by Arifa Noor in Dawn, Oct 11th, 2022The writer is a journalist…….every conversation these days is either about dealing with expenses or the absence of hope. …… No one I asked disagreed that the sense of despondency is more pervasive this year. This includes politicians from parties in power and out…….. Much of this is due to economic instability and fragility. It seems as if in our cycles of boom and bust, the latter are…
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The Indian government continues its streak of faux offence at other members of the global community showing concern over the happenings in the same world we all share, most recently with indirect criticism of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock over comments she made regarding Kashmir. While sharing a stage with her Pakistani counterpart, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Baerbock made a relatively innocuous comment regarding Germany’s interest in seeing a peaceful settlement to the Kashmir dispute. “Germany…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, October 11th, 2022ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday restrained authorities from acting against Information Secretary Shaheera Shahid, acting PTV managing director Sohail Ali Khan and director news Rashid Baig Mirza. They were seeking court’s protection against FIRs registered against them in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah took up the petitions. Raja Muqsit appeared on behalf of the petitioners and argued that his clients,…
By M A Niazi in Pakistan Today, Oct 7, 2022The country is not as badly convulsed as it should be by the latest audioleaks, probably because no one has really realised the horrific implications of a bug remaining in the Prime Minister’s Office. The bug had remained there for some time, because the recordings released were of two different PMs. The content of their conversations have been used by the other side to claim that…
the writer is an Islamabad based tv journalistThe priorities of a nation define its future. Let’s consider ours. The country’s poor people are telling you they are sunk, and if the flood were not enough, shrinking purchasing power would likely kill them. The elites of the country and the media tell you there is only one topic of discussion that matters — Imran Khan. The country’s religious elite agree that there is only one topic…
By Saleem Safi in The News, Oct 08, 2022The writer works for Geo TVImran Khan was pampered, supported, sponsored, idealized, and brought into the shining political limelight from deep political obscurity. However, once in power, he played havoc with the country’s economy, politics, foreign policy, social fabric, and moral values. Now when he is out of power, Imran Khan is targeting his very own benefactors, sponsors, and mentors. What a betrayal. In the eyes of…
by Huzaima Bukhari in Daily Times, Oct 8, 2022The writer is an Adjunct Faculty at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)“Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency”-Jonathan Turley Moving from simple to complex and from mere rudiments to advanced technologies, bring within its folds complications that are both…
by Mohammad Ali Babakhel in Dawn, October 7th, 2022The writer is author of Pakistan: In Between Extremism and Peace.THE Mehsuds have been in the headlines from time to time ever since the British rule and during the ‘war on terror’. Locally known as Maseed, the Mehsuds are primarily divided into three sub-tribes ie Alizai, Shaman Khel, and Bahlolzai. The tribe is also known as Dre Maseed (three Mehsuds). The Mehsuds are surrounded in the north…
by Muhammad Zahid Rifat in Daily Times, Oct 6, 2022The writer is a Lahore-based freelance journalist, columnist and retired Deputy Controller (News), Radio PakistanA number of institutions are established or created at the federal and provincial levels from time to time. Such institutions are assigned specified and specialised tasks and responsibilities. Most of these, such as the National and Provincial Assemblies, Judiciary, Election Commission, and Armed Forces i.e., Army, Air Force and Navy, have been…
by Shafiq Awan in Daily Times, Oct 6, 2022The writer is a senior journalistToday in Pakistan there are hard talks about the scandal of the audio leaks of the Prime Minister’s House. This scandal is not related to any single government, but the previous governments as well. Sources say that apparently the facilitators of this scandal are the political leaders and officers of the bureaucracy who have easy access to the Prime Minister House. This…
Journalists, rights activists call for end to trolling on social media
By Saadia Salahuddin in The News, October 24, 2022LAHORE: Journalists and rights activists called for an urgent need to check organised trolling which was pointed out as an ugly activity on social media, gaining ground in the absence of effective laws to check the practice. There were two sessions on Onslaught on civil society in South Asia on the 2nd day of the Asma Jahangir Conference, one on Regulating social media: Freedom, but under what…