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Combatting rising human trafficking

Migrant smuggling is a deadly business operated by groups that seek to profit from thousands of people, without any respect for their rights and dignity. For example, the migrant flow…

Of Human Bondage

Of human bondage

The US State Department released the ‘Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, 2013 on June 19. The report has been regularly issued every year since 2001. It grades different countries of…

Exit democracy

WHILE Pakistan clings to fantasies of hybridity regarding its political framework, the Economist Intelligence Unit has categorised it as an authoritarian regime. The EIU’s latest Democracy Index ranks Pakistan 124…

Accelerating action

‘Accelerate Action’ is the theme of International Women's Day 2025, emphasizing the urgency of achieving gender equality. This theme calls for greater participation, increased resource allocation and the development of…

Tragedy at sea

In another tragic incident of a boat sinking off near the coast of Libya, at least 16 Pakistani citizens have lost their lives while trying to illegally reach Europe by…

The buck stops nowhere

Nearly 3000 years ago, famed jurist and scholar Cicero coined the maxim “Salus populi suprema lex esto” – let the welfare of the people be the supreme law. For centuries,…