Editorial

The year 2016 has been perhaps the most unhappy and violent in Turkish recent history

Pakistan has kept its proverbial cool throughout and must continue to do so

PCB Shaharyar Khan dubbed the facility ‘four-star’ with facilities that can be matched with the best in the region

Pakistan continues to produce universities and PhDs by the dozen with little or no standards

Pakistan continues to stress the imperative for a non-discriminatory criteria-based approach for NSG membership

The 4,000MW transmission line costing $1.5 billion will be first of its kind and will link Matiari town to Lahore

CPEC will continue to dominate through 2017 possibly with some of the expected benefits beginning to show green shoots

Can Pakistan save their skin in Sydney’s final Test?

Pakistan must continue fostering enterprising minds and impart sound scientific training to its students

The composition of the bench to hear the Panama Papers case is of interest to both the government and to the PTI

Bilawal’s sister Bakhtawar Bhutto is also to contest the next General Election

It seems that our govt has decided that the only way to collect taxes is by offering additional tax breaks to crooks

The PPP is after all in the process of cobbling together something of a parliamentary coup

Any willingness to shake hands literally or metaphorically is a signal that Imran may have abandoned moral high ground

It is imperative that govt invests in projects aimed at providing long term cures for Pakistan’s electricity issues

There has been a reduction overall in the time when the darkness is on, but there is yet another long hot summer ahead

For Russia and China this is green-field diplomacy as far as Afghanistan is concerned

The FEF is encouraging locals to take up teaching positions hence creating jobs while also providing valuable service

For the PPP this strategy is going to give them a chance to repair their battered reputation before next election

Some even see Pakistan and India restarting the engagement process

The United Nations must initiate a project to rethink and reformulate the conception of human rights

Pakistan’s nature and wildlife has attracted domestic and foreign visitors for decades

Various government departments are infamous for their nonchalant attitudes towards matters of public welfare

To become a more mature market attractive to international players entry of a strategic partner was necessary move

It would be naive, of course, to say that the plight of minorities is approaching eradication

At the end of 2016, Jinnah’s Pakistan this country is not, neither is it the Pakistan of most Pakistanis

PM’s current visit is expected to build on two decades worth of goodwill that both countries have towards each other

Military operations against terrorism have been very successful, but the military is not an agent of societal change

Whatever hope PTI may have had of mounting challenge at grass roots fell on deaf ears and votes went to the PML-N

Greatest achievement for Misbah was mace which consolidated his position in folklore of Pakistan’s most followed sport

The PPP has never recovered from the comprehensive rejection it received in the last General Election

Depoliticising the police nationally is a major challenge

The government of Australia has pledged AUD47 million in assistance in FY 2016-17

There is more than a whiff of hypocrisy in Mr Musharraf’s revelations

CPEC will be a game changer for Pakistan if — and it is a big if — it is able to maximize the potential it presents

The murder of Mr Karlov may be seen as part of the backlash in Turkey against Russian actions in Syria

The goat is meeting its premature end in an effort to bring ‘good luck’ to the airline

Pakistani cinemas have decided to lift the self imposed suspension on screening Indian films

It has been announced that the PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari is to come back to Pakistan on December 23

Karachi has had several failed attempts at an effective and extensive mass transit system

Islamabad should take some decisions on the urgent basis on the home front

The population over the last 17 years has not only grown, it has become much more mobile as the cities expanded

It will be recalled that the report called out the interior ministry for its ‘monumental failure’ to combat terrorism

The dead are mourned and buried and the living have to carry on regardless

It is clear from the report that the law enforcement agencies are deeply deficient in a variety of ways

He has already hit the headlines as a wrestler with his performances in various US circuits

The new army commander General Qamar Javed Bajwa is wasting no time putting his own stamp on the forces at his command

Parliament resumed on Wednesday December 14 and promptly descended into a cacophony

There is an urgent need to lower the rhetoric

The reason for Azam Saigol's resignation was cited as ‘personal grounds’