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Electoral Reforms

Electoral reforms

The National Assembly has unanimously passed a motion authorising the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. The committee will present its recommendations within three months. This is…

Blood Borders

Blood borders

What is the world coming to? It is as if the red tide of blood has engulfed the whole world. It is killings, bloodshed and chaos everywhere. And Muslims appear…

South China Sea Trade Routes Safe Despite Rows

South China Sea trade routes safe despite rows

Despite territorial stand-offs between China and other nations bordering the South China Sea, analysts say governments know better than to choke off the trade shipping routes that are the lifeblood…

Mounting Public Anger

Mounting public anger

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has jumped into the murky waters of politics and publicly referred to the motive behind Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsas as 'incomprehensible'. His stated bafflement has been…

Reclaiming North Waziristan

Reclaiming North Waziristan

This will indeed be the most critical battle in Pakistan’s long war against militant insurgency. Ending its prolonged dithering, the government has finally ordered a full-scale military operation in North…

Of The Taxpayers’ List

Of the taxpayers’ list

On April 15, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) uploaded on its website a gigantic list of taxpayers. According to the preface of that list (written by the Finance Minister) "this…

Avoid The Narrow Path

Avoid the narrow path

In the 1960s, Pakistan was considered to be a promising country on its way to becoming a ‘model’ of economic development for the rest of the developing countries, in particular…