Financial crimes
FOLLOWING the 26th Constitutional Amendment, the criteria for appointing high court judges have been framed under the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (Appointment of Judges) Rules, 2024. This has provided an opportunity…
What drives crime?
Crime disrupts the societal fabric, undermining peace and stability. Understanding the factors that lead individuals to adopt criminal behavior is crucial. A personal survey of 150 inmates in the central…
Corruption, crime, chaos, Karachi
On gaining independence, Karachi – a modest trading post with 450,000 inhabitants – became the capital city of Pakistan. Over the years, it welcomed all into its magnanimous fold. Today,…
Transnational organised crime
THE 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) was held in Vienna on Oct 14-18, 2024. It was heartening to note the…
Transnational organised crime
THE 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) was held in Vienna on Oct 14-18, 2024. It was heartening to note the…
No justice for journalists targeted by Israel despite strong evidence of war crime
A year on, there is still no accountability following the October 13, 2023, targeted Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah and injured six journalists in southern Lebanon Less than a…
Exit strategy
WITHIN a few weeks, a bunch of international geologists are expected to pick a spot to mark the birth of what some scientists are calling the Anthropocene, the latest epoch…
Collective crimes
TWO unrelated and very different events, one far away from us and the other in our own country — KP, to be specific — have given us cause to lament.…
Crime control
KARACHI’S senior police leadership was recently reshuffled following concerns about rising street crimes. The move comes in a bid to compel Sindh’s security administration to control this pattern of offending. Street crime…
Strategic games
IT is August 2021. Pakistani spymasters, pro-establishment ideologues and then prime minister Imran Khan unanimously celebrate the re-conquest of Afghanistan by the Taliban. The age-old pursuit of a ‘friendly government’…
