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The Hagia Sophia was built in 537AD as a grand Orthodox Christian basilica in Istanbul and remained so till the Ottoman conquest in 1453 when it was converted into a…
One more year, like thousands before it, has gone by. People are hoping against hope that the next year might be a better one. We have all heard (or seen)…
The NAB is presently examining all cases of offshore companies, including those unearthed by the Panama Papers to ensure across-the-board accountability. NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal told The News…
Now, even the conventional idiots will know that such situations cannot last long. The state is in crisis, the government is as well. An SHO will have more authority in…
Pakistan’s health sector is in a complete mess and has thus failed to respond to the needs of the people, yet the federal government’s health sector reforms proposed in 2015…
In a major scandal, ignored by both the judiciary and NAB, the last three major corruption references — Assets, Cotecna and SGS cases against former President Asif Ali Zardari have…
Pakistan needs to develop a well-thought-out, cool and calculated response to US President Trump’s Strategy on Afghanistan, which is a vague plan, and cannot be called a strategy. The fact…
Nawaz Sharif has to be appreciated that he has exposed the classes that were once against him and fought against his class. Today, they fight to defend the Nawaz Sharif…
There is a hilarious aspect to the Supreme Court’s judgment on Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification — it all started to find “billions” of corruption money from the political “godfather” and the…
In what could be a real setback to Sharifs in the on-going Panama case investigations, the JIT’s allegation regarding record tampering and backdated noting and signing of SECP’s 2013 documents…
The year 2007, was important in London politics. Now London used to give a scene outside the Islamabad Parliament. Pakistani politicians were seen in every cafe. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz…
The six nuclear explosions that jolted the Chaghai Hills on May 28 and May 30 in 1998 left lasting imprints on contemporary world history. Not only did they set right…
Credibility of the recently launched Economic Survey 2016-17 is in question as certain claims made in the report about manpower export are not factual. The Economic Survey unambiguously announced that…
The SC’s Panama verdict, including the dissenting notes, has fueled political bickering in the country but gave no solution to check corruption. The verdict contains variety of stuff for use…
Credibility of high powered Central Selection Board — which recommends senior level promotions in civilian bureaucracy — is in tatters after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif recently referred back dozens of…
Is the wheel rotating in opposite direction? Is this nation, whose home has been haunted by an uproar, once again on the brink of change? The people, I mean the…
The National Accountability Bureau is all set to close two investigations into alleged corruption cases initiated during the Pervez Musharraf regime against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab…
Trump is an interesting personality, frank, outspoken with an impolite mannerism. He now is the President of the United States of America, elected after a tough election campaign where he…
We lost our social cohesion and civil anchorage, in fact, our place in history, when River Hakra, the legendary Saraswati, turned away from us thousands of years ago. It was…
The Rangers raid on the offices of a businessman in Karachi is a message for PPP senior members. The establishment appears to be giving a clear message to them and…
We have heard that corruption has decreased and it is being celebrated. People’s Party was backward in the sense that they did not know that it was necessary to take…
Somewhere in rural Punjab, a poor peasant family was moving from one hamlet to another in search of better opportunities to earn their meagre bread. As they trudged on their…
