Articles by Editorial
THE landmark 18th Amendment and seventh NFC Award radically reshaped Pakistan’s fiscal federalism by transferring greater powers and financial resources to the provinces so that authority would even...
THE recent appeal endorsed by civil society members from Pakistan and India, urging the prime ministers of both states to take “meaningful and sustained” steps for peace is well-intentioned.
No ra...
THE management control of PIA has finally been transferred to a consortium comprising private investors and the Fauji Foundation. The development marks a new chapter in the history of the airline whos...
THE message from Islamabad to Kabul seems to be clear: any act of terrorism inside Pakistan found to be linked to Afghanistan will invite a kinetic cross-border response. After the attack on a Rangers...
ACROSS the world, successful civic governance is made possible through effective, responsive local bodies, which are closest to the voter. However in Pakistan, the third tier is the most neglected wit...
THE latest exchange of fire between the US and Iran reminds us once more that ceasefires are sustained not by signatures alone but also political restraint.
The reported US strikes, following a disput...
PAKISTAN’S commitment to the SDGs is routinely reaffirmed, but the gap between promises and progress continues to widen. A meeting between First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari and the UN country team hi...
ANOTHER budget cycle is behind us. The government has had no difficulty in securing parliamentary approval for the new budget. Sadly, few parliamentarians are known to scrutinise the document; even fe...
GOVERNMENTS in the US have rarely reflected on follies they have committed beyond their borders. Failed nation-building experiments and military misadventures by both Republican and Democrat administr...
THE fate of Lebanon could determine whether the recently signed MoU between the US and Iran survives.
True to form, Israel is doing all possible to ensure the nascent peace deal is destroyed before th...
