Tag: Farah Adeed
Will India get any relief from the ICJ?
News Analysis | Pakistan has once again made it clear that Indian demands to release or return its spy Kulbhushan Jadhav are ‘childish’. Information Minister...
International pressure over India increases: MEPs demand end to violence against...
News Analysis | In a major diplomatic breakthrough, the government of Pakistan was able to bring the matter of Kashmir and atrocities being committed by...
Hindu extremism: Amnesty urges India to ensure Kashmiri’s safety
News Analysis | International human rights organizations, civil society, and media have expressed reservations over the use of indiscriminate force by Indian security forces in...
SC dismisses review petitions: Tough times ahead for Zardari?
News Analysis | In an interesting move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed review appeals filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal...
Shahbaz Sharif indicted in Ashiana Housing scandal: NRO or No NRO?
News Analysis | An accountability court has indicted Opposition leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and other accused in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing scandal on...
Has PTI signed any deal with TLP? Analysts say, NO!
News Analysis | In the latest development, an Anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore rejected Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chief, Khadim Hussain Rizvi's request for bail on...
South Asian-ness of Media: A similarity beyond borders
Farah Adeed | What differentiates people living in Pakistan from those living in India? What are the distinctive traits of those living in Bangladesh and Nepal?...
Memogate: Is the case against Hussain Haqqani over?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has finally wrapped up Memogate scandal and said that state could try Hussain Haqqani under article 6...
Four arrested in Govt.’s crackdown: What is hate speech?
News Analysis | The police have arrested four persons who allegedly uploaded some defamatory material against the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan. According...
Manzoor Pashteen’s article in The New York Times: Who wrote it?
News Analysis | Federal Minister for Information Mr. Fawad Chaudhary questioned that who wrote an article for Manzoor Pashteen, leader of Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM),...
Sargodha University sub-campus: HOD arrested for sexual harassment
News Analysis | Head of Mathematics Department, University of Sargodha, Sub-campus, Bhakkar, has been accused of sexual harassment by one of his students. Police have...
End to subsidy on Hajj: Finally compliant with Islam?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan has responded to recent criticism over his government’s decision to end subsidy on Hajj. PM Khan said that...
Pakistan’s lax justice system and millions of pending cases
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has once again overturned the verdict of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and ordered to release a...
Politics of Sharifs and history of NROs in Pakistan
News Analysis | In an interesting development, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri is of view...
Police reforms for speedy justice: CJP orders immediate implementation
News Analysis | Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa has ordered to prepare and implement police reforms on a priority basis. The CJP...
Can PTI afford a deal with Khadim Rizvi after SC judgment?
News Analysis | Some reports in local media are suggesting that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has finally reached an agreement with the leadership of...
Misuse of ministerial power: NAB arrests another PML-N leader
News Analysis | In the latest development, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Mr. Kamran Michael, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former federal minister...
Can PM Imran Khan de-politicize bureaucracy?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is committed to undertaking structural reforms in bureaucracy in order to...
Pakistan’s befitting reply to Ashraf Ghani: PTM-Afghan nexus exposed?
News Analysis | The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a self-declared rights movement, is once again in the news. As the Afghan President Mr. Ashraf Ghani...
Maryam’s tweets: From a daughter’s role to the politics of emotions
News Analysis | Maryam Safdar, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has expressed concerns over her father’s “deteriorating health condition” and said that...
Is Supreme Court’s Faizabad sit-in Judgement an example of rigid Textualism?
News Analysis | In the latest development, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the government, law enforcers, intelligence agencies and the army's media wing...
Aleem Khan’s arrest: A balancing act or accountability across the board?
News Analysis | Aleem Khan, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and provincial minister, has been taken into custody by the National Accountability Bureau...
Nawaz Sharif wants to go back to Jail: Maryam Safdar
News Analysis | Former Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif–who has been at the hospital– wants to go back to jail, said his daughter on Tuesday....
Is Nawaz Sharif going to London for his treatment?
News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League leader and former Federal Minister Mr. Pervaiz Rasheed dismissed rumors of an alleged deal between Mr. Nawaz Sharif and...
Sahiwal Tragedy: PM directs CM Punjab to consider Judicial Commission formation
News Analysis | In the latest development, Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly directed Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Usman Buzdar on Sunday during his visit to...
Is government working for underprivileged classes in Pakistan?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan has once against assured that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is committed to change the lives of common...
KP government directs male staff not to contact female officers
News Analysis | In the latest development, the male employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department have been barred from contacting female teachers in the...
Imran Khan is the second best leader for Pakistan: International analyst
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is known across the world since his 1990s for being a world class player and winning a...
Sahiwal Tragedy: CM Buzdar refuses to form judicial commission
News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday refused to form a judicial commission on Sahiwal incident. Talking to journalists after one-on-one meeting...
Analysts claim Nawaz Sharif has gotten an NRO
News Analysis | According to local media reports a special medical board which was constituted for overseeing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s health conducted his...
Sahiwal Tragedy: Should the government form a Judicial Commission?
News Analysis | In a major development, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday rejected the joint investigation team’s (JIT) report on Sahiwal massacre,...
Why does PML-N want government to create South Punjab Province?
News Analysis | In an interesting development, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted a constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly for the creation of...
Zardari’s disqualification: IHC removes objection on petition
News Analysis | The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday (today) heard a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), seeking disqualification of former president Asif...
Is opposition frustrated? Analysts believe, yes!
News Analysis | The war of words between the government and opposition has escalated. Former Defence Minister Mr. Khawaja Asif issued threats to the Pakistan...
Did Government approach Twitter to suspend military courts critics’ accounts?
News Analysis | Federal Minister for Information Mr. Fawad Chaudhary has made it clear that his government has not reported anyone’s Twitter accounts to the...
Embattled Murad Ali Shah escapes disqualification as SC dismisses petition
News Analysis | Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed a petition seeking the disqualification of Chief Minister Sindh Mr. Syed Murad Ali Shah. The petition sought...
