The case for the Soan Dam
It is important to share several important geographical facts about Pakistan and its need for water storage. The first is climate change. Due to rising temperatures, we will have floods…
The Merger and tax issues
The passage of Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018 ["31st Constitutional Amendment"] by Senate and National Assembly, its adoption by the Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [by vote of 92 to 7]…
Corona testing priorities
Covid-19 has generated many urban myths. One very apt one is about the health minister of a certain third world country who was asked why his country didn’t have any…
Long on rhetoric, short on action
After the latest terrorist attack on a chemists' protest demonstration at Lahore's busy Mall Road left 17 people dead and 84 others injured, some of them grievously, the President, Prime…
Hope for the disappeared?
THE return home of some of the Baloch missing persons, the Balochistan home minister’s optimistic forecast, and the good tidings conveyed to Akhtar Mengal are welcome developments but they raise…
The Fata factor
It has remained unclear for many months whether Pakistan’s ever-weakening democratic setup will stand the test of time for the Senate elections in March. Several ministers have been seen highlighting…
Erroneous tax exemptions
The twenty-fifth Amendment in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, officially called 'The Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018', previously named as 'The (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018', was passed by…
No more military courts
Accprding to official sources, the government has decided to table a bill to extend the ‘exceptional’ use of military courts for another three years. Reportedly, the draft amendment would give…
Fata: fantasy and reality
Most of us spent this Eid divorced from any notion about the plight of those displaced from their homes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The usual focus, inspired by…
More rivers to cross
On July 29, 2007, a group of terrorists under the command of Omar Khalid Khorasani captured the mosque and shrine complex of Haji Sahab of Turangzai in the Mohmand Agency…
