IT will be remembered as another low point in the history of Pakistan’s justice system. An Islamabad lawyer couple, often seen standing beside citizens challenging human rights violations, has been co...
IN the aftermath of the Gul Plaza fire, a war of words has erupted between the MQM and PPP over the poor state of civic affairs in Karachi, with the two federal coalition partners blaming each other f...
IN the rarefied environs of Davos, the Board of Peace — a Trumpian addition to the world of multilateral bodies — was formally birthed on Thursday. Pakistan was among around 20 other states that signe...
BOTH Houses finally have an opposition leader endorsed by the majority on the opposition benches. The missing pillars of parliament have thus been restored, and both the government and opposition part...
FOR now, Pakistan’s return to a current account deficit in the first half of the fiscal year is less a cause for worry than a reminder of how fragile the external balance remains once growth resumes. ...
OVER 20 people have died after a fire tore through Gul Plaza on Karachi’s M.A. Jinnah Road on Saturday night. This tragedy did not come out of nowhere. It grew out of years of regulatory neglect and i...
THOUGH reports of fissures within the Afghan Taliban are not new, a recent BBC story has detailed some of the major differences that exist between the so-called Kandahar and Kabul factions of Afghanis...
LET us make no mistake. Donald Trump has not received the Nobel Peace Prize. He has simply acquired the medal. This is akin to holding a friend’s Oscar during a selfie and then captioning it ‘great ni...
MORE than three months since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, the second phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the occupied Palestinian territory has been launched. Among the features of ...
IT was a long time coming. On Friday, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq formally declared veteran politician Mehmood Khan Achakzai as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. Regardless o...