-military imbalance. This argument stands on two assertions, one factual...

Pentagon moves to scrap $300 million in aid to Pakistan

AFP | The US military plans to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad's lack of "decisive actions" in support of American...