Dear Readers, A longtime member of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-lnsaaf (PTI) and a close confidant of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Asad Umar resigned as Finance Minister in mid-April. This development came at a time when Pakistan faced a serious economic crisis, the resignation raising fresh questions regarding Pakistan’s plans for averting an economic crisis amid…
The police law made in 1861 to serve the purpose of a colonial ruler cannot fit the conditions of the 21st century with a booming population, successive technical revolutions and other fundamental developments that have changed the society but not the central task of the state to provide security. Under this outdated law, conditions in…
The modus operandi of the devastating terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka confirms that the perpetrators are an organized and trained group. This to be a handiwork of the LTTE, others point to the Islamic State (IS) or Daesh, etc. Even before these suspicions or before any terrorist group had claimed responsibility, the Indian media claimed…
The newest entrant in the lexicon of war, Hybrid warfare, has spread to almost all parts of the world today. While it is a challenge for the military and the civilian bureaucracy, increasingly the frontline in both kinetic and non-kinetic warfare is the prime civilian law enforcement agencies (LEAs), the police service. This new generation…
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…
