Fear, fiat and the future
Pakistan has quietly crossed an important threshold. After laying the legal foundations for a regulated digital-assets ecosystem through the Digital Nation Pakistan Act and the Virtual Asset Regulatory Ordinance earlier…
The COP fiasco
Staying true to the pattern of recent COPs, COP30 in Belem was also packaged as the moment the world would finally turn the climate corner, but in the end, it…
Defeating war mafias
“Every dollar spent on war is a dollar stolen from education, health, and climate resilience,” warned UN Secretary-General António Guterres. These are not empty words – they are a desperate…
Shehbaz asks PMDC to explain ‘delay’ in FIA inquiry against colleges
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of National Health Services have sought a report from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) over a letter from the Federal Investigation…
‘Lethargic attitude’ of PMDC proving hurdle in probe against seven colleges: FIA
While demanding the list of provisionally registered medical colleges, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) blamed the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for the delay in an inquiry against seven…
Unjustifiable ends
THE new BJP led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah is in a hurry to cremate its party elders, even before they are dead. The announcement of its candidates for…
Aafia’s trauma
FMC CARSWELL is a federal medical centre in Fort Worth, Texas. This conjures up the kindly atmosphere of a hospital where a gentle orderly takes the patient’s temperature. Unfortunately, it…
FIA to probe PNMC president’s fake degree claims
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated an inquiry into the fake degree case of Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council (PNMC) President Farzana Zulfiqar as the Higher Education Commission (HEC)…
Italy, home of the mafia, now one of Europe’s safest countries
Italy may be the land that launched Cosa Nostra, but today it is one of the safest countries in Europe, with a murder rate well below its neighbours. From the…
FIA probes medical colleges’ registration issue
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has confirmed a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probe into corruption charges against some of its officials over alleged malpractices and irregularities in the…
