Editorial

The usually smooth and savvy Shah Mehmood Qureshi is between the hammer and the anvil these days. He took to Twitter on Monday to enunciate the internationally recognised dispute of Jammu and Kashmir. This explanation came on the heels of national ire over his remarks in a television interview two days earlier. Causing a much-hyped […]

With the silver-domed mosque’s chaotic transposition to a full-fledged battlefield this weekend, the Israel-Palestine peace process is irrefutably dead! Still, the shocking footage of Israeli police violently taking on Palestinian protestors with rubber bullets and stun grenades was nothing more than another sordid chapter in the blood-curdingly sob tale! Ever since West Bank was forcibly […]

Islamabad is in deep trouble as far as the Paris-based most influential Financial Action Task Force is concerned. Great drama unfolded in February’s plenary when Pakistan was once again forced to go under the grey-list knife. This failure to revert to the so-called “white list” is upping the ante on Pakistan. The FATF threats are […]

Five years ago, a bright, confident man navigated his way to the top of London City Hall. His heavyweight affirmation, “My name is Sadiq Khan and I’m the Mayor of London,” had resonated with South Asian strongholds scattered across the shadow of Big Ben. The sure-footed yet feather-light Mr Khan once again proved to his […]

The detailed verdict of the Lahore High Court in the Shehbaz Sharif money laundering case has once again brought to the fore the shambolic state of prosecution in Pakistan. Senior Sharif is already out of the clink. Yet, by clearly pointing out that he does not face any kickback allegations, the bench has clearly won […]

Not long ago, the political demise of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was a trending topic of conversation in drawing rooms, everywhere. As Jiyalas lamented the farewell of its golden days, party critics were over the moon at finally seeing a sizeable dent in the vote bank. There were even rumours of other players strengthening […]

Since Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin is full of hope about relaxation in the IMF loan conditions, there are bright prospects of changes in the top ranks averting a massive storm brewing in the teacup. Nothing short of a massive feat. Going by the news briefing of a Fund official, the IMF “stands ready” to ensure […]

The premier security agency, FIA, has been unnecessarily dragged into an ugly political fracas. Something, its already hurting reputation could do well without! On Saturday, the authority allegedly stopped PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif from leaving Lahore airport for the UK. This offloading occurred a day after the Lahore High Court had granted him permission to […]

India’s Covid-19 problems seem to be getting worse by the day no matter what authorities there try to do to contain the spread of what is still the second wave of the coronavirus in that country. Unfortunately, despite the gravity of the situation and some very serious orders coming out of New Delhi, all official […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments about Pakistani missions abroad seem to have whipped up quite a storm and left much of the foreign service pretty unhappy. The problem began only a couple of weeks ago when information regarding mistreatment of expatriate Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia forced him to recall the ambassador, along with six other […]