Anatomy of a conflict
The current tug-of-war between the executive/parliament and the judiciary may be seen from two perspectives: one, as a morbid manifestation of a crumbling social order in which the key norms…
The current tug-of-war between the executive/parliament and the judiciary may be seen from two perspectives: one, as a morbid manifestation of a crumbling social order in which the key norms…
The people of Pakistan have been victims of much discrimination, but never quite of a scale as in the current times. There are two separate sets of laws being practised…
Indian authorities are imposing a new fee and stricter laws to rein in groundwater use, as the world's biggest extractor struggles to find ways to conserve the fast dwindling resource.…
Uninterrupted decade of democracy [2008 to 2018], unprecedented in our political history entailing smooth transfer of power to elected representatives, according to the Constitution, is an occasion for national jubilation…
Libya has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has left its economy shattered and its population mired in poverty. The…
The challenge of devising good policy is heightened by the conflict that can come from the conflicting interests of policy influencers. In such contexts, effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills…
POLICE are traditionally seen as a crime prevention and investigation agency. Society openness, democracy and rights movements have widened policing’s scope. In post-colonial societies new police laws are being enacted…
In ‘What Really Matters in “Defending Forward”’, published in Lawfare on November 26, 2018, Lyu Jinghua offers a thoughtful analysis of America’s “defending forward” posture in cyberspace. The article follows…
UN Women is all set to mark 16 days of activism against gender-based violence but unfortunately it has failed to include violence against women in conflict zones within this agenda.…
PARLIAMENT is currently seized of two significant bills, one for punishing the crime of causing enforced disappearance and the other for the trial of blasphemy and other offences under the…