By Dr Farid A Malik in Pakistan Today, Jan 26, 2023The writer is ex-Chairman, Pakistan Science FoundationWith its Shadow Cabinet and functional Think Tanks, the Old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was well prepared to build Naya Pakistan through good governance. The mammoth public support at the Lahore Jalsa on 30 October 2011 sent shock waves to the forces of status quo. At this takeoff stage, the party came under attack from the evergreen electables. On the…
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by Ali Tauqeer Sheikh in Dawn, Jan 26, 2023The writer is an expert on climate change and development.………WEF’s Pakistan specific report is chilling. Developed by Mashal, it has listed the top 10 risks that pose the biggest threats to Pakistan in the next two years: i) digital power concentration and monopolies; ii) failure of cybersecurity measures (including loss of privacy, data fraud or theft, cyberespionage); iii) rapid and/or sustained inflation; iv) debt crises; v) state…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press, Jan 25, 2023Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistani Envoy to Afghanistan says that Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan has travelled to Pakistan. Pakistani Special Representative for Afghanistan on Tuesday said on Twitter that Zamir Kabulove, Russian envoy for Afghanistan had visited Islamabad. Mr. Sadiq added that the recent developments in the region and closer cooperation between Moscow and Islamabad for a better future were discussed during the meeting. He praised Kabulov’s…
by Abbas Nasir in Dawn, January 22nd, 2023The writer is a former editor of Dawn.WHO wouldn’t be tempted to endorse an Imran Khan-like stance to burn the house down, in the face of the paralysis that our dysfunctional state and its rotten-to-the-core system has come to represent, as millions of Pakistanis struggle to put food on the table. Look at the state of the economy and the dithering that has been the main characteristic of…
by Ayesha Ijaz Khan in Dawn, January 22nd, 2023The writer is a lawyer in London.Nearly every civilian prime minister in Pakistan has had to leave office prior to the expiration of his/her stated term. Just as the army’s blessings were crucial for the PMs to ascend to the highest civilian office, so too they have had to leave unceremoniously once they fell out with the establishment. The three-year itch is when things have historically gone…
Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023The federal government’s revelation in the Senate on Friday, that as many as 42 journalists have been killed in Pakistan over the last four years, is extremely troubling. It is clear that journalism and all those who practice it have come under increasing threat ever since the PTI government took office, but 42 in just four years shows how the state has completely failed this profession. Compare this number…
edit in The Nation, Jan 21, 2023The eighth session of the Pakistan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission that was being held in Islamabad this week has resulted in major agreements between the two countries, especially in the area of energy cooperation. The most significant development is that Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia—which will commence in late March—in currencies of friendly countries. This is something that has been at the centre of speculation for a while,…
Pakistan’s treacherous borders on the western side have always been a source of anxiety for our security forces. Iran would occasionally complain to Pakistan about the exploitation of our soil against them, and in this regard, the former prime minister, Imran Khan, admitted the fact. Four Pakistani border troopers were martyred in a Wednesday attack from Iranian territory, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations, and four security personnel were slain during “terrorist action” from across…
By Murtaza Solangi in The News, Jan 19, 2023The writer is a journalist.We are in election year again. Ten years back around this time we were in election mode when the terrorism unleashed by the TTP impacted the electioneering and deprived the Awami National Party and Pakistan Peoples Party, two mainstream secular parties from electioneering, especially in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to government reports at that time, 437 people were killed in over…
4 security personnel martyred in terrorist activity from across Pak-Iran border in Balochistan: ISPR
by Naveed Siddiqui in Dawn, January 19th, 2023The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that four security personnel were martyred during “terrorist activity” from across the Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Panjgur district. “Today, in a terrorist activity from across Pakistan-Iran border in Chukab sector, district Panjgur, Balochistan, four security forces personnel have embraced martyrdom,” the statement said. It further said that the militants used Iranian soil to “target a convoy of security forces patrolling…