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Winston Churchill once said, ‘If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law’. The saying is apt for Pakistan, which suffers from excessive legislation. Most of the legislation is arcane in nature as it has been inherited as a colonial legacy. The successive Constitutions of Pakistan have had provisions that protected and ensured continuity of legal …

The BJP-led coalition, as expected, got a landslide victory mainly because of the anti-incumbency vote but the size of the victory that Narendra Modi has scored is startling, 282 seats for the BJP and 336 for the NDA ‘ the BJP-led coalition. For the first time since 1984, a single political party has secured a majority enabling it to govern without …

The UN brings together 193 countries in allegedly shared aims: ‘to maintain international security, to develop friendly relations between nations, to co-operate in solving problems and promote human rights’. In June 1945 representatives of 50 countries met to draw up a United Nations charter. The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, with 51 member states. The major …

Former UK Prime Minister and current Middle East Peace Envoy, Tony Blair, recently took time out of his busy schedule as a consultant and advisor to oil corporations, financial institutions, and various governments to give a speech in London. The setting for this speech was the European headquarters of Bloomberg ‘the US business and financial news information conglomerate’ and the …

The 5th Youm-e-Shuhada, held at the garrisons all over the country, this year served a special purpose. It was an occasion as every year since 2010 for the nation to pay homage to the ultimate sacrifices rendered by its martyrs for the cause of their motherland. But more than that, it also served to awaken the nation from its disgusting …

The biggest geopolitical risk of our times is not a conflict between Israel and Iran over nuclear proliferation. Nor is it the risk of chronic disorder in an arc of instability that now runs from the Maghreb all the way to the Hindu Kush. It is not even the risk of Cold War II between Russia and the West over …

Putin’s takeover of Crimea scares US leaders because it challenges America’s global dominance. This crisis is serious and threatening, so much so that some commentators even compare it to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Thanassis Cambanis has summarized the core issue succinctly in The Boston Globe: ‘Putin’s annexation of the Crimea is a break in the order that America …

News From National & International Press National Mar 17: The Supreme Court declared illegal all 238 appointments made in the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) during the last PPP government. Mar 18: The Prime Minister approved the constitution of the National Intelligence Directorate (NID) and highly trained and properly equipped rapid response forces at the federal and provincial levels. Mar …

Terrorism is not a new phenomenon. Its roots can be traced back to the beginning of recorded history. Terrorism, a scourge and a menace that has shaken the very basis of modern world, is essentially an outcome of a lot of things. It’s like a punishment to a nation for no sins of its own, but of its leaders and …

The misperceptions and misconceptions regarding the safety and security at Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) have given birth to several counter debates among the nuclear energy supporters and anti-nuclear energy lobby within Pakistan. The subject needs to shed light on the rationality of anti-nuclear activists’ concerns and anxiety that the power plants are not working under appropriately stringent security arrangement. Has …