Browsing Tag

punjab assembly

Opinion

President Attempts To End Crisis

Editorial
Asem Mustafa AwanPresident Dr Arif Alvi has announced the schedule to hold the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies elections on April 9. Clause 57-2 of the Constitution grants the president the authority to set the election date.…
Opinion

Opportunity or Poisoned Chalice 

Editorial
Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: At a meeting co-hosted by Islamabad and United Nations and attended by 40 private donors and financial institutions, a massive package of 10 plus billion dollars was announced to help the victims of recent…
Human Rights

Dignity on sale for a bag of flour

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: They are poor. They are hungry. They have very little money even to buy a bag of flour. They suffer indignity of standing in queue for hours to receive a bag of flour at a government rate. They live…
Opinion

Political Tug of War in Punjab

Editorial
Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: The political confrontation in Punjab has entered a critical phase as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) seeks to challenge Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s hold over the provincial assembly, while…