Op-ed: Fee hike in exports has left Pakistani businesses rattled

The recent increase in the fee for obtaining Phyto-certificate, mandatory for the export of perishable items, by 800 per cent without comparing with the...

Will Nawaz Sharif address PDM’s next rally in Quetta on October 25?

Muhammad Zubair, a senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has dismissed speculations about the cancellation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s address to...

Why is Pakistan rescinding TikTok ban?

Pakistan, just 10 days since banning the global video-sharing platform TikTok has decided to unban the same after getting a 'positive response' from the...

Pensions: A brewing disaster

Present public perception benignly ignores the fact that Pakistan’s economy was put in dire straits by the PML(N) govt. The PTI narrative was late...

Despite tremendous favours, Afghans find it hard to trust Pakistan. Here’s why!

Many Pakistanis wonder why there is such acrimony and deep suspicion among Afghans against them despite so many ‘favours’ to Kabul. After all, Islamabad...

NSA Moeed Yusuf’s interview is a reflection of ‘Naya Pakistan’

Over the past week, even as Pakistani media was consumed by the abhorrent (and self-destructive) tirades of Nawaz Sharif and his cohorts, an important...

Will Captain Safdar be sent to jail for three years after disrespecting Quaid’s mausoleum?

Captain (retired) Mohammad Safdar, husband of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz, has been arrested by the Karachi police from a hotel in...

FATF: Pakistan’s chances of exiting the gray list?

Islamabad has been struggling to get off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) gray list since 2018. However, internal and external environments have not...

Pakistan’s politics: Art of manipulating societal sentiment for personal aggrandizement

The past few weeks, in Pakistani politics, have been a revealing experience. They have laid bare the hypocrisy of our political system, and the...

Terrorism case against PML-N leaders: what is the role of current CCPO?

An anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended interim bail of PML-N leaders Rana Sanaullah and Captain (retd) Safdar until October 20 in the NAB office...

Op-Ed: Opposition running ‘Democracy (Pvt) Ltd’ in the name of Democracy

The veneer of democracy, within our ‘democratic’ parties, is gradually (but surely) being demolished by a new generation of hereditary leaders across the opposition...

Op-Ed: How history belies Nawaz Sharif’s ‘progressive’ politics

Power without political struggle has always been disastrous. In the chequered political history of Pakistan, there have been only two genuine national political parties....