Imagine these conflicting accolades for one person a moderniser and a dictator, a visionary and a short-term tactician, a racist and father of the nation, a healer and a strongman. This is how history will regard Mahathir Mohammad! Love him or hate him, and there aren’t many in-between, anyone would be hard pressed to refute…
The concept of Surveillance Capitalism explains an economic system at a global level based on various market trends in cyberspace. The spread of business communities in the digital landscape formulates a widespread digital data culture, its collection from different android applications, and its sale and purchase as a market product. The personal data gathered from…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs Seven persons were injured in an explosion during a football match on April 13 at a sports ground in Hub area Karachi, reports Geo TV. According to Police, the final of a football tournament was taking place at a ground in Allahabad neighbourhood when the explosion occurred….
As the end of April approaches, cracks in the global effort to fight covid-19 pandemic have begun to emerge. Similar to other policy areas, corona virus pandemic has become a case of capitalist/elitist agenda. Rich nations are actively engaging in “Vaccine Nationalism” or simply “me first” rule. Without diving into statistics and elaborate charts, one…
The decades-long hostility between India and Pakistan has changed the regional security environment of South Asia. The Indian strategic quest for stretching its muscles over South Asia’s territorial and maritime affairs is the prime reason behind the South Asian intense security environment in which Pakistan has the potential to oppose Indian regional hegemonic designs. The…
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….
