Sep 2021

Wonders of Technology in Policing An introduction to Women Safety Application It is a fundamental responsibility of a state to protect the life, liberty and property of its citizens. Police is the institution of the state to shoulder this responsibility. Policing challenges in Pakistan are manifold keeping in view the …

Taxes and Economy Consumption expenditure is one of the determinants of economic growth. Two components of expenditure include household or private expenditure and government expenditure. Household expenditure has inverse relationship with tax rate. Householders tend to spend less when tax rate increases. In case of indirect tax, e.g. sales tax, …

Perils of Cyber Insecurity The world has entered in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, that is, the automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices with the help of smart technologies. Now that cyberspace has engaged almost every person on planet Earth, the innovations in this field are redefining socioeconomic …

PAKISTAN’S PERFORMANCE IN TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS After the division of British India in 1947, Pakistan first participated in the 1948 Olympic Games that were held in London, and has, since then, sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympics, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 …

Institutional Decay in Pakistan There is an urgent need for reforms Pakistan, a state where no one hears the plea of Rashida Bibi who visits nearby police station for registration of FIR against her rapists; a state where Noor Mukadam is murdered but is unable to get justice; a state …

Justice System Response To Crimes Against Women society responds to crimes and wrongs in various ways. At institutional level, it responds through its justice system, which manifests itself through its criminal and civil streams. The countries that accord priority to crimes and wrongs being caused to their citizens undertake serious …

Why Kabul Fell to Taliban Who is Responsible? Any conflict, at the end of the day, ends with a settled resolution. And any such resolution is not possible without any compromise. The same has happened in the case of Afghanistan after a long period of 20 years. During these two …

The Fall of Kabul An unedifying account of a thriving graveyard One thing is certain: this time the Taliban has conquered Kabul without resorting to violence and bloodshed and that has made the Afghan endgame all the more intricate and complex. Presumably, the Taliban leadership has undergone a change of …

THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA Prime Minister Imran Khan has consistently raised the issue of Islamophobia in the world in general, and the West in particular. He even used the forum of the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the perils associated with singling out Islam and Muslims and holding them …

Is Global Populism on the Rise Interestingly, the phenomenon of populism has led many scholars, social scientists, journalists and academia to jump on the bandwagon of “Populism Studies.” Especially, journalists are prone to the overuse of ‘populism,’ labelling it as populist phenomena for which other synonyms like ‘nationalism’ or ‘nativism’ …