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Towards fiscal & digital reforms

Pakistan has faced significant challenges in balancing the distribution of power and fiscal responsibilities between its federal and provincial governments. The landmark Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 [18th Amendment] effective…

Bibi gets the war he wanted

I said and I said, even sneaked it into editorials where the editor has the last say, that Iran would most definitely retaliate even as experts and analysts loaded the…

Towards a just system

The passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment marks a pivotal moment in Pakistan’s journey toward greater democracy and political reform. For decades, Pakistan’s judicial system has struggled under the weight…

Kashmir: The way forward

October 27, a day of solemn remembrance-looms large, primarily owing to the 1947 breach by Indian soldiers violating the territorial bounds of Kashmir, landing in Srinagar to illegally occupy the…

TikTok wars

LONG before Pakistan’s latest hybrid regime imposed its unannounced ban on the social media site X, TikTok was shut down four times between 2020-21. YouTube was also temporarily banned by…

World War III?

THE president of Ukraine has lately devoted a great deal of his energy to soliciting international attendance at a supposed peace conference scheduled to be held in Switzerland in mid-June.…

Gaza war impact

EVEN before the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct 7, the Palestinian territories were subject to horrible violations of int­ernational law and occupation by Israel. As a result, there were two…