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The Liberal Theory
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International Humanitarian Law Violations are flagrant in wars and conflicts
Read More »Tax crimes as predicate offences under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. 2010
Tax crimes as predicate offences under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. 2010 Bilal Hassan Income tax, sales tax and excise duty are important inland taxes of the country due to their significant contribution in the overall federal tax receipts. However, actual collection of these taxes is less than the potential, and a significant tax gap estimated within these taxes is largely …
Read More »Pakistan’s War Within Belittling ISPR’s role in fifth generation warfare is perplexing
Pakistan’s War Within Belittling ISPR’s role in fifth generation warfare is perplexing Mustansar Hussain Tasir Pakistan is faced with the hybrid threats from its inside. The release of a new song “Ja Chor Day Meri Waadi” (Leave My Valley Alone) by ISPR, to express solidarity with Kashmiris of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIJOK), on August 05, 2020, which …
Read More »Pakistan’s Post-pandemic Economy Challenges and way-forward
Pakistan’s Post-pandemic Economy Challenges and way-forward While the novel coronavirus-caused Covid-19 pandemic is causing massive economic disruption across the globe, Pakistan’s fragile economy is confronting an unprecedented economic crisis. Before the outbreak of the pandemic here, the economy of Pakistan was reeling under vices like worrisome joblessness, soaring inflation, rising food insecurity, widening fiscal deficit and, above all, plummeting gross …
Read More »Journey towards a Pragmatic Foreign Policy
Journey towards a Pragmatic Foreign Policy Zain Ul Arifeen Foreign policy of Pakistan has gone through a remarkable shift in the recent years; a subject where the country has had to suffer humiliation and unimaginable loss of being a formidable, resolute and determined state. Contrary to being an ideological state whose pillars were founded on the principles of unity, faith …
Read More »Indian-Occupied Kashmir A volcano waiting to explode
Indian-Occupied Kashmir A volcano waiting to explode Aftab Abbasi It has been one year since autonomy was taken away from Indian-administered Kashmir. It all started in August 2019 when India made an illegal, unconstitutional and unethical decision that the territory of Kashmir that it occupies would no longer be a semi-autonomous region, and ruled that the state of Jammu & …
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Gender Pay Discrimination Iqra Junejo Equal pay systems are vital for women empowerment and professional growth but these rarely exist. International Labor Organization (ILO) in its “Global Wage Report 2018-19” states: “[O]n average women currently continue to be paid approximately 20 per cent less than men.” The gender pay gap is high in the developing world. In Pakistan alone, the …
Read More »Designing Police Reforms and the latest police reforms in the United States
Designing Police Reforms and the latest police reforms in the United States Kamran Adil Introduction Designing police reforms is a challenge. More often than not, the tendency is to appoint a group of people claiming to have know-how and experience in dealing with police matters with predefined terms of reference (ToRs); the group then locks itself within the parameters …
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