Duel till death
Over 14,000 people are infected with Covid-19 in the country. The number continues to rise by the day, even the hour, proving true predictions that the last weeks of April…
The PMDC returns
In yet another embarrassing setback for the federal government, the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday restored the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and declared the formation of the Pakistan Medical…
Poor legal defence the spotlight in death penalty case before the US SC
The US Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a death penalty case that focuses on a key inequity in the US legal system: the fairness of condemning to death someone…
‘Pleasant surprise’?
The Ishaq Dar-led Finance Ministry recently had occasion to crow - indicated by the dissemination of information through a press release as well as from the taxpayers funded official news…
Great achievements
The Pakistani nation can boast of some of the best liars, thieves and corrupt people. But look around carefully and you will also find some top-notch educationists, lawyers, scientists, doctors,…
Poor legal defence the spotlight in death penalty case before the US SC
The US Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a death penalty case that focuses on a key inequity in the US legal system: the fairness of condemning to death someone…
For a better future
The best news in some time is that India and Pakistan are rising above their differences and joining hands for a humanitarian cause; they have agreed to exchange vulnerable prisoners…
State of denial
Since Pakistan’s involvement in the Afghan crisis began in 1979 following the invasion of that country by the then Soviet Union, there has been a steady flow of drugs into…
Aid and image
Foreign donors cannot solve all the problems of any country; it is neither their concern nor their responsibility. There is a general perception in Pakistan that every government get loads…
Poverty means death
Last week, an anti-terrorism court handed down death to the prime suspect in the Zainab murder case, Imran Ali, on four counts, one life term, a 7-year jail term, and…
