Thoughts at the end of Ramazan
This year Ramazan corresponded with July and August as it did in 610 AD when, in the last third of the holy month, the revelation of the sacred Quran began…
Justice or hubris?
Part - II The writer is a lawyer and has previously worked as a researcher at the Supreme Court “Is there another country in the world,” asks Babar Sattar, “where the…
Militant greetings
In case there were any doubts as to how the Afghan Taliban’s strategy is going to play out over next year’s in Afghanistan, through the US withdrawal and into the…
Islamists under fire
How time flies! Ramazan is nearly gone and Eid is here before one could really celebrate the blessed month. This has been another Ramazan spent away from home and loved…
Justice or hubris?
The writer is a lawyer and has previously worked as a researcher at the Supreme Court ‘Hubris’ is very strong a word. It’s as strong an adjective as any that…
Gender equality and prosperity
Imagine if two-thirds of the UK could not read. The impact would be immense – not just on people, but also on productivity, competitiveness, culture and society. Yet in Pakistan,…
The talks
The moment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to send emissaries to Washington to discuss the resumption of 20-year-old peace talks, the objective of…
Merit vs quotas
Economists, as a rule, do not like quota systems. They view all kinds of quotas – import quota, export quota or any other sort of quota used for the rationing…
Rethinking local government
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the provinces have been forced to introduce local governments under Article 140-A. Punjab introduced its Local Government Bill on July 26, 2013. The purpose of…
A lethal nexus
It is time to note the voice of anguish and desperation of senior police commanders. “The more serious problem in Pakistan is that the terrorists and insurgents are getting aligned…
