by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch in The Guardian, Oct 27, 2023The scenes were eerily similar: Nawaz Sharif, standing in front of tens of thousands of supporters in his home town of Lahore, making a pitch to become Pakistan’s leader. But this was not 1990, nor 1997 nor 2013 – the three previous occasions that Sharif was elected prime minister. Instead, it was an event held over the weekend to mark his return from…
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Editorial in The News, Oct 03, 2023One of the most stubborn myths in our political discourse is that the death penalty deters crimes, of any sort, and that it is an effective tool when it comes to building a safer and more just society. Every now and again, especially after there has been some high-profile crime, the admiration of a certain segment of Pakistan for the death penalty and public hangings rears its ugly head.…