Middle Class: Its economic prosperity, a myth or reality?
News Analysis | Long ago, it was established that Pakistan’s middle class is going through an expansion after the economic upheaval in 2002. Perhaps a more...
Pakistani women and the bottom of the table
News Analysis | The Pakistani women team went into the world cup with their heads held high. They played the warm up games and won...
Cockroaches- Part 2. The Rule of Law and due process
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | "It is rejected," said Marium Safdar for her incredibly "long" attention spans, an admirable trait inherited from her father and...
Are Javed Hashmi’s theatrics well-timed ?
News Analysis | Veteran politician Javed Hashmi on Wednesday addressed an unexpected press conference in Multan and questioned the lack of accountability for jurists and...
Trade deficit reached all-time high in year 2017: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
News Analysis | With dwindling foreign reserves, the country’s economy is grossly engulfed by the imbalances in the current account. Higher imports and record-low exports...
Pak-US relations: Echoing old mantra?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Recently, a bipartisan United States Senate delegation visited Pakistan. The senators’ visit has created optimism about the probability of a...
Resign for your own good sir !
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Regardless of the intricacies and nuances of the law, the head of the government Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif must resign...
Behold the JIT report! PML-N facade crumbling?
GVS News Analysis | Behold the JIT report! The earth has broken asunder and swallowed whole the expertly constructed rhetoric, so fiercely propagated by Sharif...
China rings alarm bells in India ; may militarily help Pakistan in Kashmir
News Analysis | The picturesque yet militarized Kashmir valley is in the headlines for various reasons, be it the brazen resistance movement; the mourning of...
Federal government approves development projects for KPK
News Analysis | The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)Â on Monday approved 11 development projects worth Rs 235bn under the authority of Finance...
Modern day slavery in Pakistan
There are an estimated 2,058,200 people in modern slavery in Pakistan – 1.13% of the entire population. In Pakistan, debt bondage is the most...
Human rights abuses in Indian Occupied Kashmir (Part 2)
Asif Haroon Raja | Many are suspecting that Panama and Dawn leaks scandals were engineered to topple the sitting government. The Recent publication of a...