Editorial
As we were about to go to print, India and Pakistan almost came to a full-fledged war. Since the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
Modern-day India reaffirms Quaid-e-Azam’s Two-Nation theory
As loudly as it echoed in the period leading up to 1947, the two-nation theory still resonates in modern-day “secular” India. The two-nation theory...
March 1969: Reflecting fifty years later – Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
On 25th March 1969, fifty years ago, President Ayub Khan, beset with street agitations in both wings of the country mostly led by Zulfiqar...
Creating the State: Pakistan and the Accession of Kalat, 1947-48
Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest yet sparsely populated province, has always been on the margins of the nation and state. Its numerous tribes are known to...
CM Jam Kamal: A different politician from Baluchistan
Jam Kamal Khan belongs to Baluchistan’s new breed of politicians who realized that the people of Baluchistan also expect accountability and transparency as part...
Awareness campaigns required to develop insurance sector: Abdul Waheed
Mr Abdul Waheed became CEO Askari General Insurance Company in 2010. A Chartered Professional Accountant by training, he has decades of exposure in finance and...
Lawyer Movement: What it was, what it wasn’t? Reflections twelve years on
Lawyers Movement or “Adlia Bahali Tehreek” (Restoration of Judiciary) occupies an important chapter in Pakistan’s colourful political history. Kickstarted on 9th March 2007, when...
Can the Guardians Guard Themselves?
Over the years the extrajudicial utterance of Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of America that “The Constitution is what the Judges say it is…..”...
The Dharna Judgment – Our New Judicial Discourse?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan penned a new (and possibly unfinished) chapter in the judicial history of Pakistan. It did this through...
Raheela Zarmeen Ahmadzai – Pakistani Footballer: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Twenty-year-old Raheela Zarmeen is a Pakistani footballer and the football manager of the Pakistan women's national football team and Balochistan United FC. Princess Rubina...
Roshaneh Zafar – Founder of Kashf Foundation: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Founder of Kashf Foundation, Roshaneh is a development activist in Pakistan, working in the field of women's economic empowerment. She set up the Kashf...
Shazia Syed – CEO of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Shazia Syed serves as Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited since March 7, 2016 and its Executive Director since April 20, 2014....
Naseem Hameed – the fastest woman of South Asia: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Naseem began running as a sprinter at the age of 14 at the Government Girls School in Korangi, Karachi. She later represented her college...
Sima Kamil – CEO United Bank Limited: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Sima Kamil is one of Pakistan’s topmost bankers. She was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Bank Limited in 2017....
Mehak Gul – Record Holder Pakistani Chess Player: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Mehak Gul started to learn and master the game of chess from the age of 6. She first participated in an international chess event at...
Ayesha Farooq – Fighter Pilot: Celebrating Pakistani Women
Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq was the first female to become a fighter pilot in Pakistan Air Force and in fact, in all of South...
Namira Salim – First Pakistani Astronaut: Celebrating Pakistani Women
She completed her intermediate studies from the Government Commerce College, Karachi, Bachelors in International Business at Hofstra University, New York and studied Masters in...
Democratizing the Judicial Process – Indian Courts Exercise of Suo Motu Powers
The reading of fundamental rights by the constitutional courts in India changed after its experiences with Internal Emergency between 1975 and 1977, and fundamental...
The Afghan Peace Puzzle: Where Do We Go from Here?
Abrupt changes in U.S. policy in Afghanistan no longer surprise the world. Just a few months ago, President Trump decided to reverse the belligerent...
“Rising Hindutva” and its Impact on the Region
Mr S. M. Hali has become quite a prolific writer. His latest book “Rising Hindutva – and its impact on the Region” is a...
Fill your wandering souls with Pakistan’s natural wonders
Makran Being a princely state of British India, the state of Makran became a part of Pakistan in 1948 under the then ruler Nawab Mir...
Kalat
The historical administrative division we today know as Kalat - one of the six in the Baluchistan province - has been occupied by countless...
Oscar 2019: Breakdown
This year’s Academy Awards proved to be quite interesting. Unlike last year’s awards, there was certainly more going on this time terms of surprises...