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Raymond Davis. Shahzaib Jatoi. Zahir Jaffar. Shahnawaz Amir. daughter of Judge Shahzad Malik and now, Natasha Danish. The Karsaz accident would go down in the history of Pakistan’s criminal justice system as yet another irreversible plunge to rock bottom. As expected, it did not take long for the ultrawealthy accused to buy her way to […]

Federal Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has once again delivered a speech full of hollow words, reassuring the people that his team is at an advanced stage of securing the seven-billion-dollar programme from the IMF, but it is only a matter of time before the actions begin to speak louder. Until now, the entire programme is up […]

Because of its frequent use, the politico-economic term “austerity” has started to lose its oomph factor in Pakistan. Whenever the ruling elite mentions it as the need of the hour, the middle and lower-income classes tremble to think about the sacrifices being expected from them at the altar. In June, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali […]

Earlier this year, data collected by an American think tank hinted at promising signs of a historic downturn in gun violence. However, a 14-year-old armed with an AR platform-style weapon charging into a high school on Tuesday, leaving four people dead and at least nine injured in Georgia explains that no matter what the politicians […]

In years to come, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will be taught as an excellent case study to the Tigers. After all, for a country that has only won two test series away from home pitches, whitewashing the once-formidable Men in Green and walking away from their pitch with an unbelievable 2-0 should be remembered as a […]

With spiralling power bills surpassing the average rental rate for homes for a large majority in Pakistan, it is no wonder that the government saw fit to introduce relief measures. But what to do when its hands are tied and standing at the edge of the precipice means one has little option but to follow […]

String attached? No strings attached? The government has yet to come up with an offer acceptable to PTI. Although it is perfectly reasonable to expect the state to have an eye on the big picture and be magnanimous enough to work towards a political consensus, the fact that the recent past has seen PTI reject […]

Last month’s trail of deadly attacks littered across Balochistan could have been an excellent wake-up call for the ruling elite in Pakistan to focus on internal security challenges rather than continuing with the self-inflicted grudge matches. However, a letter addressed to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq by veteran politician and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) […]

You cannot write off Maulana Fazlur Rehman from the political landscape regardless of his party’s electoral performance. He has repeatedly risen from the ashes of obscurity like a phoenix, forming unlikely alliances to come out of difficult situations. This was just as true in 2018 as now, seeing a long queue of potential friends pinning […]