Suzuki raises prices third time this year: Will Pakistan ever stand up for itself?

News Analysis | With no regard to dark times ahead, possibly due to frequent change in government’s policies and an expected rise in competition (which...

PML-N government releases Rs 31.3 billion on last day of its tenure to woo business community

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday released Rs 31.3bn sales tax refunds to traders and exporters on the last day of its five-year...

State Bank launches Deposit Protection Corporation & new notes

News Analysis | State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday announced that Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC), set up to safeguard the interests of small depositors,...

Will General Elections 2018 be held on time?

News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a schedule for general elections to be held on July 25. Addressing a news conference...

Will caretaker government be able to hold free and fare elections?

Ikram Sehgal | Headed by former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, the Caretaker Regime taking office today includes in its mission statement (1) running the affairs...

Will Pakistan be able to become a strong democracy as government completes its tenure?

News Analysis | The National Assembly of Pakistan has completed its constitutional tenure on the 31st May 2018. In this regard, the Ministry of Parliamentary...

Pakistan hands over power to caretaker government as polls loom

AFP | Pakistan's civilian government completed its term Friday for only the second time in the country's history, with a caretaker administration to take over...

BRT’s prototype bus finally arrives in Peshawar for testing purposes

News Analysis | The prototype bus for the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) has reached Peshawar. The bus approved for the project arrived in the provincial...

USAID aims at boosting sales of Pakistani Agritech companies

News Analysis | In a stakeholder awareness workshop, 15 representatives from Pakistan’s leading agriculture technology companies deliberated on how to expand adoption of agriculture technology...

“Seasonal birds” in Pakistan’s political arena

Farid A Malik | ‘Khooti Rahi Bur Thalay’ means “the donkey remained under the tree.” the first time I heard this Punjabi proverb was in...

Ahsan Iqbal ‘taken to task’ in LHC over anti-judiciary remarks

News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal appeared before a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench to explain his contemptuous remarks...

Government takes credit for “exceptional growth” in Oil and Gas sector

News Analysis | The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Wednesday, overwhelmingly praised the government for making exceptional growth in the Oil and Gas sector during last...
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