country into constitutional controversyby Asim Yasin in The News, August 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a twist of events on Sunday, President Dr Arif Alvi denied signing the Official Secrets Amendment bill 2023 and Pakistan Army Amendment Act 2023 and claimed that he had found out that his staff had undermined his will and command. He also tendered an apology to those who would be affected by the passage and implementation of these laws. He took to…
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Frenzy of hate
By globalpoliticsnews on August 17, 2023
Editorial in Dawn, August 18th, 2023THE paroxysm of violence in Faisalabad’s Jaranwala area on Wednesday chillingly demonstrated to the Christian community, indeed to adherents of all minority faiths in the country, that they are defenceless against the rage of the mob. That over 600 people were booked on terrorism charges for their role in the rioting is a belated and anaemic demonstration of the ‘writ of the state’. From all accounts, the state was nowhere…