The new order of impunity
These are Trump’s times, as of the many right-extremist political start-ups which are cashing in on the politics of culture and identity. There were times when a political affiliation may…
Abolish ICE
Many progressive Democrats that won their midterm election bids, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York, to Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, campaigned to change radically immigration policy. One of their slogans was…
Fighting harassment
THE theme of Tehreek-i-Niswan’s fourth Peace Table held a fortnight ago was sexual harassment. This was very timely. #MeToo has made a controversial debut in the country with no consensus…
The Mumbai case
Post-Mumbai, ten years back, was a period of fertile imagination. Numerous hypotheses emerged but to this region’s great fortune Pakistan accepted very early in the terror cycle that most of…
No more military courts
Accprding to official sources, the government has decided to table a bill to extend the ‘exceptional’ use of military courts for another three years. Reportedly, the draft amendment would give…
Rethinking justice
The killing of at least 20 students and staff of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, disturbingly reminiscent of the attack a year ago on the Army Public School in Peshawar,…
The end of Qadri
Mumtaz Qadri was executed on Monday, Feb 29, 2016. The hanging took place at 4:30am at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where Qadri had been imprisoned over the past several years. So…
The nuclear market
The trafficking of nuclear technologies and materials has been a worrisome issue since the early 1950s but after 9/11 it emerged as a global threat. This threat is totally different…
The nuclear danger
The trafficking of nuclear technologies and materials has been a worrisome issue since the early 1950s but after 9/11 it emerged as a global threat. This threat is totally different…
Will the jirga play the game?
The US wants to leave some troops in Afghanistan after it officially ends its war next year. A sticking point about an agreement is reluctance on the part of the…
