AT any regime’s three-year mark, one must review its record.... I call them legitimate and PTI less so based on the election reports of EU, the foreign neutral ‘umpire’( an idea given by Imran Khan in cricket).... The 2002 and 2018 reports carry grave charges of establishment rigging, the 2008 report less so and that too in favour of PML-Q and the 2013 report not so at all....

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Consumer Price Index( CPI) in November 2021 increased 3.3 per cent year-on-year( y-o-y) to 124.0, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia( DoSM). Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the 3.3 per cent rise was influenced by various groups, especially food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels." The significant increase was attributed to higher prices of raw materials for cooking." The price of chi

What could be interesting today about the historical legacy of the Potsdam Conference, which ended 75 years ago? The first and most obvious is that, following the Crimean Conference, which laid the foundations for the Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations, it helped to avoid a repeat of th

One of the big problems is that the Soviet experience and the “post-Soviet” identity are rapidly becoming obsolete. We need a new ideology for the greater union, in the name of which we may build international cooperation and implement reforms, writes Rakhim Oshakbayev, speaker of the special sessi

GEORGE TOWN: A group of family and friends welcomed 2022 together away from the city on the misty peak of Penang Hill. They booked a bungalow, camped on the grounds, and they watched the countdown to midnight. Real estate negotiator Faryna Ooi, 43, whose family was there, said it was her first of such a gathering and found it more meaningful.“ In the past, we just met up for meals and watched fireworks.“ Since there are no celebrations this year, we decided to stay away from crowded areas and bo

KLANG: A senior citizen has been sentenced to 10 years’ jail after he was found guilty of physical sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl by kissing her on the mouth two years ago. Judge Syafeera Mohd Said meted out the sentence on Zakaria Kamaludin, 67, after finding the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubts on the case at the end of the defence case. She ordered Zakaria to serve the jail sentence from yesterday and to go for counselling throughout his imprisonment, as well as to be p

Yugoslavia was the first attempt to break the international security system built during the stable balance of power. The West, primarily the US, sought to impose their own rules of the game and code of conduct on the rest of the world.

Join our Whatsapp channel ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the contract of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority( Ogra) chairman Masroor Khan for a year, effective Feb 23, apparently violating the Ogra Act.In a notification on Friday, the Cabinet Division said the government, under Section 3( 8)( a) Ogra Ordinance 2002, extended the contractual appointment of Masroor Khan till Feb 22, 2026. However, there is no provision for a one-year extension for the Ogra chairman in the said section of the

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Chief Executive Officer Ami Ali Baloch says the work on the flagship Main Line-1( ML-1) will be launched this year, as the preparatory works are underway these days.“ The work on the ML-1 project will be launched this year.... The projects related to improvement in the existing railways track would also be launched soon, ” he said while talking to people in an E-open court on Thursday.... “ You will see positive changes soon in railways that are related to tracks, pas

2023 was another tumultuous year in Pakistan.... An overarching aspect of these months of political tensions was the deepening polarisation in the country. PDM’s record in governance during its 16 months in power was unexceptional, inevitable perhaps for a diverse, unwieldy 13-party coalition.... 2023 also saw the country teeter precariously on the edge of debt default....