Courts gain relevance and power in weak or fragmented political systems, where no one institution or class can exert a preeminent hold over the state and political processes. Such has been the case in Pakistan, which has been a prime breeding ground for the judicialization of politics.
Ambassador Munir Akram is Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. A diplomat for over fifty years, he has a wealth of experience in foreign relations, GVS Managing Editor Najma Minhas spoke to him to understand the compulsions driving Pakistan’s foreign relations for over the past seventy years.
A much needed positive step from Pakistani Govt of PM Imran Khan making it possible for Afghan refugees and other unregistered communities to open bank accounts and do all sorts of businesses inside a documented economy.
Society's 'Dunk' or "sting" against women needs to be neutralized. As female participation in the workforce increases, Pakistani society needs to work on the harassment they face outside their homes. Women need enough freedom to work morally, ethically and become able part of society rather than an isolated entity being pushed in a defensive corner now and again, a media anchor argues.
Russian Analyst, Andrew Korybko, argues that all western assessments of Afghan National Army's strength have proved wrong as it collapses under Taliban onslaught who are taking city after city and US and allies are evacuating embassies and fleeing in panic.
Video of Afghan Taliban fighters, simple villagers with guns in hands, celebrating and having a feast in the governor’s palatial house in Zaranj in the capital of Nimruz province of Afghanistan has gone viral on net creating fears of medieval era villagers overtaking Kabul.
On Pakistan’s 74th birth anniversary, Moeed Pirzada, Editor Global Village Space, sat down with Pakistan’s most prominent legal and constitutional expert, Aitzaz Ahsan, to revisit his provocative work, “Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan” – that first appeared in 1996. Constitutionalist cum historian remembered the painful identity crisis his generation faced when confronted by the world with the question, “Who are you? And Why Pakistan?”. And he explains why Pakistan, inheritor of Indus civilization, was never part of the Gangetic plains of Hindustan that constitute modern India.
Zohaib Hassan recently accused Mirza Ishtiaq Baig of poisoning Nazia Hassan. However, in a counter-strike, Mirza Ishtiaq Baig denies all allegations and accuses Zohaib Hassan of conspiracy to divert the media attention from the Noor Mukaddam case. According to Mirza Ishtiaq, the timings of the accusations are questionable.
Israel’s first post-Netanyahu government is seeking to rebuild fractured relations with the Jewish Diaspora and rebrand the country as a liberal rather than an...
Chinese Government and even the companies themselves have reportedly rejected the request by Pakistan's government to review the rate-of-return on the power projects set up under CPEC. The projects are 25 per cent more expensive than the average IPP contracts signed.
According to reports, India is building a military facility in Agalega, Mauritius to challenge Chinese expansionism. Although the government has denied such claims but the $250m investment seems to say otherwise.
