Workplace harassment law in Pakistan on February 13, 2019Sexual harassment is a breach of a person’s basic right to dignity as enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Constitution grants every citizen the right to undertake any occupation, trade or business, which includes the right to a safe workplace. Workplace sexual harassment, on the contrary, discourages an individual from […]
Police service-challenges and reforms on October 6, 2018In Pakistan, the words ‘police’ and ‘reforms’ seldom feature in the same sentence. In fact most Pakistanis would say that they are antithesis of each other: one tied inexorably to a known but dark past, the other, by definition, points towards a time filled with uncertainty but not without a tinge of hope. Here lies […]
Pound of flesh on September 12, 2017 Last ten days of August has significantly changed the landscape in Pakistan politics as former president Asif Ali Zardari stands exonerated from the last reference against him in NAB and on the very same day NAB finalised home work against Nawaz Sharif for filing reference in the light of Panama Verdict. In this regard […]
Pak-China friendship dimensions on May 25, 2016Over the years, thanks to the nurturing of generations of leaders, and people from all sectors of both countries, Pakistan-China friendship has flourished, and currently Pakistan and China are celebrating 65 years of successful diplomatic relations. No matter how the circumstances have been in the two countries, how the dynamics of the region and the […]