COAS will attend retirement ceremony of US Centcom chief General Michael Kurilla No official announcement so far regarding other engagements ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir is scheduled to travel...

PM takes notice as flooding in capital following overnight heavy rain

Premier Shehbaz directs administration to ensure drainage of water from low-lying areas near rivers and nullahs Instructs health authorities to remain on high...

DG ISPR rubbishes rumours of army chief becoming president

Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif CH clarifies no idea existed ‘about the president being asked to resign or the COAS aspiring to assume the presidency’ RAWALPINDI:...

PHC bars ECP from any further action against disqualified PTI MPs

High court announces ruling on pleas submitted by NA, Senate opposition leaders Court observes petitioners wanted to appeal their convictions in LHC as...

Tariff on friend

Pakistan should profit from the, example US President Donald Trump is setting of India, and instead of any sort of triumphalism, should be glad that it is not in...

PTI protest

The administration cracked down as strongly as before, but there was not the same paralysis of daily life as before. On the showing of Tuesday’s protests, the Pakistan Tehreek...

The art of the deal

AT PENPOINT The Madness Theory is being evolved to explain Donald Trump's foreign policy. It does not postulate that he is mad, which many of his critics accuse him of...

Echoes of Honour

Pakistan, a land woven with the vibrant threads of culture and deep-seated faith, finds itself ensnared in a profound paradox. It is the insidious shadow of honour culture, a...

Pakistan’s moment in Washington

In a rare shift of focus from its usual marginal position in US discourse, Pakistan has recently found itself in the headlines in the USA for all the right...

No honour left

Just when you think this country cannot surprise you anymore, it does. Just when you begin to believe you’ve grown numb to horror, a new one claws its way...

White Lies

WhiteLies: Run an ulti ginti

Run an ulti ginti on your front pages, the federal government’s information apparatus has requested the newspapers, on the deadline given to “illegal”...

White Lies: Dollar’s set to come down

The dollar’s going to come down to 260 rupees, says a proud commerce and industries minister. The irony: the minister, who happens to head the...

White Lies: The Lordships on their turf

A petitioner wants five Justices to be sacked, one of them, the new CJP. Amongst the litany of complaints are the allegations of unaccountable...