Ahmad Faruqui
The writer is an Economist-at-Large based in the US. He has been writing political commentary since 1986 and has authored or edited three books on Pakistan.
Features
What Will It Take To Put Pakistan Back On The Road...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. Goldman Sachs caused a stir when it said that by 2075, Pakistan could become the world’s sixth-largest economy. Most other prognostications of Pakistan are grim. During...
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News
Banned Sectarian Outfit ASWJ...
Banned sectarian outfit Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) held a rally in Karachi, expressing solidarity with the armed forces...
Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle...
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million acres and spans the districts...
News
7 Catchiest Placards From...
Despite hostility towards Aurat March organisers from the city administrations across Pakistan, marginalised groups, including women, transgender people, and...
News
Karachi Police, Protesters Clash...
In another incident of police violence reported this week, the Karachi police clashed with protesters as it launched an...
News
PTM Activists Arrested During...
At least five Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) workers were arrested in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by police during a protest...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed...
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy charges for over a year,...
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Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban Publicly Execute 4 Men In One Day
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the...
News
‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter from Prison
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was...
News
In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining ‘Consent’
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the...
News
22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist Mob in Sialkot
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi...