Thought Leaders from Pakistan and India call for uninterrupted, uninterruptible dialogue on May 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: Thought leaders from Pakistan and India have called for a sustained, uninterrupted and uninterruptible dialogue between both the countries to resolve contentious issues. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, around 250 intellectuals, journalists, writers, poets, educationists, filmmakers, professionals and students reminded that the people of Pakistan and India have seen too many conflicts […]
How Hekmatyars return affects Pakistan? on May 5, 2017Gulbadin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan’s most controversial warlords and a former prime minister, arrived in Jalalabad a week before he set his foot in Kabul this Thursday. As much as it has sparked strong reactions from women’s groups and progressive sections of Afghan society, there is no dearth of people who can’t help but hope […]
Multi-pronged internal security policy needed on May 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: Counter-terrorism experts and internal security professionals have strongly emphasised the urgent need for a multi-pronged internal security policy in order to deal with the challenges of terrorism and extremism in the country, instead of reactive, piecemeal responses. “Not only that we need to track the progress on National Internal Security Policy 2014-2018, but also […]
Woman lawmaker humiliated, abused in KP Assembly on May 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa made itself a spectacle of collective misogyny on Tuesday when the provincial minister for public health engineering and prominent member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf used extremely derogatory and abusive words against Nighat Orakzai, a woman lawmaker from Pakistan People’s Party. According to details, the spat between Shah Farman and Nighat […]
What made the army react through Twitter? on May 1, 2017ISLAMABAD: The report of the Inquiry Committee on Dawn leaks had clearly determined that a breach of national security had indeed happened through the ‘planted’ story, learned sources have claimed. However, instead of making the report – which is being termed ‘explosive’ by the inside accounts – public, the Prime Minister’s Office issued an executive […]
What made the army react through Twitter? on May 1, 2017ISLAMABAD: The report of the Inquiry Committee on Dawn leaks had clearly determined that a breach of national security had indeed happened through the ‘planted’ story, learned sources have claimed. However, instead of making the report – which is being termed ‘explosive’ by the inside accounts – public, the Prime Minister’s Office issued an executive […]
ISPR’s tweet and Pakistani democracy on April 30, 2017A controversial tweet by the director general of ISPR, Army’s media wing, on Saturday sparked a heated reaction from civil society and sections of media. The infamous tweet had come minutes after the Prime Minister’s Office issued an executive order seeking necessary action based on findings of the Dawn Leaks inquiry. Political sources have claimed […]
Televising the terrorists on April 27, 2017The release of the now infamous video confession by Ehsanullah Ehsan has sparked heated debate in the country. Ehsan was, of course, the former spokesperson of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan as well as that of the breakaway outfit, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. That is, until he suddenly and without warning ‘surrendered’ to the Pakistan Army. Not one to ever […]
Banned JeM raising funds from farmers in Punjab on April 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Banned terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed has started its fund raising campaign in Punjab as the harvest season for major Rabi crops sets in. In the latest issue of JeM’s weekly online magazine (accessed on April 25), its charity wing al-Rehmat Trust invited Ushr contributions for supporting the “families of martyrs, detainees of Islam and ghazis” […]
What now for Nawaz? on April 21, 2017The Panama Papers case verdict might have prompted both the ruling and opposition parties to distribute sweetmeat. Yet it remains to be seen how the SC ruling will affect the country’s political environment over the next few months. Three out of the sitting five judges opined that it was not within the court’s jurisdiction to […]