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Bangladesh Record on Women Shows Where Pakistan Has Gone Wrong
Pakistan has a terrible record when it comes to human rights, civic rights, and gender related rights. Most of the countries of South...
Bidding Farewell to I.A. Rehman, Pakistan’s Relentless Human Rights Defender
With the recent demise of I.A. Rahman, the honorary spokesperson and former secretary-general I. A. Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP),...
Pakistan’s ‘Environment be Damned’ Approach Having Disastrous Effects
The Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RUDP) is an urban development megaproject in Lahore that runs along the Ravi River. It includes the construction...
Former Playboy Imran Khan Blames Women‘s Clothing for Rape
Leaders are supposed to set examples, not just on the political but also the social front. However, Prime Minister Imran Khan apparently does not...
Third Covid Wave Hits Pakistan But its Govt. is Unprepared
Public health officials and economists agree that the best way for any country to return to normalcy is to vaccinate the majority of the...
Schizophrenic Imran Khan Undermines Potential Thaw with India
Even for U-Turn Khan as Prime Minister Imran Khan is often called on social media, the recent u-turn and the explanation over the u-turn...
Pakistan is in Disarray and so is its Political Opposition
Prime Minister Imran Khan and his advisors have often believed that they will be able to stay in power if they hold sway over...
Imran Khan Govt. Downgrades Human Rights Further
Human rights have never been high priority for the Pakistani establishment, neither have they been important for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government. What is...
Pakistan’s Higher Education Crisis Needs More Than Personnel Reshuffles
Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC) has often been the subject of much debate. Its detractors see the HEC as a redundant entity after the...
Pakistan’s Legal System is Cruel and Unjust
Pakistan’s judicial and legal system leaves much to be desired but even there the case of Muhammad Anwar, who after spending 28 years in...
Establishment Manages to Divide Pakistan Democratic Movement
Some months ago, there was hope for Pakistan’s democratic system when an 11 member opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) came together. All...
Can Pakistan Follow-up on its Outreach to India?
The outreach by COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa to India, echoed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, appears to be reciprocated in Indian Prime Minister...
Judicial Overreach Undermines Pakistan’s Democratic Facade
The decision by Sindh High Court to suspend two members of the Sindh Provincial assembly because they failed to supervise a campaign to cull...
Imran Khan Does Not Like an Independent Election Commission
Respect and strength of institutions is what makes a democracy. Days after losing face and a seat in the recently held Senate elections, the...
Pakistan’s Unending Political Crisis
For the last three years, political instability has been endemic to Pakistan. however, even in that context, the current system appears untenable. As long...
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