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Preferring violence to dialogue
On September 30, a primary school for boys was razed to the ground in Arandu Gol area of Chitral by a militant group
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The buck finally stops
The government has done all it can to dodge the bullet of the IMF
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Arming India
President Putin arrived in India on Thursday and is expected to sign off on a billions of dollars arms deal
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Invisible shackles
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is chosen as the province to launch a radio programme for the advocacy of gender rights
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Reforming madrassas
Madrassas are in need of both reform and being brought into the mainstream
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An uneasy partnership
PPP and PML-N have held meetings for co-operation in by-polls
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The population threat
Pakistan is currently the sixth-most populous country in the world
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Treating Pakistan as an equal
President Donald Trump tweeted harsh criticism of Pakistan on New Year's day, accusing the nation of ‘lies and deceit’
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Uncertainties in FATA
PM Imran met with FATA tribal leaders on Tuesday October 2, making assurances for the future
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Planning for Karachi
Karachi is grappling with rising street crime, land encroachments and infrastructure challenges
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Harder times ahead
IMF is unsatisfied with the recent mini-budget and proposals for the fiscal deficit
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On with the handbrake
CPEC investment in railway projects has been slashed to $6.2 billion
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Stray bullets and children
A seven-year-old was injured by a stray bullet on the premises of her school in Saeedabad, Karachi
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The PAC chairmanship
Parliamentary tradition demands that the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee to go to the opposition
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Pakistan and India at loggerheads
PM Imran Khan’s cabinet has been forced to be involved in a series of unpleasant exchanges with the Indian government
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Medical negligence in Karachi
Ours is a system that only functions in a reactionary manner
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Living with tragedies
The rest of the world needs to step forward and provide Indonesia a helping hand
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A system update needed for hospitals
A centralised system may facilitate families and medical experts at multiple hospitals
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Jaw-jaw not war-war
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has had a busy week in and around the United Nations General Assembly
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Dynamics changing?
An India-Bangladesh final highlighted the recently concluded Asia Cup
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Curiouser and curiouser
There has been a curious incident reported at Kot Lakhpat jail in Punjab
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Vandalism at Makli
Vandalism and theft remain the single-biggest threat to Makli necropolis near Thatta
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Votes for sale
The politics of Pakistan have always had a price attached
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The coming crunch
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf it is going to have to plough its furrow across the stony ground of the PML-N legacy
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Pulling off a hiring coup
Qatari foreign minister’s offered to employ 100,0 00 Pakistani workers
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Brought to book
NAB today finds itself busy, with the latest object of its attention being the Eden Housing Society scam
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Challenges in the cyberworld
FIR registered for ‘false and malicious material’ against judges of IHC
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How the mighty are fallen
#MeToo movement has seen its first conviction in Bill Cosby's sentencing
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That’s what allies are for
Plight of Muslim Uighur spouses of Pakistani traders in China is deeply troubling
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The water crisis
Dams that should have been built years ago were not and are years away from completion
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Pakistan at the UN
73rd UNGA finds itself with President Trump chairing a session of the Security Council
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Growing pains
The Sustainable Development Policy Institute has long been a forum for the dissection of government policies
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Avoiding risks in youth loans
Provincial government in Punjab has declared its intention to provide soft loans worth Rs3 million to young people
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A happy lift-off
Pakistan’s space programme seems to be gathering momentum
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Show and tell in parliament
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan will propose an amendment to the Rules of Procedure
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Rewiring the LG system
Provinces need freedom to tweak their LG governments as they wish
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Delayed salaries
It is embarrassing that only salaries for a limited number of doctors have been released to the JPMC
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Bigger gains from better power access
Let us not waste any more time
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Discord sows indecision
A nuanced approach will have to be adopted
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A sex offenders’ register
Pakistan has seen several high-profile sexual assault cases in recent years where women and children have died
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India gets it wrong. Again.
Islamabad expressed 'deep disappointment' at cancellation of the India-Pakistan UNGA foreign minister meeting
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Out with the old
The villain of the piece emerges as the Planning Ministry which failed to play its role
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Courting allies like never before
It was heartening to see the rousing reception our country’s premier received in Riyadh
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Yemen, children, starvation
Yemen has been something of a football for a hundred years
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PTI’s budget — the old normal
If you were thinking the balance of Rs805 billion would be realised by tax reform, think again
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Social transfusion for Punjab LG system
The LG system of Sindh and Balochistan are not different
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Let the refugees stay
Around one in every five Pakistanis then was a refugee
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Fallout from a trade war
Nnext round will leave the two sides bloody nosed
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Better late than never
Threat of blacklisting by FATF has produced results
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A catalogue of infamy
Innumerable questions arise, principally among them relating to accountability