Suicidal course — IIn a surprise move Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has decided to take tug-of-war between the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his political party PML-N and the apex judiciary to the floor of t...
AJK-GB democratic deficit, way outParts of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) under the administrative control of Pakistan are neither its constitutional part nor auton...
Iran-India deal on Chabahar portIran took another strategically significant decision this weekend when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited India.The two countries signed as many as nine agreements including Tehran leasing to Ne...
The power of AsmaIn 1972, a twenty year old woman petitioned Pakistan's courts for her father's release from the clutches of martial law authorities, and successfully challenged the validity of Pakistan's second milit...
A thinking PakistanA few weeks ago I helped arrange the second edition of the Afkar-e-TazaThinkFest in Lahore. Before the event took off, several people warned me not to have it at the Alhamra, the largest and best aven...
Due processArticle 10-A was inserted in our Constitution by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010. The amendment codified the principles of due process and placed it on a constitutional footing. It r...
Treatment, not punishmentSir: Senate on has passed a bill seeking treatment of those who attempt suicide and survive rather than punishment under Section 325 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The bill urges to decriminalise a...
Stepping on wrong footSir: Federal Minister for Interior, Planning, Development and Reforms Professor Ahsan Iqbal has quite rightly pointed out that any move to Pakistan in the ‘grey’ list by the international community ob...
Brave kidSir: PPP Co-Chairman and former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari’s open support and backing to absconding SSP Malir Karachi Rao Anwar has not come as a shock and surprise to many in all fairness...
IK’s marriageSir: Marriage is Imran Khan’s personal marriage. He can marry as women as he wishes. We do not have any right to judge him on the basis of his personal life and matters. It is shocking how people are...
Education and health devolutionSir: While devising an action plan for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the federal government has realized the dire need for devolving education and health sectors down to...