Thrown to the wolves
The Federal Shariat Court verdict of May 19 striking down the Transgender (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 is seriously flawed. The FSC adopted an extremely narrow view and failed to…
Judicial reforms: now or never(Part–II)
Under the social contract, the people are the real sovereign. In our polity, the balance of power has totally shifted towards the judiciary that controls not only the executive but…
Judicial reforms: Now or never (Part-I)
The constitution is the body of doctrines and practices that form the fundamental organizing principles of a political state. The general idea of a constitution originated with the Greeks and…
Dar sb waits, and waits
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar must have spent the last few days, since the zero-interest surprise disappeared from the headlines, waiting for the mullah lobby to come rallying behind him; lifting…
Medical colleges` entry test on Nov 13 or 20th: PMC
Medical universities have agreed to conduct the Medical and Dental Colleges` Admission Test (MDCAT) on November 13 or 20 this year. The admission criteria will be based on the marks…
A highway runs through it
There is an ancient view of the world according to which the Earth was a flat disk. That disk had to be supported by something. So, it was imagined that…
Investing in midwives
Pakistan observed the International Day of the Midwife on May 5, which also marked the 100th anniversary of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) that together with the UNFPA and…
Beam me up, Starlink
Schools and universities remained closed at the height of the Covid pandemic while the country debated and dissected issues surrounding online education in major cities, small towns, and rural areas.…
Advancing children’s rights
Thirty-two years ago, on November 20, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This historic convention granted civil, political, economic, social and cultural…
Rules, selection of company put question mark over MDCAT
While the results of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) are to be announced on Oct 9, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Conduct of Examinations Regulations 2021, under…
