Yousuf Nazar
The writer is former Citigroup Head of Emerging Market Investments, author and columnist. He worked with Benazir Bhutto during the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy during 1977-81 as a student union leader.
Opinion
It’s Time For Chief Justice Bandial To Step Down
It is now Pakistan’s parliament versus eight Supreme Court (SC) judges in the worst and most bitter confrontation between the two branches of the government the country has ever experienced. Neither is willing to blink in a high-stake power struggle which may lead to...
Editorial
Editorial: Diagnosing What Ails Pakistan
On March 23, we launched a series of in-depth articles titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?” with contributions from distinguished writers including rights activists, feminists, lawyers, diplomats, parliamentarians, and academics. The history of Pakistan is a series of crises. The country has been...
Editor's Picks
Pakistan: Is there A Way Forward?
The key lesson from the success stories in Asia is sobering and simple: It is the people, stupid! We must invest in people and empower them, especially women. Pakistan cannot move forward without a major course correction. Pakistan's citizens, especially the young and women, must take...
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Features
On Ashura, Remembering the...
Pakistan's Shia community, that makes up about 10-15 percent of the country's population, has long faced violence at the...
News
Military Courts To Take...
Six military courts are set to hear cases of 16 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters who were allegedly involved in...
News
Activist Gulalai Ismail’s Parents...
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar on Wednesday acquitted exiled human rights activist Gulalai Ismail's parents of terrorism and...
News
Islamabad Varsity Seeks Deployment...
ISLAMABAD: The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad on Monday night shut down indefinitely while seeking Rangers' deployment after a...
News
List Of Non-Military Properties...
Since the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday over corruption charges, the party's supporters have...
News
Senate Committee On Human...
The Senate Committee on Human Rights has irked human rights defenders for substituting the word "transgender" with "khunsa (intersex)"...
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Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle for Land and Water Rights Remains Overlooked
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed for Blasphemy in Sargodha Despite Juvenile Status
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy...
News
Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The Sectarian Clashes in Parachinar, Says Ex-MNA
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a...
Opinion
How Pakistan’s Peripheries Dissented in 2024
In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was...