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
THE PTI’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’, which it plans to commence from Lahore on Wednesday, Feb 22, will be an acid test of the party’s as yet untested street power. There is no denying that the party is capable of pulling… Continue Reading
Friday’s brazen attack by the banned TTP on the Karachi Police Office came as a violent jolt to the system. It underscored the high vulnerability of what should be well-protected cities to terrorist threats. The raid should lead to some stocktaking… Continue Reading
THE Gomal University administration’s decision to ban the mixing of male and female college students on the pretext of security is an absurd development, and reeks of an Afghan Taliban mindset that favours the policing of women. Female students have… Continue Reading
IF the analysis of an American government think tank stating that the Afghan Taliban are unwilling to end their support for the banned TTP is accurate, it would put to rest the illusion harboured by some in our security establishment… Continue Reading
SENSIBLE initiative is on the cards that proposes to use technology and the huge Nadra database to address critical social issues that affect young people in our midst at various stages of their life. The health ministry and the National… Continue Reading
THE recent BBC documentary raising troubling questions about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat anti-Muslim pogrom has hit a nerve in Delhi. While India: The Modi Question was earlier banned and those who organised or attended… Continue Reading
THE PDM government appears hell-bent on clubbing its opponents, particularly those belonging to the PTI, with the big stick of sedition. The latest political figure to face charges of making ‘seditious’ utterances is former finance minister Shaukat Tarin. The FIA… Continue Reading
POOR fishermen on both sides of the border are amongst the hardest-hit victims of the decades-old Pakistan-India enmity. The men are hauled up by the respective authorities when they mistakenly stray into the other state’s territory, and end up languishing… Continue Reading
AT a time when the government is struggling to seek a bailout from the IMF, the 0.4 percentage point drop in the tax-to-GDP ratio in the first half of the current fiscal to 4.4pc from 4.8pc last year should worry… Continue Reading