Ramadan (Sawm) is one of the five pillars of Islam. This year it will start on 6th of May, it varies according to the lunar calendar. In this year it’s in Summer, which means longer hours without food. Most people take two meals in the day. Sehri (meal before dawn) Iftaar (meal after sunset). The…
Interview Former United States Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, Chief Executive Officer and President of the East West Institute (EWI) hosted Ikram Sehgal, defense analyst and security expert, Chairman of Pathfinder Group Pakistan, which include two of the country’s largest Private security companies, Chairman Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, recently appointed Chairman of Karachi Electric…
After 1971 two national parties came into being: PPP and PML (N). With following in all the four provinces of Pakistan they had a certain ethnic touch and different strength in different provinces. The PPP lost its national status after Benazir Bhutto was killed and Asif Ali Zardari played havoc with a genuinely popular national…
Dear Readers, Since gaining independence in 1947 Pakistan has been a victim of a number of conventional and non-conventional wars imposed by India. It is an irony that even after more than seventy years India has not reconciled with the reality of Pakistan, every govt that came into power in India undertook malicious strategies to…
On a quiet Friday March 15, 2019 afternoon 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant, armed with automatic weapons, opened indiscriminate fire at close quarters on men, women and children inside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fifteen minutes later, a second attack unfolded only five kilometers away at the Linwood Islamic Center. 50 innocent Muslims…
After almost two decades the US-led NATO intervention in Afghanistan aimed at eradicating the Taliban has no end in sight. US President Donald Trump and the American people, if not the US military, decided that an honourable exit was necessary to end the longest war in US history. Despite the fact that one of Trump’s…
BJP’s chauvinist ideology of ‘Hindutva’ leading up to the elections has increased communal tensions and violence in several Indian states. Instead of politically countering the electoral setback to Congress Party in the State Assembly elections in December last year, Narendra Modi returned to his time-tested anti-Muslim anti-Pakistan election formula to ignite religious fervour among Hindu…
In South Asia we are quick to blame law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the judicial system for the lack of justice in our courts. However, we have done practically nothing to strengthen the law, the hands of the enforcers of the law and the legal process necessary to provide fair and equitable processes. The situation…
A governmental body created by a legislature to implement and enforce specific laws, a “regulatory agency” or a “regulator” would usually have quasi-legislative functions, executive functions, and judicial functions. Many laws govern social and economic matters, such as income tax, environmental laws, occupational health and safety laws, real estate law, employment laws, etc. A regulatory…
One of the major basis for corruption the illness eating away the substance of the Pakistani state, its institutions and its people is perjury. An especially dangerous criminal offence, perjury or lying in court undermines the very purpose of the court, the laws of the country and the judiciary system at large: to bring justice…
