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Brimming with scintillating confidence, former prime minister Imran Khan is ready to take on the citadel, come what may. Not mincing words against an “unneutral establishment” and an unrelenting coterie of political rivals, the charismatic cricket star is still poised to win the race. In an exclusive interview with Daily Times, Mr Khan spilt the […]

Daring to disagree with Jean De La Fontaine, sadness does not fly away on the wings of time. At least, not always. If the ticking of the clock actually carried some magic, the past 12 years would have been enough to pierce through the blanket of silence commemorating a fallen warrior: Salman Taseer. As his […]

In what can only be termed as the biggest surprise, which would probably wrap up a year full of unimaginable twists and turns in Pakistani politics, former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has thrown in a crucial hail mary pass. As he called off the long march to Islamabad because he feared “havoc […]

“What we seek is not charity, not alms , not aid–but justice.” Pakistan’s youngest foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had roared in September with a ferocity that forced many to walk down memory lane to the crowded jalsagahs of the ’70s. However, words, no matter how powerful remain just words unless and until they culminate […]

History has a knack for hanging on to strange events. Talking exclusively to Daily Times, former human rights minister and PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari on Wednesday spilt the beans over the so-called confessional statement of her party member Shehbaz Gill as a “page out of the old playbook.” Just like a fabricated, nuanced disclosure by […]

Merely days, after leading political leaders had stood by the victims, rendered shelterless by the vicious monsoon downpour across Pakistan, the country’s 75 independence anniversary, was celebrated with grand splendour by the ruling party. Hallmarking hundreds of millions for an array of entertainment programmes was slammed as downright criminal by members of treasury and opposition […]

Reports of militants reviving from the dead to once again claim their share of the Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are nothing short of a nightmare. After seeing years of peace, the heavenly valley is all set to be terrorised as around five hundred Taliban have set up camp. As per reports, armed packets have […]

Hailed as one of history’s greatest military commanders, Napolean Bonaparte had once famously remarked, “It is the cause, not the death. that makes the martyr.” Rightfully so, because this determined rigour to sacrifice everything for the motherland and its people speak to a greater calling, and thus, blessed are the souls who find it in […]

 At least 126 lives have been claimed in disaster-hit Balochistan so far as the onslaught of record-breaking monsoon season continues in full glory. Utter devastation prevails across the province as relentless downpour has caused flash flooding in many streams and canals. With spillovers in dams, disasters are being spelt in remote towns and big cities […]