Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force Bombs Blasts/IEDs At least five labourers of Punjabi ethnicity were killed and five others, including two security personnel injured in a bomb blast some 30 kilometers away from Sibi town on March 5, reports Samaa TV. The vehicle carrying the labourers hit a roadside bomb. Four children were injured…
Dear Readers, Some believe the judiciary has come of age, others think it had independent status in the near past while many disagree and feel the judiciary is still under some influence. Since the lawyers’ movement in 2007, the judiciary has charted many independent postures, the movement culminated two years later in the restoration of…
As early as July 1, 1948 the Governor General of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah issued an order for the establishment of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to regulate the issue of bank notes and keeping of reserve for seeking monetary stability in Pakistan. Generally to cooperate currency and credit system of the country to…
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM’s) Yusuf Raza Gilani bagged 169 votes against Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh’s 164in the Senate Elections held on March 3, 2021 with one vote not being cast. At least 7 votes were rejected being wrongly marked, a clear indication that some ruling party lawmakers changed their loyalty. PTI’s Fauzia Arshad who contested…
Pakistan’s democracy has been shaken again by the Senate elections. A majority is important for the ruling government coalition because laws passed by the National Assembly (NA) have to be approved by the Senate as well. Controlled by the opposition till now the Senate was preventing this, severely impairing the political effectiveness of the govt….
The debate on Pakistan’s contemporary status in the changing regional and international strategic environment has started a new chapter in the history of the nuclearized subcontinent. Presently, critical circles of international community generally prefer to negatively examine the various phases of Pakistan’s political crisis and economic problems. In this way, an overwhelming wave of literature…
Context Politact has consistently maintained that the longer the Afghan imbroglio continues it is bound to intersect with the other regional and global flash-points and the larger balance of power tussles. Not that it had not been in the past, but to a lesser degree. Since 9/11, and the subsequent war against extremism, the global…
Politics! cried the irate crowd. The recent announcement that Pakistan will remain on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List was met with disdain and denial of ground realities. The FATF President, Dr. Marcus Pleyer was significantly diplomatic yet very clear when he said there were “serious deficiencies in mechanisms to plug terrorism financing”. Pakistani…
The story of Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot in 2012 by militants for expressing her opinions, is known across continents. After surviving the brutal attack she went on to be an outspoken voice for promoting education. Sadly, several years later, Pakistanis fail to acknowledge the phenomenon that she has become worldwide….
Afghanistan is an enigma of sorts. Its geo-political vulnerability has kept it on the tenterhooks and literally in a state of war for more than four decades. Umpteenth efforts to find a solution in the war-weary country have ended up in failures, as none were in resonance with the aspirations of its diverse ethno-lingual society….
