Dealing with Perpetrators of May 9 on March 11, 2024After having been elected as leader of the house Shahabaz Sharif in his speech on the floor of the house was right on money to stress the need for national reconciliation and inviting the opposition for collective endeavours to pull the country out of the economic and political crisis it was confronted with. However, he […]
Pakistan Comes First on March 5, 2024There is no denying the fact that the economy of the country is precariously perched at the edge of a precipice due to the shenanigans of the political parties and their leaders who have invariably focused on pushing forward their narrow political agendas and fomenting political instability. It is said that economic progress hinges on […]
Emerging Political Scenario on February 19, 2024Former commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaqat Ali Chatha has triggered political turmoil in the country by confessing that he supervised rigging in the NA and provincial assembly seats belonging to Rawalpindi Division. While accepting responsibility for this alleged fraud he also tried to implicate ECP and the Chief Justice of Pakistan in it. Impact-wise his confession […]
Election Results And Way Forward on February 13, 2024First of all, I would like to appreciate the role of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies in ensuring the conduct of elections by ECP in spite of serious security challenges and efforts by enemies of the country to sabotage them through acts of terrorism. The armed forces and law enforcement agencies in particular […]
Conflict Ridden Society on February 7, 2024Human lives have two aspects: the internal expressed through morals and religion and the external guided and shaped by the influence of devices, techniques, mechanisms, instrumentalities, digitization and the advent of artificial intelligence. The modern man has built airplanes and spaceships that has squeezed distances and arrested the flight of the time. He can also […]
Reaching Out to the Youth on January 29, 2024Nobody in his right mind would grudge freedom of expression if it is exercised within the constitutional obligations and in conformity with the ethical values of the society as well as internationally recognized principles in this regard. There is no room for dishing out fake news, propagation of false narratives, spreading fissiparous tendencies, creating an […]
Challenges And Required Response on January 23, 2024Pakistan is presently wading through very difficult times economically, politically and in regard to security threats both internal and external. There are no two opinions about the fact that the economy is in the worst ever state, thanks to imprudent and politically motivated policies unfurled by successive regimes. Resultantly 40% of people are living below […]
Improvident Behaviour on January 12, 2024Reportedly, during the indictment hearing in the contempt case against him, Imran Khan threatened the four-member bench of ECP to slap Article 6 on them for not holding elections in ninety days when he returns to power and also questioned the authority of the members to frame charges against him. Pointing his finger at them, […]
Denial of Level Playing Field? on January 5, 2024Ever since the announcement of the election date and the beginning of the processes towards that end, certain political parties have incessantly claimed that they were being denied a level playing field. In this regard, the most vociferous and persistent rhetoric is coming from PTI leaders and social media warriors of the party. In doing […]
Travesty of Justice on December 19, 2023Muhammad Ali Jinnah, father of the nation, not only successfully led the struggle for a separate homeland for Muslims of the sub-continent but he also bequeathed a vision regarding the course the country needed to adopt to consolidate the gains of independence and earning a respectable place in the community of nations. But regrettably, the […]