Monday, March 10, 2025

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.

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: 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...

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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Aurat March Activists Hold...

Lahore: Women rights activists and organisers of Aurat March Lahore on Friday held a protest demonstration against the abduction...

Minor Christian Girl Abducted...

Three men abducted a 13-year-old Christian girl from her home in Okara, Punjab, according to the girl's family, who...

Illegal funding: Imran Khan’s...

Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) unanimous ruling saying that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) received illegal funding from abroad is a...

Islamabad Varsity Sacks Professor...

The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Islamabad has sacked a professor after an inquiry found...

Aneeqa Ateeq: 27-Year-Old Islamabad...

27-year-old Islamabad resident Aneeqa Ateeq is on death row after a court found her guilty of committing “blasphemy” on...

Assistant Commissioner Hazim Bangwar...

In yet another episode of intolerance, Assistant Commissioner of North Nazimabad, Karachi, Hazim Bangwar, has received a backlash from...

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