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...

PTV chief

Is the government doing what its predecessors did? The suspension of Mr Naeem Bukhari as Chairman of PTV was done by the...

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...

Trilateral Summit

Deepening ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan has pluses, but also an underside Pakistan has hosted a trilateral summit with Turkey and Azerbaijan,...

Doha talks

Accommodation required to fulfil mutual expectations The Afghan government wants an end to the ongoing bloodshed in the country. The Afghan Taliban...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Unsatisfactory explanations

Government should take responsibility for national blackout Two days have passed since the country witnessed a sudden national power grid breakdown, plunging...

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,...

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...

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...