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Shafqat Mahmood
Shafqat Mahmood

  • September 26, 2024

    Headed towards a lawless abyss

    Civil liberties have been crushed with abandon, circumventing the constant directions of the courts

  • September 19, 2024

    An assault on the constitution

    Some speculated that this is part of some grand strategy to keep opposition in dark

  • September 12, 2024

    Assault on democracy

    Party’s internal problems were exposed as many of its leaders were conspicuous by their absence

  • August 29, 2024

    Adding fuel to the fire

    There are many elements of Musakhel attack that are disturbing

  • August 22, 2024

    The centre barely holds

    Upheavals within state institutions are upending decades of silence for crimes known and unknown

  • August 15, 2024

    A tale of two mothers

    Dignified and gracious words by two mothers touched our hearts

  • August 08, 2024

    How democracy endures

    Any attempt to short-circuit democracy creates sufficient conditions for an upheaval

  • August 01, 2024

    What next for Balochistan?

    True, blood draws lines in the sand that are difficult to erase

  • July 25, 2024

    Counting down to disaster

    We have little experience of how much and how deep the impact would be

  • July 11, 2024

    No country for the poor

    This is a great country to live in if you are rich with a vast army of the poor is there to serve you

  • July 04, 2024

    No progress without stability

    The state needs money – and lots of it. Five and a half trillion more to be precise

  • June 27, 2024

    The law must prevail

    There have been other incidents, like the one in Sargodha recently, in which a citizen was assaulted and killed

  • June 20, 2024

    State of institutional decline

    Bigger danger is the damage done to state institutions to keep opposition at bay, says Shafqat Mahmood

  • June 13, 2024

    Cricket as a metaphor

    The pathetic cricket performance in the World Cup feels like a national tragedy

  • June 06, 2024

    Looking back but moving forward

    With circular debt choking us, we must debate and hold to account those that have put us in this jam

  • May 30, 2024

    Making the national divide worse

    Did Nawaz Sharif suddenly decide that he needed fresh accolades before assuming the N-League presidency?

  • May 22, 2024

    Who will help find a solution?

    CPEC may yet not be the shining star it was meant to be but the investors have not lost hope

  • May 14, 2024

    The challenge of make-believe

    There is a prime minister but everyone, including him, knows that he has no mandate to sit on that high-backed chair in the PM House

  • September 08, 2020

    Debating the SNC

    A robust debate has started in the media regarding the Single National Curriculum – and that is a good thing. I cannot remember the last time so...

  • June 07, 2017

    Reformed authority of FBR

    In the Finance Bill, amendments have been proposed to delegate powers of the cabinet to “Minister-in-charge of FBR for granting exemption from...

  • July 17, 2016

    Bidding farewell to Edhi Sahab

    Pakistan mourns the passing of Abdus Sattar Edhi. As the loss is unbearable hence the shock is natural. These are spontaneous feelings. However,...