Twisted Education Debate | Babar Sattar
Legal eye The writer is a lawyer based in Islamabad. How within a five-year period did we get from “the …
Read MoreNew vistas in Foreign Policy | Afzal Hussain
On September 15, 2015, the breaking news was “Pakistan military band enthralls Moscow”. A 78-member Pakistan Tri-Services Military band enthralled …
Read MoreLocal Government Elections 2015 | Yasmeen Aftab Ali
Why they are so important Decentralisation of administrative and financial responsibilities to the grassroots levels is crucial to the concept …
Read MoreReality of Civil-Military Ties
THE International Day of Democracy is less than a decade old. The UN General Assembly voted in 2007 to celebrate …
Read MoreJewels in rags’ | I.A. Rehman
AS in the past, this year, too, the examiners in Punjab’s education system have found some poor students, most of …
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For weeks, parents across the country have been protesting against the arbitrary hikes in the already exorbitant fees of private …
Read MoreEnergy Sector Still in Disarray | Farhat Ali
It is now over two years that the government is struggling to define and structure a realistic roadmap to resolve …
Read MoreCountering Militancy: Taking the Battle to the Source | Zahid Hussain
The good news is that the scale of militant violence has come down significantly because of military operations in the …
Read MorePakistan’s Security Imperatives | Mohsin Raza Malik
Once again, the National Command Authority (NCA), the apex policy-making body on strategic nuclear matters in Pakistan, has reaffirmed country’s …
Read MoreThe Conundrum of Private Education | Sahar Bandial
In recent weeks, parents in urban centres have picked up the slogan “No fee till low fee” to object to …
Read MorePakistan’s Taxing Problem | Abdul Majeed Abid
Soon after partition, a ticket collector was making the rounds of a train and asked one of the passengers to …
Read MoreNational Language | Saad Rasool
On 8th September, 2015, in the very final days of Chief Justice (Retd.) Jawwad S. Khawaja’s judicial tenure, the honorable …
Read MoreGender Inequality | Huma Yusuf
IT is becoming increasingly difficult to discuss the challenges that Pakistani women face. After all, Pakistani women have won Nobel …
Read MoreProspects and Framework of Civil Service Reforms | S Ali Raza Shah
Through the ages, Weberian bureaucracy has survived the test of times. Colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent that thoroughly advanced …
Read MoreThe Failure of Economic Democracy | Dr Zafar Altaf
Democracy is not about national assemblies and certainly not about asset building. It has its roots everywhere and is answerable …
Read MoreWomen’s Protection: Theory and Practice | Mohammad Ali Babakhel
While the last decade has witnessed an increase in enactment of women protection laws, their enforcement remains a gigantic task. …
Read MoreGood Progress, Bad Governance | Taha Najeeb Khan
Now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back There is little doubt that if true democracy is …
Read MoreInternational Literacy Day 2015 | Inayatullah
This year’s International Literacy Day celebrated all over the world, on Sept 8th 2015, carried the Theme: Literacy and Sustainable …
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