Two Wrongs By: Daily Times on February 28, 2024Next month when the thirteenth president of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi completes his term, he will leave behind a legacy riddled with spats, controversies and an uncanny realisation that his office was not in the best shape to bear some, if not all, of its burdens. The latest of this has been an obvious reluctance […]
Mixed Signals By: Daily Times on February 28, 2024Perpetually hungry for solid entertainment, cricket aficionados have, year after year, filled stadiums, cheered their favourite teams and made the Pakistan Super League a roaring success. Tugging at the heartstrings of the entire nation, the impressive cricket carnival encourages the fans, players, franchise owners and broadcasters to keep coming back for yet another dose of […]
New CMs By: Daily Times on February 27, 2024If the Punjab Assembly has overnight become the talk of the town because of its headline-worthy new woman Chief Minister, vowing to lead the heartland with grace, Sindh’s Murad Ali Shah is an icon unto himself. Chosen to lead the house for the third time in a row, Mr Shah wished to work for and […]
Wheat Woes By: Daily Times on February 27, 2024The everyday struggle of Pakistanis as they strive to afford basic essentials like flour serves as a poignant reminder of the state’s failure to meet the needs of its people. Although official spokespersons believe grain imports have allowed the masses to steer clear of any wheat and flour shortage in the last five months as […]
Relief for Masses? By: Daily Times on February 26, 2024With the ruling elite finally seeing the sense of snapping out of the collision course, optimism seems to have returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange. As the index level touched well above 62,000 points, a robust recovery has added to hopes for upcoming days while investors disregard the staggering deficit in the current account on […]
False Propaganda By: Daily Times on February 26, 2024So tenacious was the false propaganda circulating on social media platforms regarding Iranian forces targetting a commander of Jaishul Adl on Pakistani soil that the armed forces decided to step in and clear the air so that these unwarranted tensions and concerns could be dealt with, once and for all. In stark contrast to the […]
Trouble in Paradise By: Daily Times on February 25, 2024The political landscape of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is yet again experiencing a significant upheaval due to the criticism levied by Sher Afzal Marwat; shedding light on the deepening fracture lines within the party. This criticism has created a looming sense of impending political turmoil and uncertainty as internal rifts become more apparent. With someone like […]
Police High-handedness By: Daily Times on February 25, 2024All this talk of Pakistani civic society getting together to plan out building bridges among communities and carving out a line of action against the onslaught of verbal weapons of mass destruction is a futile exercise. After all, ours is a country fixated on the ways of the Dark Ages, the latest evidence of which […]
Zero-Sum Tactics By: Daily Times on February 24, 2024Once, a mistake, but twice, a choice. Regardless of his own grievances with the political machinery, PTI Founder Imran Khan should have thought about the repercussions of sending a letter to the IMF, which could essentially be used as an excuse to suspend the last-gasp arrangement. While a press briefing held on Friday smacked of […]
Palestinian Tragedy By: Daily Times on February 24, 2024Criticising the Israeli settler policy, Pakistan’s caretaker law minister joined a list of over 50 countries as he stood in The Hague and urged the top court to take notice of “systematic racial discrimination and apartheid against the Palestinians.” The ICJ is currently hearing statements on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the West […]