Friday, February 21, 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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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Continues To...

PESHAWAR: Thousands of citizens in various towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took to the streets against the recent terror attack...

Banning PTM Sends a...

  The government of Pakistan's decision to ban the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), a social movement that originated from the...

4 Dead As PTI...

Four deaths and more than a dozen injuries have been reported in Peshawar as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) protest in...

Education Is A Right,...

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the...

‘Stalked, Threatened With Rape...

Gharida Farooqi opened up about the harassment she has to endure as a woman journalist in Pakistan and said...

Aurat March Karachi Organisers...

The organisers of Aurat March Karachi have released their manifesto, demanding rights for marginalised groups, including the working class,...

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