The largest country in South Asia; India today reaching from the Himalayas in the north to Kanya Kumari in the South, is globally the second most populous country after China and the seventh largest country by land area. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan differ from India despite having a common history, culture and languages. To a…
The new US Administration’s starting position bodes ill for the US-Taliban “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan,” concluded in Qatar’s capital Doha about a year ago while not many are surprised that it has not ended the four decades plus long war so far it is becoming increasingly questionable that it ever will. The major…
Despite all new technologies and so-called ‘progress’ the “third industrial revolution” capitalism claims it has provided, it has failed in more than one crucial field of life (the destruction of natural resources, climate change, etc.) mainly having failed to eradicate or even check poverty. Despite all lip service and social programs, poverty is rising everywhere…
Dear Readers, The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in ways not seen since the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu. Unfortunately, disinformation campaigns targeting health crisis communication during this pandemic seek to cripple the medical response to the novel coronavirus and instrumentalize the pandemic for political purposes. Vaccination from COVID-19 remains one of the key targets 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…
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…
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….
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…
Dear Readers, It is unfortunate that after more than seven decades, Pakistan still strives to provide equal and timely justice or ensure justice for the tens of millions of Pakistanis who can be forgiven for believing ‘justice’ is just a word without meaning, at best, the title of an important person. Pakistan inherited its legal…
One of the oldest and foremost proponents of telling lies and spreading misinformation as a tool of politics (and economics) is the 24 centuries old “Arthashastra”. A complete course handbook on how to run a state, it also details devious means to accomplish one’s ends. An extensive manual for conducting subversion, Arthashastra is the earliest known exponent…
