Editorial

When the PML-N’s phoenix had arisen from the flames of prison to pick up reins three months ago, Islamabad was mesmerised by his turb-charged politics and reconciliatory rhetoric. For, months of spewing venom against the establishment had cast the Lahori Lions in a far unacceptable light. Though his niece’s fiery speeches had, undoubtedly earned her […]

That the Delta variant of the coronavirus has ravaged Sindh, especially Karachi, more than the rest of the country, and that something extraordinary needs to be done about it, is not in dispute. But perhaps, just shutting everything down as a reflex action might not be the best way. It could, in fact, even be […]

The last few decades have seen politicians in our part of the world pin the blame for the security turmoil on the flames emanating from the Afghan border. We’ve been going around in circles for far too long now. Thankfully, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has finally sensed the need to raise the clarion call. Sindh […]

Perhaps, the best thing that now-former special advisor to the prime minister on institutional reforms and austerity, Dr Ishrat Hussain, could have done was resign from his position in the federal cabinet, since he has done precious little about reforms or austerity in the last three years. Therefore, his decision to step down is welcome. […]

It had been a while since the ruling party won a by-election, even in its own strongholds and for seats that its blue-eyed candidates had held, so the major upset in Sialkot that saw a relatively untried contestant defeat the experience of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) must have been very pleasing for Pakistan Tehreek e […]

The last few weeks and months have made for particularly disturbing news as far as rapes and murders in this Islamic republic are concerned; not that any time before that was much to write home about in this regard. But with rape and murder of women and children becoming so common that they don’t find […]

By bringing home troops from the “longest war”, US President Joe Biden certainly got one thing checked off the campaign trail. So what if this hasty withdrawal comes on the heels of the Taliban reclaiming power in the battle-weary Afghan wasteland! Mr Biden has already announced to the world that America had not entered this […]

While there’s no doubt that Pakistan has so far handled all waves of the pandemic better than almost all other countries in the whole world, the biggest advantage of which has been that our economy was kept running when most others were forced to shut down, it is also very important not to let our […]

The Punjab government seems to have hit the nail on the head with its program to launch a door-to-door coronavirus vaccination campaign in five of the province’s biggest cities in order to meet the August 14 target set by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC); which requires 40 percent of the above-18 population of […]

It is a common practice in Pakistani politics to make way for dirty, vile accusations whenever there is the slightest difference in opinion. Thus, the upcoming heated developments in Kabul were bound to open our floodgates. Engaging in a ferocious war of words, former friends, Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl have once again […]