Editorial

Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid should tender his resignation from the railways ministry. This may not change the pathetic chugging of the railways immediately, but the symbolic move will help the railways come out of the jinx, it has been in since the firebrand politician from Rawalpindi took over the department one year ago, which was not doing well under his predecessor, Khawaja Saad Rafique. … [Read more...] about Sheikh Rashid must go home

The report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the $6 billion bailout to Pakistan is a damning indictment of the lopsided policies and insufficient policy action by incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its predecessor Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz governments, for the present day economic woes and critical financial trials the country is facing. The critical report details the … [Read more...] about IMF report on economy

The government will find hardly a few people, even in the federal cabinet, who have the 'guts' to appreciate the cabinet's decision to block media access to and interviews of politicians facing trial or have been convicted of a charge. It seems the government has lost political insight and is hell bent on losing its democratic credentials by imposing dictatorship on people's right to free … [Read more...] about Muzzled media

Showing a firm stand, often punctuated with more warnings and less incentives, for months, now the government is trying to understand hard realities about businessmen's problems and has taken a step to alleviate their concerns. Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised to address the concerns of the business community on a priority basis. He met a delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of … [Read more...] about Prime minister’s meeting with businessmen

For a second consecutive year, the United Nations report on the situation in India-held Kashmir has been calling for the setting up a Commission of Inquiry for a thorough probe into human rights abuses being perpetrated by Indian occupation troops in the valley. The damning reports by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) are enough to awake the world powers on the … [Read more...] about UN report on Kashmir

Is Sir Kim Darroch still the UK ambassador in Washington? The answer is 'yes'. The Downing Street has expressed "full support" in his credentials while the White House has not yet issued him an order to leave. Of course, any such order from Washington is bound to be reciprocated by London.Professionally speaking, there is no harm in ambassadors writing assessment reports about the countries … [Read more...] about UK, US in leaks row

It was a matter of inflated egos in Islamabad, which triggered the unnecessary issue, otherwise the Sindh government fully deserved to run the hospitals at the centre of the storm last month. The months-long feud over the functional control of three hospitals - the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICD) and National Institute of Child Health … [Read more...] about Sindh gets back hospitals

With no amount of modern storytelling techniques to recreate scenes of shrapnel shattering through windowpanes of classrooms in Kabul, the mass media can make the global audience realise the hell the Afghan Taliban have turned human lives into in Afghanistan. Twelve killed, 179 injured and counting! This is Sunday's haul. Having set Kabul on fire, the Taliban are also talking peace with US Special … [Read more...] about Kids are dying in Kabul

Another day, another leak. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz has unleashed a vociferous attack on the government with presenting a video wherein accountability judge Arshad Malik, who convicted Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference, is seen talking about 'immense pressure from hidden hands' to convict the former prime minister. The core of her press conference, where other PML-N … [Read more...] about Dirty leaks

Prime Minister Imran Khan has a loaded agenda. On July 22, US President Donald Trump has invited him for a meeting and from September 4 to 6 Russian President Putin. Both these presidents have an uncanny intimacy as they continue exchanging smiles whenever they meet in person and barbs when they are at a distance. The prime minister's meeting with Donald Trump will follow his meeting with Putin. … [Read more...] about From Trump to Putin