Hollow Jingoism By: Daily Times on July 27, 2024Leopards never change their spots. It was widely assumed that an extraordinarily humbling election performance would prompt Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step back from his usual hatred-laced rhetoric and for a change, give regional peace a chance. However, the belligerent remarks made in Ladakh, where he accused Pakistan of using terrorism as a […]
Sad Indicators By: Daily Times on July 27, 2024Out of the world’s 199 passports, Pakistan, for the fourth year in a row, saw its standing among the weakest in the world, slated alongside war-ravaged countries like Yemen. Green passport performed better than just three countries–Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan–whose rampant insecurity, little state structure and an overall failing finance and infrastructure are secret to […]
Revitalizing Pakistan By: Jawad Saleem on July 27, 2024Pakistan stands at a pivotal moment in its history, grappling with a multitude of economic, political, and social challenges. These issues are deeply interconnected, creating a complex web that requires strategic intervention by all stakeholders, including politicians, bureaucrats, the judiciary, the military, and the media. Understanding the role each has played, and what needs to […]
Bridging Nations or Breaking Trust? By: Sarah Ameer on July 27, 2024The phenomenon of immigration has existed for as long as human history, always driven by pursuit for better economic and educational opportunities. People moving across borders not only influence their own lives but also impact the host society as well as their own homeland. The diaspora community is considered as an ambassador of its own […]
Imran Khan’s Unconventional Political Philosophy By: Advocate Sehail Khan on July 27, 2024In the complex and often tumultuous political landscape of Pakistan, few figures have stirred the pot as much as Imran Khan. The former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who is presently entangled in legal issues and confronting various legal cases, has consistently upheld a standpoint that is both unconventional and stimulating. Recent […]
Urban Flood Management in Islamabad By: Soha Nisar on July 27, 2024On July 9, 2024, I attended the Urban Floods: Implications for Resilience workshop co-hosted by SDPI and the Pak-German Climate & Energy Partnership in Islamabad. Major takeaways from the event entailed the grim situation of climate change susceptibility and its impact on Urban Flooding. Islamabad is in jeopardy as not only the forecasts entail that […]
Govt offers talks after ‘crackdown’ on JI’s sit-in By: Agencies on July 27, 2024The federal government on Friday offered talks to the protesting Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) as the party directed all its protesters in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to head to Liaquat Bagh to announce the next plan of action. The party earlier announced its “plan B” amid alleged arrests of its supporters and stated it would now hold demonstrations […]
PTI names loyalists for reserved seats By: Agencies on July 27, 2024The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted a list of the candidates for the reserved seats to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), picking Sanam Javed, Aliya Hamza Malik, Yasmin Rashid among others for the seats reserved in assemblies for women and minorities, party sources said on Friday. The development came after the Supreme Court, in […]
ADB approves $400m flood recovery loan By: APP on July 27, 2024The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a $400 million concessional loan to support the reconstruction of houses and community infrastructure in Pakistan’s Sindh province damaged by the devastating floods in 2022. The Sindh Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project will rehabilitate flood-damaged houses and community infrastructure and support livelihood recovery, with a focus on strengthening […]