With the chief appointment out of the way and the army intent on staying out of politics, the fight is now down to the two factions led by the PTI and the PML-N. Their new bout starts today, with the arrival… Continue Reading
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the world cannot afford to go back into another “era of Cold War or bloc politics”. He made the remarks in an interview with Newsweek’s senior foreign policy writer Tom O’Connor published on Monday. In… Continue Reading
The dollar continued its relentless upward march against the rupee on Monday with the greenback gaining Rs4.25 in interbank trade. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan, the dollar was trading at a record Rs216 against the local currency at… Continue Reading
Karachi is perennially hot and sticky, but this summer has been hotter and stickier than usual. As I set out hoping to ride on the newly-inaugurated Peoples’ Bus Service, the season’s first major monsoons are still a day or two… Continue Reading
Pakistan has been ranked as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity, placed 145 out of 146 states, in the latest Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. The report ranks 146 countries, of which the… Continue Reading
The Lahore High Court on Saturday granted bail to journalist Imran Riaz Khan in a petition seeking to either quash the 18 cases filed against him or consolidate them all into a single first information report (FIR). Justice Ali Baqar… Continue Reading
President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday penned a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the recent harassment of journalists and media persons, expressing his concern and calling for remedial action to be taken. The President of Pakistan’s Twitter account… Continue Reading
IN today’s polarised and charged political environment the idea of national consensus may seem implausible if not impossible. But that doesn’t detract from its importance as key issues consequential to Pakistan’s future are in urgent need of national consensus. The… Continue Reading
Last week, the recently ousted PM of Pakistan warned that our ‘slavish’ relationship with the US would bury Nazariya-i-Pakistan (the Pakistan Ideology). He did not explain exactly how this can come to be, or how our relationship with the US… Continue Reading
Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 21.32 per cent in June, the highest in over 13 years, data shared by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed on Friday. Last month, inflation was recorded at 13.76pc. In… Continue Reading