Cricket, Visas, and Diplomacy
Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy League, a moment of pride for cricket fans. However, the tournament has been overshadowed by India’s...
Learning from Saudi Arabia
Superficially, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb was only putting forward an anodyne idea when he said while talking to the press at the...
World Bank’s $40 million investment
Pakistan’s economic landscape is poised for a transformative shift with the World Bank’s commitment of $40 billion under its 10-year Country Partnership...
Fire still burns
The martyrdom of three soldiers and the killing of 15 militants in two intelligence-based operations, one in Dera Ghazi Khan district, and...
Trump-Modi meeting
Perhaps the observer could be forgiven for thinking that the encounter between US President Donld Trump and Indian PM Narendra Modica meeting...
Erdogan’s visit
Turkish President Recep Taying Erdogan had come to attend the rth session of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, and also to have...
IAEA DG’s visit
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafel Mariano Grossi met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday. Though the official release was positive,...
NEPRA acts at last
By holding in abeyance a request by the distribution companies for an increase in security deposits, the National Power Regulatory Authority has...
Another boat tragedy
The death of 45 Pakistanis (out of about 80 passengers) in the capsizing lst month of a boat of illegal migrants off...
The IMF deal and the need for genuine reform
Pakistan stands at a crossroads. The ongoing review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not merely a routine check on economic...
Preparation for takeoff
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told a function in Islamabad to mark the one-year anniversary of his government’s reelection that the task of...
Breathe Pakistan
Though the purpose of the Breathe Pakistan conference, held in Islamabad on Friday, was to highlight the effects of climate change on...
CPEC 2.0
More than just a formality President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to China is proving to be more than the usual formality expected...
Clueless in Gaza
US President Donald Trump’s latest proposal on Gaza provoked a storm of criticism, and even the audience Mr Trump seemed to appear...
Kashmir Solidarity Day
Kashmir Solidarity Day dates back only to 1990, and does not go back to the original 1947-1948 events that surrounded the original...