Manzoor Ahmad
The writer is currently an arbitrator for World Trade Organization (WTO) trade disputes. Previously he has worked as Pakistan’s ambassador to WTO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative to the United Nations at Geneva.
Opinion
Raising Pakistan’s Exports: The Way Forward
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. The rise of hyper-globalization in the early 1990s marked a new era of worldwide economic interconnectedness. Pakistan made some timid attempts at reform during...
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The Tahaffuz-e-Buneyad-e-Islam bill recently passed by the Punjab Assembly gives unprecedented powers to the provincial government to censor or...
News
Lawyer Of Ahmadi Man...
The lawyer representing a 76-year-old Ahmadi man who was arrested in Karachi last month for having "Syed" in his...
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...
Human Rights
Baloch Woman Mahal Remains...
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has yet to take up the bail application of Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old woman...
News
Why Do Secret Recordings...
Former Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has questioned why leaked audio clips of Pakistan Army generals...
Features
‘American Democracy Passed A...
In the critical midterm elections in the United States, Democrats performed better than most analysts had predicted, and a...
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Editorial
Why a ‘Boycott Israel’ Campaign Cannot Work in Pakistan
In Pakistan, calls for boycotts of international brands perceived to have ties to Israel,...
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...