Electoral reforms
The National Assembly has unanimously passed a motion authorising the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. The committee will present its recommendations within three months. This is…
The National Assembly has unanimously passed a motion authorising the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. The committee will present its recommendations within three months. This is…
What is the world coming to? It is as if the red tide of blood has engulfed the whole world. It is killings, bloodshed and chaos everywhere. And Muslims appear…
Despite territorial stand-offs between China and other nations bordering the South China Sea, analysts say governments know better than to choke off the trade shipping routes that are the lifeblood…
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has jumped into the murky waters of politics and publicly referred to the motive behind Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsas as 'incomprehensible'. His stated bafflement has been…
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Foreign policy crises are chasing Barack Obama around Asia, drawing his attention from a key region and providing fodder for domestic critics who see him as a toothless leader out-manoeuvred…
This will indeed be the most critical battle in Pakistan’s long war against militant insurgency. Ending its prolonged dithering, the government has finally ordered a full-scale military operation in North…
It has taken a long time, and precious time has been wasted. And we have had buffoons who wouldn’t be given the time of day anywhere else setting themselves up…
On April 15, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) uploaded on its website a gigantic list of taxpayers. According to the preface of that list (written by the Finance Minister) "this…
In the 1960s, Pakistan was considered to be a promising country on its way to becoming a ‘model’ of economic development for the rest of the developing countries, in particular…