Health Assessment
Afghan spectators’ angry and violent reaction to the defeat by Pakistan at the Asia Cup has disappointed Pakistanis. Many feel outraged by the Afghans’ ‘ingratitude’ after Pakistan had done so…
Anti–harassment law
In its judgment of July 6, 2021, the Supreme Court of Pakistan held that the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, was cosmetic legislation that was…
Redefining harassment
Empowering women in the economy is central to realising women’s rights and eliminating gender inequality. Women’s economic empowerment can only be achieved if barriers that impede their access to the…
SMEs: an unloved story
The contention is that Pakistan has 5.2 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A statistic based not on any recent census, but an extrapolation based on growth rates, corroborated by…
Harassment crisis
TWO events of harassment at two foremost private universities have yet again brought to the fore the crisis of harassment laws in Pakistan. The issues with these are: they define…
Ex-director seeks to stall $2bn Paytm IPO, company calls it harassment
Paytm’s $2.2 billion IPO is facing an unusual hurdle - a 71-year-old former director has urged India’s markets regulator to stall the offering, alleging he is a co-founder who invested…
