To suo motu or…? on June 8, 2018The exercise of the constitutional power of suo motu by the Supreme Court of Pakistan has generated heated debate in the legal fraternity and in the executive branch. The executive terms it unnecessary interference in settled constitutional subjects, while the SC defends it by saying that it is a necessity born out of the executive’s […]
US Afghan policy and Pakistans options on September 8, 2017The Trump administration has finally unveiled its long awaited new war policy on Afghanistan security situation. It’s for the first time, in history of Pakistan and US relations, that the US president has displayed a conditional approach towards Pakistan. The pushy approach has raised the eyebrows of Pakistan’s top civilian and military leaderships and is […]
Pakistans terror woes on August 25, 2017The United State has recently released a report titled ‘Country Reports on Terrorism, 2016’, which has listed Pakistan among the states that secretly provide safe sanctuaries to terrorist and are not taking stringent measures to stop the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The report also blames Pakistan for displaying reluctance to act against Jamaat-ud-Dawa […]
Justice delayed is justice denied on January 11, 2017The problem of delayed justice system is not new, but as old as Pakistan. Many attempts have made by eminent jurists, scholars, law commissions and committees constituted by different governments to counter the problem but to no avail. The problem once again came to limelight as some courts’ judgments were so strange, raising many eyebrows […]
New chief justice and challenges on January 4, 2017Justice Saqib Nisar has taken the honourable chair of Chief Justice of Pakistan on December 31, 2016. Legal fraternity and the general populace are looking toward him with the new hope that he will replace decade’s old inherited flaws and challenges in the judiciary. Few challenges are so serious that they need the vigilant attention […]
Countering terror on August 9, 2016After years of terrorism, the Muslim world is at a loss to offer any real counter to the extremist ideology of terrorist groups that defames the holy religion Islam at a global level. They have been unable to collectively come up with any fatwa against the heinous activities of terrorist groups like IS in Iraq […]
What is the point of blaming Hussain Haqqani? on July 18, 2016It is stupendous on part of Sartaj Aziz to blame Hussain Haqqani for failure of Pakistan’s foreign policy czars to protect national interests or influence thinking in Washington. An individual, no matter how powerful or influential, cannot affect foreign policy of a country. Actually, the factors responsible for compromising our interests are some of our […]
The power of intuition s on September 2, 2012Sir: Zsuzsa Polgár was the first woman in the world to earn the Grandmaster title in chess. She was also the Women’s World Chess champion from 1996-1999. As it is assumed that the game of chess is all about mental ability and luck does not play any part, it is said that women cannot beat […]