The aim of the bill is to reduce social injustice against women by discouraging several practices and customs in vogue in the country which are not only against human dignity, but also in contrast with Islamic injunctions. Whenever came to power Pakistan Peoples Party has been striving, through a number of ways to protect the rights of minorities, children and …

Now, once again the migratory birds are in the air. Big bill boards have appeared along the highways. Captain!  Hold on. Don’t be carried away by the huge gathering at Minar’ Pakistan. Some people are comparing it with 1940 and some with 1986. ‘Change is in the offing’ some pundits are predicting. Mind you, it’s autumn in this part of …

Will Imran be able to transform into reality his agenda of change, with all his personal charisma and enormous support of the country’s youth? ‘Change is not coming! It has already come’ These were the words with which the PTI Chairman Imran Khan concluded his address to the mammoth crowd of his enthusiastic supporters, who had rallied around him under the …

the pipeline would pump 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year from the South Iolotan field in Turkmenistan to Fazilka in India, crossing 735km of Afghan territory, then 800km in Pakistan. On paper, it’s one of the sweetest gas deals there is. At one end, the world’s second largest gas field; at the other, 1.2 billion people demanding clean energy, …

The Dream is not What you See in your Sleep but the Dream is What Which Does Not Allow you to Sleep Jahangir’s World Times: Please tell us about yourself, educational background and achievements in detail. Abdullah Memon: Well, I belong to district Thatta of rural Sindh and I got my education till intermediate level from my home town, Sujawal. …

A Unique Dimension of ‘Social Networking’ and Political Communication Blogging is now an avenue that allows for unfettered self-expression and also puts the mostly urban youth in touch with the world. It has broken the geographical and ideological barriers as well. We are living in the age of information technology (IT) which has made today’s human being really a technological …

It remains a challenge for Pakistan to get its perspective understood by Afghanistan , the United States and the international community at large. Hussain Haqqani’s resignation as Ambassador to Washington in the aftermath of ‘Memogate scandal’ increased the challenges of  Pakistan foreign policy continued to face in the month of November. With the tension in the Pak-US relations still prevalent, …

A Challenge to Civil-military Relations in Pakistan The question of responsibility is an important one for the Government of Pakistan and its citizens. Pakistan’s democracy is still stifled by its history of military dictatorships, but its active civil society and media continues to push for an explanation, as a legal debate unfolds over whether Haqqani’s alleged involvement in dragging the …

Democracy in our country is threatened not by political rallies and slogans, but by the government itself and its own allies Rallies, processions, protests and demonstrations have always been an integral part of political, social and economic movements all over the world. Even today, most of the cities in Europe and the United States are echoing with the demonstrations related …

Today, when the people of the world have risen up to liberate themselves from the shackles of capitalism, their first target is that disdainful interest-based economic system, which has robbed them of their life’s savings and brought them on to the footpaths. All are silent and mute. Nobody likes to talk or write about this issue. While talking about this …