Umer Farooq is a senior journalist based in Islamabad. He specializes in writing on politics, foreign policy and security issues.
Women legislators are increasingly making their mark in parliament’s legislative processes
As Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan ends its recent dharna at Lahore’s Data Darbar, it is perhaps time to look at its political ambitions for the...
Of the three tax amnesty schemes the PML-N government has announced this term, none has shown positive results
What is right with the police investigations and what is not
As the debate around the 18th Amendment resurfaces, analysts think the financial restructuring associated with it can resolve some outstanding...
With Shahbaz Sharif elected as the party president and Nawaz Sharif continuing to address public meetings across the country, will the PML-N present...
Besides the massive crackdown against JuD- and FIF-affiliated schools, colleges, seminaries, hospital and dispensaries across Pakistan, the current...
Senate elections 2018 will be remembered in history for allegations of rampant horse-trading in all four provincial assemblies. A detailed account...
Nawaz and Shahbaz both face unique challenges in the run-up to the 2018 election, the elder brother must persist with the anti-judiciary and...
The controversy around the deployment of Pakistani soldiers to Saudi Arabia and its possible fallout
