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Climate affairs

Scientists have long clamored that human activity on Earth has led to the calamitous weather changes we are witnessing today. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has…

The Language Of Power

The language of power

On November 1, all political parties agreed to exclude the armed forces and the judiciary from any possibility of accountability through the proposed bill on the National Accountability Commission. The…

Emailgate

Emailgate

Hillary Clinton’s email dilemma got somewhat sharper over the weekend, with Sunday programmes heavy with the theme. Her use of a private email server during her stint as Secretary of…

Party Meetings At Taxpayers Expense!

Party meetings at taxpayers expense!

When a political party comes into power and starts running day-to-day governmental affairs, it is required to conduct itself in a responsible manner - demonstrating transparency and accountability in all…

Dollar bullets

Trump is halting bloody bullet wars, only to ignite bloody trade wars. Meanwhile, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the United States…

A win for Pakistan

Pakistan hosted the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on October 15-16 in Islamabad. This event marked Pakistan’s inaugural…

Standing on its own feet

ACCORDING to the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), as of June 30, 2022, the total external public debt of Pakistan stood at $88.8 billion. Out of this, the debt owed to…

Two approaches

TRADITIONAL approaches to prevent and counter violent extremism have often relied on reactive and security-based responses. Such measures include identifying individuals and groups involved in VE, curbing financing that sustains…

Is a Constitutional Court the answer?

After the government failed to have its Constitution Amendment Bill secretly rubber-stamped at midnight by oblivious parliamentarians; some in the ruling coalition rushed to disassociate themselves. They admitted to mistakes…