FBR Reform
The government’s performance is not such that the country can afford the revenue loss caused
FBR Reform
The government’s performance is not such that the country can afford the revenue loss caused
How long will PDM last?
Managing the differences is no cakewalk
The PDM comprises different parties with each one having a separate programme. They also have a history of...
PTV chief
Is the government doing what its predecessors did?
The suspension of Mr Naeem Bukhari as Chairman of PTV was done by the Islamabad High...
The façade of transparency
And of zero tolerance for corruption
Prime Minister Imran Khan is never tired of emphasizing the need for transparency. It is therefore justified to...
Trilateral Summit
Deepening ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan has pluses, but also an underside
Pakistan has hosted a trilateral summit with Turkey and Azerbaijan, which culminated...
Doha talks
Accommodation required to fulfil mutual expectations
The Afghan government wants an end to the ongoing bloodshed in the country. The Afghan Taliban want a...
Cabinet irresponsibility
PM doesn’t seem in charge of his Cabinet
Prime Minister Imran Khan told his ministers to do two things: to improve their performance, and...
The struggle for civilian supremacy
Not a limited over match
The clarification sought by PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman from the GHQ would have been unnecessary if Prime Minister...
Trigger-happy police
Procedural controls required to prevent extrajudicial killings
A judicial inquiry report on the senseless murder of 22-year-old Osama Satti on a main highway of...
As PTI nears completing its mid-term
Negative factors pile up
The most prominent challenges Pakistan faces today are the country’s economic recovery, containment of Covid-19, improving internal security, managing threats...
Unsatisfactory explanations
Government should take responsibility for national blackout
Two days have passed since the country witnessed a sudden national power grid breakdown, plunging it into...
Blackout lessons
Unless lessons are learned, it could happen again
The whole country went through a nine-hour blackout in the wee hours of Sunday, in a...
PDM disarray
The PML(N) joins the PPP in taking part in the by-polls
All the glassy-eyed bonhomie between the PML(N) and the PPP, the latest example...
Preparing to deal with new US administration
Need to safeguard a complicated but vital relationship
The Foreign Office is about to initiate an in-house debate over Pak-US relations under the new...
