Task before the UN General Assembly
For seventy three days, Indian Army has been attacking and killing helpless and unarmed Kashmiris in Indian occupied Kashmir. After Pakistan's Prime Minister decided to highlight these atrocities in the…
Path of inquiries
Pakistan is astir with the talk of inquiries. Once again, calls for an inquiry are growing shriller following the naming of the prime minister’s family and others in the Panama…
The blasphemy laws
Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, the chairperson of the Council of Islamic Ideology, has offered to look into the possible doctrinal inconsistencies in the blasphemy laws, “should the government refer” this…
Police vs protesters
The Sindh Rawadari March held on October 13, 2024, was a landmark event, highlighting the refusal of the people of Sindh to accept any intolerant agenda that certain quarters have…
The IHC six
LETTERS are the new black in Pakistani politics. If the week before it was about the letters related to Aitchison College, more recently, pen was put to paper in the Islamabad High…
Targeting Chinese nationals
THE Shangla terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers’ vehicle is having consequences. Chinese companies have suspended work on at least three critical hydropower projects: the Dasu dam, the Diamer-Basha dam, and the Tarbela 5th…
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Enforced Disappearances (EDs) have been frequently used as a strategy to spread fear and terror in a society, according to the UN. By now, the world body argues, it has…
Dangerous trap
LAST week an unusual press conference took place at the National Press Club in Islamabad. Held by the parents and relatives of youth who are languishing in jail on charges…
Understanding extremism
THE scenes are from a movie in a Third World, conflict-ridden state, when a mob descends upon a local church to set it ablaze, leaving behind a trail of destruction…
Creeping military rule?
THE battle lines had long been drawn. Now the fight has reached a critical stage. The May 9 attacks on military installations in some cities seem to be a turning point. Enraged…
