Editorial

Pakistan is never short of crises. The latest one in the making is the shortage of flour and subsequent rising prices in Punjab and other parts of the country. Since 2008, after the Pakistan People’s Party increased wheat prices from a paltry Rs450 per 40 kilogram to Rs1,000, the country witnessed a remarkable improvement in […]

A jobless journalist and social media activist from Lahore has fallen prey to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, which gives unquestionable powers to law-enforcement agencies to interpret anyone’s speech and penalise them. Azharul Haq Wahid, a jobless journalist, who was associated with a local daily and later a TV channel, was remanded […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan must attend the 19th council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being held in India later this year. Boycotting the international gathering will be a bad option and that too only over the issue of an undesirable venue. Indian foreign minister has indicated that they will invite […]

In the age of geo-fencing and facial recognition, our part of the world still hosts ghost employees and ghost campuses. The good thing, however, is that such employees are increasingly running short of options to hide and fetch salaries. Recently, 200 ghost and another 1,300 dubious employees have been unearthed in the Punjab Primary and […]

After much hesitation and excuses, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally agreed to visit Pakistan for three T20 Internationals, two Tests and one One-day International match. The credit for the confirmation must go to International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Shashank Manohar, a fact acknowledged by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The smooth and peaceful conduct […]

The White House is fast becoming a place of surprises in recent days. Last week US President Trump escalated tension by the assassination of Iranian commander Gen Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Within three days, when US military bases came under missile attack, Trump unexpectedly backed down, much to the displeasure of his allies like Saudi […]

After sailing smoothly for almost 18 months, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government is feeling powerful undercurrents from many sides. In politics, when bad luck strikes, miseries come in droves, and it appears now that junior coalition partners Pakistan Muslim League-Q and Grad Democratic Alliance (GDA) are also following the path of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan […]

What can one say of the times when an army boot is brandished in a live TV talk show and the holy book is brought in the parliament to prove one’s innocence? It is increasingly becoming difficult for ideological politicians to stay clean while remaining in the murky waters of present day politics. It was […]

Weather-related deaths are always making the headlines. People die from extreme heat; cold nights also kill, and heavy downpours lead to collapsed roofs leaving entire families dead sometimes. The ongoing spell of snowfall and showers has left 25 people dead in Balochistan and 59 others in Azad Jammu and Kashmir as the whole country is […]

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision declaring unconstitutional the formation a special court that tried Gen Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case is not likely to settle the murky world of politics and civil-military relations. The special court had also drawn flak for sentencing the former military ruler to death on December 17. The […]