Mohammad Jamil

Last week, opposition staged a walkout from Senate over dropping the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) reforms from the cabinet agenda. In fact, members of all political parties in KP assembly demand merger of FATA with KP without any delay. Even JUI-F, which has been opposing the merger in the past, is poised to support […]

Before discussing the conspiracies to isolate Pakistan, it is pertinent to mention about the four-day exercise, with 37 countries taking part including the US, Russia and China with the theme ‘Together for peace’. On opening ceremony of naval exercise at Karachi Dockyard, flags of 37 participating countries were hoisted, which is reflective of the trust […]

Federal Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, chaired a meeting on matters related to the Debt Policy Coordination Office at the Ministry of Finance the other day, where he emphasised the importance of prudent debt management for a growing economy. Referring to his article on Pakistan’s debt published recently, he said that the purpose of […]

Dr Shabbir Chaudhry — a Pakistani of Kashmir origin and a British national — has been allegedly tasked by the RAW to sabotage the CPEC project. Reportedly, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had recommended the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to block his national identity card. In his lengthy treatise titled “CPEC is not a […]

On Friday, Donald Trump swore in as the 45th president of the United States. Hundreds of millions Americans rejoiced whereas equal numbers were unhappy over his rhetoric and acerbic remarks before, during and post-election speeches. Nevertheless, President Trump defied predictions of incorrigible optimists who believed that he would espouse realpolitik in view of ground realities. […]

A report titled ‘India resists World Bank move to resolve Indus Water Treaty dispute’ authored by Zofeen T. Ebrahim and Joydeep Gupta was carried by a national English daily, which originally appeared on the website of The Third Pole. It stated: “India has asked the World Bank not to rush in to resolve a dispute […]

Addressing a seminar on electoral reforms organized by Democracy International in Islamabad the other day, Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani lauded formation of the committee with representation of all political parties in the Parliament instead of handling the matter in a standing committee, and bringing all laws relating to elections under one law. He said […]

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said the other day that he was still committed to the Charter of Democracy (CoD), whereas it is dead since long. It was a ‘marriage of convenience’ or at best ‘unity in adversity’, as both leaders had the ambition to again become prime minister. There was a perception that they […]

In the past, judiciary had drawn a lot of flak for controversial judgments. To start with is the judgment of former Chief Justice of Federal Court of Pakistan Justice Muhammad Munir, who in 1954 for the first time used the“Doctrine of Necessity” in Pakistan. He had upheld the then Governor General’s arbitrary decision to dissolve […]

Afghanistan has been in the throes of violence, and the nation has faced death and destruction during the last three and a half decades. Firstly, when Soviet forces landed in Afghanistan, what they said, on the request of the then Afghan government, the US and the West planned the overt and covert operation against them. […]