Tag: Imran Khan
We filers are idiots? – Ikram Sehgal
Ikram Sehgal | A marked deterioration in the economy, a treasury on the verge of bankruptcy and huge levels of debt made fresh fiscal measures...
New Ministers: Expected faces of the Federal Cabinet
According to reports, the Federal Cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan is all set to be expanded with up to five to six new...
“India & Pakistan: Saas-Bahu relationship?” – Maleeha Hashmey
Maleeha Hashmey | Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant. The problem with the political jokes is that they...
Small men occupying big offices: PM tweet blasts Modi
News Analysis | The recent step by the Indian government led by Hindutva leader Narendar Modi has dashed hopes for a reinvigorated Pak-India peace process....
India dumps peace again – Mustansar Hussain Tasir
Mustansar Hussain Tasir | Many saw it as a ray of hope when the Indian external affairs ministry confirmed that, in response to Pakistan’s plea,...
Hope for peace talks tumble as India calls off UNGA meeting
News Analysis | The Indian government has rescinded its decision to accept Pakistan’s proposal for a meeting between the Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of...
Are civil services reforms imminent?
News Analysis | The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, addressed civil servants in civil service academy on Friday, the 14th of September. He promised...
The Significance of Pak-US military ties
News Analysis | In the first visit of a foreign delegation to Pakistan after the new government was formed, the chief of the US military...
Can Imran Khan bring Pakistan in from the diplomatic cold?
AFP | Tensions with Afghanistan, faltering relations with the US, and chronically poor ties with India. Pakistan today stands isolated, observers say, and bringing it...
‘Factually incorrect’ statements and ‘Narrow perceptions’ from POTUS administration
News Desk | After Pakistan Pakistan denied that the issue of terrorism had been discussed at all, in a phone call, between U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo...
1990’s dream boy: Imran Khan
AFP | Imran Khan was catapulted to global fame as a World Cup cricket champion, but the man known in the West as a celebrity...
Qasim Khan Suri, MNA from Balochistan, nominated by PTI for NA...
News Analysis | Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and in-waiting Prime Minister, has nominated Qasim Khan Suri as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly...
Will Imran re-write the history by taking oath on August 17?
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan, will take the oath as prime minister, of Pakistan, on either August 17 or 18, party’s...
Does money dominate the outcome of the electoral process?
Saad Rasool | As we settle our democratic nerves, in the post-election scenario, all energies (of media personnel and political operatives) have been focused on...
The promise of #NayaPakistan
Saad Rasool | The 25th of July, 2018, has ushered a new era of governance in Pakistan. To view this as a victory for one...
The Despicable American Media Coverage of Pakistan Elections
Sher Ali Tareen | The American mainstream media boasts a voracious appetite for caricaturing, simplifying, and neatly categorizing non-Western people and life, especially when it...
Politics Above Personality
News Desk | On the 25th of July, the whole world witnessed the second consecutive civilian transfer of power in Pakistan. There are good reasons...
Nawaz pulling the strings from Jail to defeat Khan
News Analysis | Jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed party leaders to continue protest against alleged rigging on Election Day--July 25. In the...
Grand opposition alliance to stage second APC today
News Analysis | Albeit the 2018 primary elections did not end up in a hung parliament as the opposition was hoping, a grand opposition alliance...
Third APC in one week: opposition mulling over ways to counter...
News Analysis | The opposition parties are all set to hold third All Parties Conference (APC), after the July 25 elections. On the contrary, if...
Elahi and PML-Q in Punjab?
News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) senior leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has emerged as a strong candidate for a role of Chief Minister...
Erdogan Congratulates Imran on his electoral victory
News Desk | The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Imran Khan on Tuesday, through a telephonic conversation, on the success of General Elections 2018, held...
Don’t disrespect people’s mandate: ECP urges to losing parties
News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is facing severe criticism by political parties and candidates who could not manage to win the...
Grand opposition alliance ready to challenge Imran’s next government
News Analysis | In wake of Imran’s win on July 25 elections-which opposition parties’ term as selection has put all the opposition parties on one...
PML-Q decides to back PTI in Punjab
News Analysis | After a tight competition with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has finally attained the required number of seats to form...
PTI gets required number to form govt in Punjab, claims Fawad...
News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has acquired the required number of seats to form a government in Punjab, claimed party spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry. PTI...
PTI pushes out stubborn bigwigs
News Analysis | In its first ever nationwide victory, PTI has broken the power monopoly of certain figureheads belonging PPP, PML-N and other far right...
PML-Q demands post of CM Punjab or deputy prime minister slot;...
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is certain to form government in the country’s largest province, Punjab, but it is facing extreme challenges at the...
Imran Khan’s ‘what-not-to-do’ list
Farah Adeed | So finally Imran Khan is all set to become the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Imran is a hope...
G.E’18: Ayesha Gulalai seriously needs to quit
News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf defector and former MNA Ayesha Gulalai of the NA-1 Peshawar managed to bag all of 30 votes, according...
Bushra Maneka congratulates nation over Imran Khan’s overwhelming victory
News Desk | Bushra Maneka, the wife of Imran Khan has congratulated the nation over the overwhelming victory of PTI in GE-2018. She in her...
What Imran Khan means to Indian occupied Kashmir
Murtaza Shibli | Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a...
Imran Khan’s victory: Pakistanis rejoiced, Indians amazed while the world appreciates
News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf chief Imran Khan garnered massive international appreciation for his astounding victory speech delivered on 26th July on Thursday from his...
Fauzia Kasuri congratulates Imran Khan, despite losing in Karachi
News Desk | Former Tehreek-I-Insaf leader Fauzia Kasuri congratulated Imran Khan in a tweet over PTI’s victory in the 2018 General Elections. She had left...
PTI likely to lead in Punjab Assembly, media reports
News Analysis | Hamza Shahbaz, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif, has said on Friday that his party was ready to form a...
Aliens did not beat PMLN in elections, the common man did
Bushra Zafar | It was a hot and sultry morning, and I was part of the long queue outside the polling station in one of...
