Pervez Hoodbhoy Don’t blame the Chinese AN exam question for CSS aspirants: what’s higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the seas, stronger than steel, and sweeter than honey? Well, dear candidate, any hesitation suggests your patriotism level needs checking in… Continue Reading
THE PTI’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’, which it plans to commence from Lahore on Wednesday, Feb 22, will be an acid test of the party’s as yet untested street power. There is no denying that the party is capable of pulling… Continue Reading
Friday’s brazen attack by the banned TTP on the Karachi Police Office came as a violent jolt to the system. It underscored the high vulnerability of what should be well-protected cities to terrorist threats. The raid should lead to some stocktaking… Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Amid a global economic slowdown, Pakistan’s exports of rice posted a negative growth of 15.82 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year mainly due to the flood devastation of paddy fields in Sindh. In… Continue Reading
THE Gomal University administration’s decision to ban the mixing of male and female college students on the pretext of security is an absurd development, and reeks of an Afghan Taliban mindset that favours the policing of women. Female students have… Continue Reading
SENSIBLE initiative is on the cards that proposes to use technology and the huge Nadra database to address critical social issues that affect young people in our midst at various stages of their life. The health ministry and the National… Continue Reading
Pervez Musharraf was one of Pakistan’s better dictators A protagonist in the war on terror, the former generalissimo died in Dubai on February 5th When Pervez Musharraf was appointed army chief of Pakistan in 1998, he was considered a surprising… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are unlikely to discontinue supporting militants in Pakistan as they feel that economic troubles prevent Islamabad from launching a major operation against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to a new report from a leading US… Continue Reading
THE PDM government appears hell-bent on clubbing its opponents, particularly those belonging to the PTI, with the big stick of sedition. The latest political figure to face charges of making ‘seditious’ utterances is former finance minister Shaukat Tarin. The FIA… Continue Reading
Downgrades Pakistan’s long-term IDR to ‘CCC minus’, doesn’t assign outlook • Forecasts modest recovery WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: The Fitch Ratings agency on Tuesday downgraded Pakistan’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) to ‘CCC-’, from ‘CCC+’ due to worsening liquidity, political volatility and… Continue Reading