Cyber Highway to Prosperity on June 5, 2023The resourceful, enterprising, and technologically savvy young generation of Pakistan has always been capable of devising creative and innovative ways to generate income for themselves, their families, and the country as a whole. They have, through their demonstrated creativity, entrepreneurship, and tenacity, devised a workable solution to circumvent the unemployment in the country, and while […]
G-20 and Indian Prison on June 2, 2023With its typical and proven insensitivity to human life, dignity, and honour, India continued to treat the indigenous people of Kashmir as pygmies when it unexpectedly announced the conduct of a G-20 tourism working group conference in Srinagar from 22nd to 24th May 2023. This move elicited a furious reaction from Pakistan, as well as […]
Media-the Fourth Pillar on May 29, 2023Pakistan was amongst the few countries that showed commendable improvement of seven notches and achieved the 150th position in 2023 compared to 157th in 2022 on the Freedom of Press Index. If the trend continues, it may further improve to its average ranking of 142 to 145 maintained by it from 2018 to 2021. Comparatively, […]
Do Transgenders Have No Feelings? on May 23, 2023The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) is an agency responsible for promoting and protecting human rights globally and as a member, Pakistan is expected to uphold and promote the principles and values of human rights as outlined by the OHCHR and the United Nations. The OHCHR defines “transgender people as […]
No Security Sans Food Security on May 1, 2023Pakistan spent $29.4 billion from 2016-17 to 2020-21 to import wheat, sugar, edible oil, pulses, and tea while begging the IMF for a staff-level agreement to release US$1 billion. If we had focused solely on agriculture, we could have saved the country from bankruptcy and default and made sovereign decisions without making our dignity, honour, […]
Will Eid Lower Political Temperature? on April 22, 2023The supreme court lived up to the status conferred upon it by the constitution, the nation’s magna carta and the very foundation of its existence. It withstood the combined assault of the executive and legislature and refused to be intimidated by the blatant and derogatory comments made by politicians and a portion of the media. […]
Exec-Legislature Assault on the Judiciary (Part II) on April 21, 2023The case in hand is the allocation of funds to the Election Commission for holding elections for the Punjab Assembly which triggered an onslaught of the judiciary by Executive-Legislature. Unlike the current constitutional deadlock in Pakistan, in such situations in many other countries, the orders of the courts were obeyed without any reservation. In 2019, […]
Exec-Legislature Assault on the Judiciary (Part I) on April 20, 2023In all wisdom, the Constitution has bound the government, legislature, and judiciary in their respective spheres, and none is above or beyond it. Every law enacted by the parliament is subject to interpretation by the supreme court in light of the ideals and purposes of the Constitution. It is the prerogative of the legislature to […]
No Option on April 6, 2023Before refusing to obey the supreme court’s order to hold Punjab Assembly Elections on May 14, the government should consider the supreme court’s overarching jurisdiction and powers as granted by the constitution. It should be aware that the Supreme Court of Pakistan is the country’s highest appellate court and the court of last resort, the […]
A Tale of Two JITs on March 31, 2023In a watershed moment in July 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was untruthful and untrustworthy for failing to declare his deemed income from his son. This decision was based on the findings of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed in early 2017 to investigate corruption allegations against Nawaz Sharif […]