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THE ruling parties must take a pause before making a firm decision about where the political process will go after the PTI prohibited funding verdict. Already, the call for blood is ringing shrill and loud, pushing them towards a mistake that has been repeated too many times in our history. The PTI must indeed be…

AYMAN al-Zawahiri, who was reportedly eliminated by an American drone strike in a quiet Kabul neighbourhood early Sunday morning, was one of the most recognisable faces in the world of transnational jihadism. Yet the Al Qaeda Zawahiri led after his boss Osama bin Laden’s killing had lost much of its bite, and had been superseded…

FOR the vast majority of the country, it is getting progressively more difficult to live within their household budget while runaway inflation erodes real incomes and piles extreme pressure on middle- and low-income groups. With inflation surging to 24.9pc in July — the highest it has been in over 14 years — survival is rapidly…

ARE we witnessing the fall of Icarus, the figure from Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and perished? The ECP verdict announced yesterday on the foreign funding case leaves former prime minister Imran Khan — and his political party — confronting what is arguably his most serious challenge to date. At the…

THE PTI’s foreign funding headache is back to haunt it. Journalist Simon Clark, who also authored The Key Man, a book that uncovered the allegedly illicit dealings of beleaguered business tycoon Arif Naqvi, has recently published in the Financial Times an account of how funds collected from foreign companies and individuals through charity cricket matches…

It was a case of speaking to soon. With his side still 419 runs away from an improbable victory target of 508 in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yousuf claimed his players were feeling no pressure. Yousuf was drawing on the fact that his side, riding on a sensational 160…

AS the nation reels in the aftermath of a heavy monsoon spell, a number of key areas need the authorities’ immediate attention. Apart from rescuing marooned residents, the state needs to ensure that there is proper sanitation in the post-rain situation, while battered infrastructure and communication links need to be rebuilt on an emergency basis.…

AFTER the Supreme Court walked itself into a political storm with its interpretation of Article 63-A and later its ruling on the July 22 Punjab chief minister election, there was bound to be increased scrutiny of its other activities. It was, therefore, no surprise that the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting this week to discuss…