WE have been in a perpetual state of crisis but what is happening now has pushed the country towards anarchy. It’s a free for all with state institutions at loggerheads. The so-called democratic process is all but dead, worsening our… Continue Reading
IN her remarks to a German broadcaster on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last week, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva set out the agenda for good fiscal governance in Pakistan. “What we are asking for are steps that Pakistan… Continue Reading
Will Pakistan’s banking system be able to effect its conversion to a completely Islamic system within the govt’s stated timeline? The former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP,) Dr Ishrat Husain, sounded uncharacteristically upset one morning in November… Continue Reading
QUETTA: After hundreds of Marri tribesmen staged a sit-in inside the Red Zone of the provincial capital, alongside three bodies recovered from a well in the Barkhan area of Balochistan, a police team raided the residence of Provincial Minister for… Continue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg’s company laid off 13% of its workforce in November Instagram and Facebook users will soon be required to pay to have their accounts verified, after parent company Meta joined Twitter as the latest tech giant to adopt a… Continue Reading
The statement was reportedly downgraded from a legally binding resolution due to pressure by US officials The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has issued a statement denouncing Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, deeming them a major obstacle to… Continue Reading
RECENT remarks from a former Supreme Court justice regarding the “corruption” of the judiciary — coming at a time when the role of the judiciary is being repeatedly brought into question by political quarters — have opened the door for… Continue Reading
I HAVE gone running and walking in F-9 park in the winters, when I lived close to it. Being able to take any form of exercise in the open in Pakistan is a luxury for many of us. But even in… Continue Reading
A RELEASE on bail in Karachi and an acquittal in Peshawar – each one significant in its own right, but coming within 24 hours of each other, they suggest something momentous may be afoot. Last Tuesday, South Waziristan MNA and… Continue Reading
EVERY individual, even a murderer or a rapist, has a right to due process — regardless of how strong the evidence against them. Until that principle underpins the working of the criminal justice system in Pakistan, the rule of law… Continue Reading