NAB: National or Nawaz’s Accountability Bureau?
News Analysis | Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons, Hassan and Hussain, failed to appear before NAB officials in Lahore on Friday. The...
Can Pakistan capitalize on $100 billion Chinese agricultural sector
"Where CPEC envisages an era of golden development for Pakistan’s economy, there lies at disposal a bona fide opportunity for Pakistan to unlock an...
Why has Kulsoom left for London amid the run-up to the Lahore by-polls?
News Analysis | The by-polls of the recently-vacated National Assembly seat, NA-120 are less than a month away. The seat which has been put up...
Pakistan looks for realignment as Indo-US alliance strengthens
News Analysis | Ever since Donald Trump became the President of USA, its relationship with India has transformed into a strategic rapport. Indo-US enmity for...
Will NAB references compel “natural allies” to shake hands?
News Analysis | Former President and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party(PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has iterated he would not come to rescue the dwindling...
Self-aware Pakistanis vs the influential and power-wielding elite
Saeed Afridi | This Pakistan This unworkable and wholly undemocratic architecture rendered Pakistan’s democracy in a state of constant struggle between two forms of authoritarian dictatorships,...
The Political Demise of Dar; finance minister out of favor!
News Analysis | After being relieved from the chairmanship of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has now also been removed from...
Qadri adds to Sharifs’ misery: The Model Town Case is back to the fore
News Analysis | It seems that the Sharif family has to fend-off multiple threats simultaneously. If the Panama verdict and its follow-up in shape of...
100 new cases of child abuse reported in Sheikhupura
News Desk | While Children have remained one of the extremely vulnerable groups of the society, the rising abuse cases against them is an interpretation...
Pakistan at 70
Adil Najam | Pakistan turned 70 on August 14, 2017. It has been a tumultuous journey. Exciting. Adventurous. Unpredictable. Sometimes uplifting. Often heartbreaking. And, often,...
No cherry picking of law breakers
Ikram Sehgal | Sharif’s utter contempt of the Supreme Court’s (SC) recent ruling, and by default the rule of law, was exposed blatantly for public...
Can Sharifs be held accountable in Pakistan?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | Despite being in politics/power for over three decades, the Sharifs have been able to dodge accountability. On the other hand,...