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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News
Maulana Abdul Aziz Led...
Extremist cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz led Eid prayers at Lal Masjid in Islamabad as the police and the administration...
News
Journalist Covering PTI Protest...
A journalist working for international media has said he was beaten up and abducted by security agencies who held...
Balochistan
The Latest Baloch Uprising...
The atrocities inflicted on the Baloch people, including the disappearance of Baloch students, human rights activists, educators, professionals, and...
News
Protester Who Stole Corps...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter who stole Corps Commander Lahore's uniform in an attack on his house on May 9...
News
Hindu Senator Says Fellow...
During his speech in the Senate, minority Hindu Senator Danesh Kumar Palyani revealed that his fellow lawmakers ask him...
News
Journalist Absar Alam Recounts...
Senior journalist Absar Alam has shared the ordeal he and his family went through when his 20-year-old son was...
Latest articles
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed For Obtaining Divorce
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s highest court on Saturday rejected an appeal by a man convicted...
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report
ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists,...
Human Rights
Pakistan Police Arrest 17 at Islamabad Aurat March on Women’s Day
Police arrested 17 organizers and participants of the annual Aurat March in Islamabad on...
Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...
