Are caretaker setups needed?
As the 15th National Assembly completed its term, the transition to the caretaker government has been marred with political chaos, free-falling economic meltdown and growing security threats from within and…
10 More Pakistani Universities Listed in Times World Rankings 2024 Than Last Year
Thirty-nine Pakistani universities have been ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings in 2024, a significant rise from last year’s 29. According to the details, Quaid-e-Azam University…
21 Pakistani Universities Among Top 500 of THE Young University Rankings 2023
48 Pakistani universities have featured in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2023.While 22 national institutes have been ranked by THE, the remaining 26 have been granted the…
A state of many cases
‘Never a dull moment’ is a cliche, even more so for Pakistani politics. How could we have a dull moment when there is a steady stream of cases and audio/video…
Principled politics, anyone?
When on May 14, 2006 – nearly 17 years ago – the Charter of Democracy (CoD) was signed between Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Mr Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, both were in…
Constitutional amendments: Part IV
After General Ziaul Haq managed to arm twist the National Assembly in 1985 to pass the devastating 8th Amendment, he announced the withdrawal of martial law in December. Now the…
Why it matters
There have been plenty of false dawns before. There have even been plenty of instances when we have welcomed judicial saviours. Is this time any different? Or are we destined…
The secret of Japan’s success: Part-I
Japan is one of those countries that have done multiple amazing things in the last 150 years. Pakistan can learn a lot from Japan, but in the past 70 years,…
Economic potential of free zones
Pakistan missed what today from a distance of about 40 years appears to be a dream-boat of a lifetime when Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the then finance minister of the military…
Inconvenient unions
WHEN a prime minister marries, it is his or her own business. It is no concern of the state. When that marriage becomes itself a business, then polity has every…
