A near sea-change has taken place in the political landscape of Pakistan following the parliamentary elections. All-powerful President Parvez Musharraf's supporters have been weakened, and his own position is also somewhat uncertain following the victory of his rivals in the polls.

09 May 2008

Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistan is committed to taking forward the ongoing dialogue process with India as peace is a prerequisite for sustainable development and stability in the region.

06 May 2008

The government has got down to tackling inflation with all the weapons in its armoury — tariff cuts, export restrictions, physical controls, administrative measures to prevent stockpiling — while the Reserve Bank has tried to squeeze out excess liquidity.

03 May 2008

In contrast to the regular smattering of bloodshed, good news came out of Iraq last week.

01 May 2008

The visit of the Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad to Islamabad may be the first step towards inaugurating a new chapter in Iran’s geopolitical vision.

30 Apr 2008

Forty years ago, womenfolk from Dhara and Harwan, some 15 km in the mountains to the east of Srinagar, earned their living by selling traditional ice-creams made from the ice of glaciers there.

26 Apr 2008

Pakistan has turned into a new page of democratic era as the PPP and PML-Nawaz have formed a coalition government after winning the crucial elections last month.

24 Apr 2008

Since the birth of India and Pakistan in 1947, deep-rooted mistrust and hostility have always jeopardised relations between the two states.

23 Apr 2008

India and Pakistan have decided to talk again and resume the process of composite dialogue that was hit badly due to turmoil in Pakistan.

19 Apr 2008

NEITHER the union finance minister nor the RBI could foresee that inflation would touch 7 per cent, a three-year high, in such a short time. The 2008-09 budget as well as the RBI’s last monetary policy quarterly review did not target inflation.

18 Apr 2008