Nawaz versus Shahbaz: A battle for influence within PML-N

News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif advised his brother and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seek the advice of party workers rather...

Why is the Punjab Government not releasing the Baqir Najfi report?

News Analysis | The Punjab Government has told the Lahore High Court that the families of the victims of the Model Town shooting misled the...

Why speculations over the Corps Commanders Conference should stop ?

News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a Corps Commanders Conference on Tuesday at GHQ Rawalpindi. The meeting between...

Pakistan has much stronger credentials for NSG membership than India

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The full membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is significant for Pakistan. The inclusion in the Group not only...

Solo flight: PTI going to court against PML-N’s “illegal Act”

News Analysis | The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday said it would challenge in the Supreme Court a bill allowing deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...

What if Imran Khan is disqualified by Supreme Court?

News Analysis | On Tuesday, the Supreme Court concluded its hearings on Imran Khan Case in the petition brought by Hanif Abbasi, the leader of...

Infighting within PML(N) worsens as accountability of Sharif clan continues

News Analysis | On Monday, severe differences in the PML(N) ranks were witnessed during an altercation between the leaders Khwaja Saad Rafique and Ahsan Iqbal....

Pakistani university bans ‘western’ clothing for females

News Analysis | Authorities at a private university in Islamabad, FAST-NU, has announced that women cannot wear westernized dresses while attending university. It has promulgated...

Democracy under threat from Nawaz Sharif?

News Analysis | On Tuesday, ousted Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif was re-elected the president of PML-N, standing unopposed at the Convention Centre in Islamabad, reclaiming...

Jhelum symbolizes all that could go wrong with PTI politics

Waqas Shabbir | Imran Khan last month paid a much-awaited visit to Jhelum. It was supposed to be a power show from PTI clan. But...

PML-N : A Private Limited Company or a Political Party ?

News Analysis | The Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday approved an amendment to the party's constitution which allows a...

How Pakistani politics, civil society & bureaucracy promote Corruption?

Sarwar Bari | Recently a factory worker suggested to me passionately to take part in the next general election as a candidate. A close friend...