It would be a simple common-sense call for the Pakistan government, to explore the possibility of buying cheap Russian oil. After all, the dollar has climbed to unprecedented heights and Pakistan's import bill for oil rushes ahead. Then why this suicidal misstep?  

If PTI parliamentarians do not return to the party fold, they’ll be socially boycotted... is the message that the Prime Minister gave to his parliament members in his last public meeting.

From all witness accounts inside Afghanistan, there is no amassing of Afghan refugees on the borders. There is however, a genuine humanitarian crisis.