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....
PDM protest in Gujranwala: Will Opposition parties fail today?
Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Friday has predicted that public gathering of opposition parties in Gujranwala will fail today. Fayyazul Hassan Chohan...
Indian woman rescued after spending 18 months locked in toilet
An Indian woman who was held captive in squalid conditions in a nine-square-foot outdoor toilet by her husband for 18 months has been freed...
Op-ed: Ishrat Husain’s new book provides logical answers to Pakistan’s governance dilemma
Dr. Ishrat Husain, the former dean of IBA and ex-governor State Bank of Pakistan has contributed to the list of the books that tend...