Editorial

Even though India has rejected the statement, United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the Kashmir conflict by following UN Security Council resolutions. He has also offered to mediate. India’s response to every meditation offer from any part of the world has been only ‘no’. The valley has been under […]

Polio is again in the news. In fact, it has never gone away. In the last year, however, it made repeated headlines, bringing the year’s tally to 144. In 2018, national polio cases were 12 and in 2017 only eight. This year’s count so far is 17, including the five cases reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

An open government would always admit its faults instead of defending them. Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown political grace by admitting his government’s disappointing performance on price control, especially of sugar and wheat flour, in recent days. This is, however, not the first time the prime minister has admitted the government’s slackness on price […]

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and several other international dignitaries have arrived in Pakistan to participate in an international conference on Afghan refugees. This is the occasion for Pakistan to inform the world about the huge price it has paid while hosting the Afghan refugees since 1979 and in the wake of continuous bloodshed […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the truest friend of Pakistan. It was his record fourth address to the joint session of the parliament and it was as in keeping with the aspirations of the Pakistani nation. “I thank God for giving me this opportunity. I am thankful to each of you individually for allowing […]

It’s a pity, surely, that the government is not facilitating a private initiative to set up public toilets, most of them free of cost, across the country. It is unbelievable, really, that a country of 200 million has only about 800 public toilets, half of which at the very least are non-functional. A private initiative […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a sort of a charge-sheet against the media on the day when the Turkish president was to leave the country. The least that can be said about it is that the move was ill-timed. Such statements do not behoove a leader when he is hosting state guests. To boot, […]

While almost every aspect of life has been hit hard over the past year or so, there is still some hope, and plenty of light at the end of the tunnel. According to international rankings, Islamabad has been declared the safest city in the country. It is safer than the Indian capital and even some […]

The conviction of Hafiz Saeed and his aid Malik Zafar Iqbal is a corrective step, and this must continue until all other militant wings, accused of using Pakistani soil for their activities home and abroad, are dealt with according to the law. Though very late, but the government pursued cases against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief […]

The Delhi Assembly electorate in India has voted Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) back to the government with a huge mandate as it won 62 seats in the 70-member House. Though the number is short of five seats from its previous its win in 2015, the second consecutive win, based on local issues, against […]