The centre is accusing Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of instigating the riots against loadshedding in the Punjab for his own political ends.

Will Imran Khan succeed in juggling a bevy of heavyweights who are diametrically opposed to him and to each other?

Is this Imran Khan’s time? Has he struck a chord with the people of Pakistan and become a threat to established political parties? Or will “the-beard-in-the-stomach” image cause him to fail at the ballot box?

In March, the All Pakistan Newspaper Society announced the winners of the latest round of awards for excellence in print journalism. Newsline is proud to report that our winning streak continues.

Newsline‘s February issue has enough to keep you reading all month long. It just might make you smarter too.

Trash was always a neglected issue in Pakistan until one determined woman, Nargis Latif, decided to commit her life to finding ways to turn waste into wonderful.

Inter-corporate circular debt is holding the country’s entire economy hostage. But is the government doing enough to tackle the problem?

“We need this gas urgently, but on the other hand, not at this price,” says Dr Gulfraz Ahmad.

After years of unthinking consumption and minimal exploration, Pakistan is now facing a gas shortage.

It is not normal protocol for World Bank vice presidents to make presentations. But this was a special occasion: it was March 2005 and Pakistan’s new-found prosperity was at risk. So as General Musharraf sat to listen at the Presidency in Islamabad, Praful Patel, vice president of South Asia for the World Bank, and not one of his juniors, delivered the news: Pakistan was on the brink of an energy crisis.