Urban dimension
AFTER several weeks of protests in Sindh, the canals controversy is now also being echoed on national platforms. President Asif Zardari had to retreat from his earlier endorsement of these…
Changed dynamics
THE 18th Amendment brought new challenges in operational policing, police reforms, public service delivery, accountability, and autonomy. Before debating these, some questions arise. For example, who has the legal mandate…
Another layer of control
THE establishment’s growing oversight of key state institutions suggests a strategic pivot on its part to restore order within the governance system. While it has historically contributed to institutional dysfunction…
Power tariff cuts: bigger, durable reform needed
The reduction in the power tariff, especially for industrial consumers, is a welcome move. Its architects, including the caretakers’ team, must be credited for it. However, this is a small…
India’s Budget
The Indian economy, despite its resilience and potential, faces a multitude of challenges as it passes through the complexities of a rapidly changing global economic environment. Persistent inflationary pressures, rising…
Massive funding plans
The Foreign Economic Assistance Monthly Report for November 2024 published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government of Pakistan, provides an in-depth examination of financial disbursements made against budget estimates…
Homeland Security & Pakistan
THE call for setting up an internal security structure on the lines of the US Homeland Security Department echoed again last week when the board of governors of the National…
Fighting terrorism
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A terrorist threat comes from a complex system…
A national CTD?
PAKISTAN has long faced extremism, insurgency and terrorism. After 9/11, a number of legal, administrative and policy interventions were made, but despite the expanded counterterrorism (CT) apparatus, the goals have…
Predicate offences
INVESTIGATIONS of predicate offences can be more complex than solving mystery puzzles. Predicate offences are camouflaged in the darkness of a criminal environment. For example, tax evasion can be considered…
