Pakistan cement sees record 11 month production run despite Ramadan
News Analysis | Business activity slowed during the month of Ramadan in Pakistan, with cement demand also affected. In May 2018, domestic cement sales were...
Estranged Nisar poses new challenges for Sharifs; criticizes his former bosses
News Analysis | The former Interior Minister and a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has announced to contest the upcoming...
Chief Justice says stakeholders of Kala Bagh Dam will stay unaffected by SC’s order
News Analysis | On Saturday, the Supreme Court Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that the Supreme Court is entirely Pakistan’s court and its decision...
My Fundamental rights are being violated, complains elder Sharif
News Analysis | The ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again complained that his basic rights, as a citizen of Pakistan, were being violated....
Geopolitics and geo-economics of belt and road
Babar Zehri | The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It...
Evaluation of democracy and forthcoming challenges to next government
Muhammad Bilal Abdul Ghani | The 14th National Assembly completed its term on May 31st, 2018. It is a landmark achievement in the democratic history...
PML-N’s failure to overhaul transmission & distribution network responsible for load shedding in Ramadan
News Analysis | The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) on Monday admitted that Pakistan’s deplorable old transmission system is the main cause for load shedding and major...
Had no political agenda in past and now: Hassan Askari
News Desk | Care Taker Chief Minister Punjab Professor Hasan Askari says he had no “political agenda” in the past, and now. He said his...
Former govt borrowed $44 billion but failed to stabilize economy
News Desk | Chairman Coordination of FPCCI Malik Sohail Hussain on Saturday said PML-N government borrowed over 44 billion rupees during its tenure which is...
Accountability Court granted third extension to wrap up Sharif’s trail
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday directed the accountability court to conclude the trial of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif within one...
A generational failure
Saad Rasool | The democratic process in Pakistan has completed its second consecutive term (ten years), for the first time in the country’s history. And...
US officials question their state’s Af-Pak narrative
Imtiaz Gul | Nearly four days before Pak-Afghan officials met in Islamabad to continue their revived dialogue under the Afghan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace...