Clipping SBP’s wings?If reports appearing in the international media are accurate, the ruling PTI is all set to curb the independence of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) when it comes to determining monetary policy. This...
Fault linesDirector General Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major Gen Asif Ghafoor has issued a veiled warning to the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM); urging it to remain peaceful in nature. The timing of t...
Abuse of women footballersAshraf Ghani is taking seriously reports of rape, sexual and physical abuse of members of the women’s national team; many also received death threats. Towards this end, the Afghan President has called...
Imran needs better advisersThe PM has been more than once given the perception of making off-the-cuff decisions in his pronouncements in his speeches and interviews. Even good advisers do not matter until there is a due process...
Jinnah’s August 11 speech wasn’t about a secular PakistanModernists love to believe that since Jinnah spoke in most secular terms at the very inauguration of the constituent assembly of Pakistan which was going to emerge on the globe three days later — this...