edit in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2023.A recent study, published by the Asian Development Bank, highlights the alarming emergence of domestic violence as a silent pandemic in Pakistan, presenting a significant challenge to both society and the state. Pakistan has consistently ranked poorly on gender equality indices, experiencing a sharp increase in violence against women and girls in recent years. This surge in violence is rooted in deeply ingrained patriarchal and misogynistic ideologies and…
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By Malik Asad In Dawn, December 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has indicated that ordinary individuals or hackers could be responsible for the recent audio leaks involving politicians, judges and their relatives, among others. The claim was made in a report, submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) via the Ministry of Defence, during a hearing last week. According to the report, “there are various tools which provide the capability of audio recording from…
By Zarmeen Zehra in The News, May 20, 2023The names of Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz are on a “hit-list” of terrorist outfits which are planning to launch attacks on leaders of the armed forces, intelligence agencies and politicians. The attacks are being planned by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its faction Jamaat-ul-Ahraar (JuA), which are also planning to target government officials. Furthermore, they also…
by Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror online, Mar 10, 2023Offering promotions to senior police officers who have been held responsible for the failure to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks cannot be accepted, the Catholic Church said yesterday. A member of the social communications committee of the Colombo Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini, told a press conference yesterday that these police officers are to be promoted at a request made by some senior politicians. “These police…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 27, 2023Unexpected developments within months of government formation and overnight dramatic turn of events have become a norm in Nepali politics. The prevailing crisis in the incumbent coalition government formed on December 25 is a case in point. The seven-party ruling coalition government comprising CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party that supported Maoist Centre…
Editorial in Dawn, February 22nd, 2023THE political arena has become an increasingly crass and ugly place, where invective has overtaken debate, and basic civility is in critically short supply. For women politicians, it is far worse because they also have to battle the entrenched prejudice against females in the public space, which often emerges in the form of character assassination and threats. Social media platforms amplify the sexist vitriol. On Monday, the National Commission on…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Jan 23, 2023Claiming that certain activities of mainstream media institutions and social media platforms have led to great social ills, State Minister of Mass Media Shantha Bandara said that the Government’s attention – considering requests made by the public, as well as Government and Opposition politicians – has been focused on introducing the necessary legal provisions to subject them to some form of regulation. Speaking to The Daily Morning,…