CM Khattak claims he was asleep when mob attacked PTV during 2014 Dharna

News Analysis | Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak is granted bail from Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in cases related to violence which erupted at...

Nawaz’ contemptuous remarks make sense and so does superior Judiciary’s hesitation

News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is continuing with his anti-judiciary campaign, despite a ban by the Lahore High Court...

Can Pakistan’s policymakers respond to much-hailed CPEC?

Waqas Shabbir | The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is hailed as the best opportunity to have knocked at Pakistan’s door, after a long stalemate...

Rao Anwar to face the judiciary for fake encounters but what about Police black hats in Punjab?

News Analysis | The Sindh police have finally submitted a charge-sheet against Rao Anwar, former SSP for his involvement in the fake encounter that led...

Chief Justice’ Suo Moto exercise is different from Iftikhar Chaudhry’s impulsive anger

News Desk | Mian Saqib Nisar, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, is intensifying his whirlwind visits to different provincial capital cities, taking Suo Moto notices...

Can a Pakistani save Trump?

News Analysis | Donald Trump, who managed to get into the White House after an involuntary support of Pakistani-origin lady, is now enlisting the help...

Pakistan doesn’t have democracy but ‘worst kind of dictatorship’ under CJP Nisar: Nawaz Sharif

News Analysis | Three-time ousted former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, deems the judicial activism of Chief Justice Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar worse than dictatorship in...

JI’s strange affair with PML-N

News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has implicitly indicated its coalition partner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government to part away with it, over allegations from Jamaat-i-Islami...

Manzoor Pashteen spoke up in Lahore; what’s the solution to their problems?

News Analysis | Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), addressed a rally at Lahore’s Mochi Gate on Sunday despite Punjab government's refusal...

Investigations against Musharraf continues, while no inquiry into Kiyani’s drug/pharma scandal

News Analysis | Pakistan’s former President and Chief of the Army Staff General (r) Pervez Musharraf seems to be in real trouble as the National...

PTM: A Pashtun Spring..?

Murtaza Shibli | Manzoor Pashteen swears by his commitment and dedication to the cause of Pashtuns who have become victims of an endless war. In...

Pakistan’s democracy: Jithay dee Khothee Uthaay Aan Khalothee!

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi  | There's a saying in Punjabi. "Jithay dee Khothee uthay aan khalothee". Loosely translated: The she donkey (or whatever one calls a...