Institutionalising minority rights
Pakistan has been facing severe criticism by the international community for many decades now due to the overall atmosphere of intolerance and systematic persecution meted out to its religious minorities.…
Rejected curricula advice
THE reaction to the one-member Shoaib Suddle Commission report, which recommended that content on Islamic teachings and history be only carried in Islamic Studies textbooks was not unexpected. The report…
Holi in Multan
The Pakistan Hindu Council, while ensuring preparations to organize the annual combined marriages ceremony for deserving Hindu couples, faced various hurdles and uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it…
New ray of hope
The year 2021 dawned with a ray of hope for the minority Hindu community of Pakistan. During my meeting with Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed at the Supreme…
Signposts to 2021
A year that begins with a huddle of the leaders of opposition parties to redesign their strategy at a critical moment in their campaign to overthrow the government of Prime…
FTO: Challenges and remedies
Judicial review is a method to shield administrative justice but it is not the only way. The other way is non-court-based mechanism, commonly known as Alternate Dispute Resolution, which seeks…
The once-in-a-year commission
A few days ago, the federal government announced the reconstitution of the ‘National Commission on Minorities.’ Hailed, as usual, as a ‘historic’ decision, the announcement also noted that the commission’s…
Dismantle containers’ mafia
The picture that emerges is of gross inefficiency, maladministration and corruption in an organization that is geared to further principally individual and communal self-inertest of a few individuals at the…
Minorities’ long wait
INDICATIONS that the government is planning to act proactively in addressing the grievances of the minority communities can only be welcomed. Fortunately, no time-consuming inquiry is needed to ascertain the…
New rulers, new problems
Almost two months have passed since Imran Khan’s government seized the reins and it is already facing problems. There was embarrassment over some appointments, increased taxation, and high inflation rates.…
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