Maulana on board…Arifa Noor
IN the wake of the 26th Amendment, it seems a weakened and tamed judiciary is now an accepted reality as the focus shifts to the legislation for madressahs, which Maulana Fazlur Rehman had negotiated in … Read More
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Kapoors of Bollywood meet Modi…Jawed Naqvi
“EVERYONE acts every day of their lives,” said Marlon Brando. Think about it. The air hostess acts with her plastic smile. The politician acts with his double-faced lies. The shopkeeper. … Read More
Year of unmet challenges … Maleeha Lodhi
2024 saw intensifying political tensions and turmoil in Pakistan, which sharpened polarisation in the country and made political stability elusive. The year was marked by democratic regression and increasing autocratisation as the … Read More
Sindh’s new VC rules … Dr Javaid Laghari
The Sindh government cabinet recently approved an amendment to allow candidates with a Master’s degree to be eligible for appointment as vice-chancellors (VCs) of universities, replacing the longstanding requirement of … Read More
Pakistan’s lifeline for survival … Dr Muhammad Zeshan
The Climate Finance Action Fund from COP29 is a good start, but we need action, not just empty promises. The global community also needs to step up. Rich countries, the … Read More
The punishment for being a journalist … Dr Naazir Mahmood
Pakistan has witnessed over 150 killings of journalists in the past 25 years, but that is hardly something that has ever bothered our successive governments. A report – ‘Crime and … Read More
Imperfect alignment … Aisha Khan
THE world is in turmoil, and politics in South Asia is in a state of flux. Remaining static in an evolving situation where the parts are moving faster than the … Read More
The Sultan’s swag … Zarrar Khuhro
RECEP Tayyip Erdogan is on a roll. Despite Turkiye having emerged — along with Israel — as a major geopolitical winner of the fall of the Assad regime, he isn’t … Read More
Economic cost of disruptions … Saeed Ahmed
THE finance minister’s recent statement, attributing daily financial losses of Rs190 billion to the political protests sparked by PTI, offers an important but incomplete picture of Pakistan’s ongoing economic and political turmoil. While it’s … Read More
Who cares about education? … Arshad Saeed Khan
“All are equal, but some are more equal than others” – this is a simplified version of the quote from George Orwell’s book ‘Animal Farm’, which can be applied to … Read More