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Hassan A Niazi

The writer is a lawyer and former member of the visiting faculty at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He did his LL.M. from New York University where he was a Hauser Global Scholar. He is currently based in Singapore.

Official Secrets Act: How Parliament Surrendered Democracy to the Military Establishment

It is strange how the past and present mimic each other.  In the summer of 1909, in the midst of a naval arms race with Germany, a group of national security hawks in Britain schemed to introduce stronger legislation to prevent German espionage. The legislation...

Here’s How Chief Justice’s Suo Motu Powers Undermine Democracy

This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here.   Concerns over the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s discretionary powers are now being raised from within the Supreme Court. Institutional solidarity has fractured because of the...

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Some Key Lessons That...

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PTI vs Military: Who...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI)’s onslaught on the country’s armed forces installations in response to party chief Imran Khan’s arrest has...

People In Swat Take...

People in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, demanded the recovery of missing persons during a protest rally. The participants also demanded the...

Social Media Influencer Among...

A PTI-supporting social media influencer who holds a Computer Science degree is among 16 civilians who have been handed...

Raising Pakistan’s Exports: The...

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Aurat March Organisers Engage...

Aurat March organisers called out Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Twitter for "creating chaos" during the Islamabad...

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