In this article, previously published at The Nation under the title, "Trial of the Supreme Court", renowned lawyer Saad Rasool talks about the ongoing crisis in the Supreme Court of Pakistan pertaining to Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s review petition. He weighs the merits and demerits of the ongoing conflict on the current case and its impact on future cases in the highest court of Pakistan.
Desperate times require high value low cost innovations, not incremental improvements. When Bob Zukis published his article in Forbes in April 2020 entitled “There...
The writer talks about the revitalization of one of the most important institutions for policymaking in Pakistan, the Planning Commission. He talks about how the policies of the past have left the commission futile and he discusses the steps in which the revitalization could be brought about, and its results.
Highly placed sources in Islamabad reveal for the first time that back-channel engagement with India had been continuing for more than a year and Indian PM Narendra Modi may have visited Pakistan to participate in the SARRC summit in Oct this year.
Farah Adeed discusses Maulana Tariq Jamil’s decision to launch a clothing brand titled MTJ. He deals with an important question: does Islam allow ulemas to become traders? The early history of Muslims and their great civilization from the eighth to eleventh centuries reveals some interesting facts, he argues.
Farah Adeed discusses Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s latest 11-page judgment in which he has declared that “a woman, whatever her sexual character or reputation may be, is entitled to equal protection of law”. The writer terms it as the victory of reason over tradition. Read an interesting op-ed.
The following article has been written to highlight the challenges faced by the residents of Islamabad. The names of the characters are fictitious but...
