The fatal arithmetic of the NFC
In the corridors of Pakistan’s democracy, a silence has settled – one heavy with the weight of a republic slowly unravelling under the illusion of constitutional symmetry. We claim to…
Govt unveils more medical seats for Balochistan, ex-Fata students
Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday announced allocation of 333 additional medical and dental seats for students from Balochistan and the former Fata. The announcement was made during a…
Fatal decisions
TIMING is everything, especially in politics. Mistiming can be fatal, as three recent leaders, now out of power, have learned. In October 1999, PM Mian Nawaz Sharif decided to remove…
A fatal flaw
AS the dust settles on the change in government in Islamabad, existing answers as to why these events unfolded in the manner and speed that they did remain unsatisfactory. There’s…
Fatal distraction
AT a time when the country is facing mounting economic, political and security challenges, the government has been expending most of its energy on either countering the opposition or trying to arbitrarily amend the…
Erstwhile FATA/PATA
The merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) with respective provinces, after the assent of President to The Constitution (25th Amendment)…
