Medical ethics

Being a practising pathologist, I feel the need to highlight malpractices and lack of medical ethics at a so-called private, ‘prestigious’ cancer...

A loss on all counts

The Askari housing colonies in Lahore are currently undergoing renovation and upgradation process to improve the standard of living. However, one unfortunate...

Plastic waste

According to recent media reports, Pakistan generates 250 million tonnes of garbage each year, including about 3.9 million tonnes of plastic waste,...

And now the Istehkam-e Pakistan Party

Sycophancy is a norm in Pakistan. If someone wants to seek an example what sycophancy looks like, one has to read the...

Democracy a flawed system?

Every now and then there emerges a debate about what the state’s governing system should look like. Should it be a technocratic...

The road to regional stability

The geopolitical landscape of the Middle East has been characterized by various conflicts throughout the past few decades. Saudi Arabia and Iran...

2023-2024 Budget

The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The...

The Sport of Kings’ (Parties)

AT PENPOINT It was perhaps inevitable that the implosion of the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf should lead to the search for another King’s Party,...

Beijing’s Grip

A global order characterized by multiplexity entails a diverse array of state and non-state actors actively influencing the norms of governance according...

Why does Pakistan experience Military dominance?

The military establishment in Pakistan has always played a dominant role in the country's politics and has been the primary source of...

Picking up the pieces

The announcement by Jahangir Tareen that a new party, the Pakistan Istehkam Party,would be formed,  in the presence of a large number...

Political order

Judicial activism may have a negative effect on the minority provinces’ faith in the federation. This means serious rethinking is required for...

Custodial torture

According to the country’s constitution, “no torture can be inflicted on anybody for extraction of evidence”. Police rules also restrict police officers...

Understanding Agartala and London Conspiracies

Justice S.A. Rehman, a former Chief Justice of Pakistan, had to flee Decca Cantonment in his night suit to save his life....

Taiwan’s growing diplomatic isolation

Once again, the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) went ahead in Geneva, Switzerland, without Taiwan's participation. The familiar pattern played out once...