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There’s an air of uncertainty about the date of elections in the country because the ECP is still holding on to the final election schedule
Permanent bar on Nawaz Sharif from entering the parliament becomes the biggest challenge for the PML-N unity ahead of general elections
Old and obsolete procedures of trial, lack of reforms and training of the lower judiciary and corruption are key reasons of delay in justice
PPP is cautiously weighing its options for staging a comeback in the upcoming general elections
Chinese authorities are doubting nuptial relations between GB men and Xinjiang women, suspecting the men of having ties with extremist groups
A recent judgment, that expects people to declare their religion at the time of accepting government jobs or getting identity documents, has drawn...
Dr Qibla Ayaz, the newly appointed chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, is expected to be a moderate scholar. But is he?
An unprecedented haste in dispensation of ‘justice’ in Zainab’s murder case raises serious questions about fair trial since it is said to have...
How many more lives will we lose before illegal migration is controlled?
What’s new in the interior ministry’s policy to issue group-visa-on-arrival for citizens of selected countries?
In the absence of any self-accountability within the department, the judiciary is forced to interfere. But is that a solution?
An evening in Islamabad saw a unique performance by a Scottish band, as well as a celebration of poet Robert Burns
Have you ever wished to go around the popular spots of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on a sightseeing bus? Here’s your chance, as PTDC launches a tour...
The exercise of suo motu jurisdiction by the apex court has once again stirred the debate on the use of this constitutional power
With alliances being shaped and re-drawn, friends parting ways, enemies getting cozy with each other, and progressives allying with conservatives,...
Taha Siddiqui talks about the ordeal of his attempted abduction
Pakistan finds itself under the spotlight after the US places it on a special watch list
The key findings of the latest NCHR report do not augur very well for the future of this marginalised community
The delimitation of constituencies based on the provisional results of the population census will reshape the contours of local politics in the...
There is a growing consensus that these ‘political’ articles in the constitution are becoming a tool of victimisation, and need to be reviewed...
