After months of political drama, the Constitution (twenty-sixth Amendment) Act 2024 has received the president’s assent, officially amending Pakistan’s constitution. This amendment recalibrates the balance of power between the three … Read More
The American political history will be rewritten, on November 5, 2024, if Donald Trump – a former president twice impeached by the House of Representatives and again contesting the presidential … Read More
No one could be more satisfied and self-congratulatory in celebrating the World Children’s Day on 20th November than the Child Right Bureaucrats of Pakistan. Having surpassed all imaginable performance records … Read More
“When you are a woman in a male-dominated society, you have to work twice as hard to prove yourself,” said Asma Jahangir, a human rights lawyer. So true – especially … Read More
WHEN debt is accrued, out of a desire for a stable exchange rate, it forms a ‘black hole’ in the economy. Foreign debt may solve the problem of balance-of-payments and … Read More
IN more ways than one, the Modi-Trudeau tiff has its origins in a centuries-old peasant struggle being waged in India, from the Mughal times till today. In essential ways, Justin … Read More
I HAVE always wanted to begin a piece with these clichéd lines and on Sunday night, I got the chance. ‘As these lines were being written’ is a phrase that … Read More
Balochistan is in turmoil. At one end, there are peaceful mass demonstrations. On the other, an active violent insurgency that is spilling over outside the province. Common to both is … Read More
In a parliamentary form of government, the Constitution serves as the cornerstone that defines the structure, powers, and limitations of the state. It ensures the separation of powers between the … Read More
Iran is in a neighborhood in which several countries have equipped themselves with nuclear weapons. Other than the established nuclear powers – Russia and China – there are new entrants … Read More
