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IMF’s firm stance The IMF mission has been in Islamabad since Jan 31 to complete the stalled technical and policy-level …

Crisis conference THERE is growing public weariness over the relentless bickering among our civilian leadership. Nearly every indicator of our …

Delay in the offing? WHAT began with conjecture and innuendo now appears to be taking shape. The ground is being …

Mianwali raid IT is clear that the new wave of militancy is not likely to recede anytime soon. A day …

Road to perdition A RECKONING is called for, a reckoning unlike that which this nation has ever seen. It must …

Police Lines bombing Monday’s savage bombing targeting a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines is a disturbing reminder of the havoc …

Blatant Islamophobia Repeated acts of Islamophobia in Europe over the past few days vividly illustrate the fact that the continent …

Losing grip How does one react to an accusation as shocking and seemingly absurd as the one Imran Khan has …

IMF package THE IMF decision to send its mission to Pakistan next week to discuss the resumption of its stalled …

Election time THE wheels are turning. The Election Commission has started its homework to hold elections for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …

Constitutional Amendments By Dr Naazir Mahmood. This year, Pakistan is marking 50 years of the 1973 constitution that has experienced …

Nuclear miscalculations IF the claim of former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, that Pakistan and India came close to …

The rot within EVEN by the abysmal standards of our broken legal system, the acquittal of former SSP Rao Anwar …

Days of despair Blame the politicians. Even those among us otherwise considered the staunchest optimists are now succumbing to the …

Breaking the stupor The country’s policy machinery has of late acted not very different from the indolent ass which inexplicably …

Football concerns A DAY after the FIFA-AFC delegation left the country after holding meetings with officials of the Pakistan Football …

Toshakhana gifts THE government shocked the Lahore High Court this week when during a hearing of a petition seeking past …

Consensus on Karachi CONTROVERSY continues to dog the results of the second phase of LG elections in Sindh conducted on …