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Dignity on sale for a bag of flour

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan
Islamabad: They are poor. They are hungry. They have very little money even to buy a bag of flour. They suffer indignity of standing in queue for hours to receive a bag of flour at a government rate.
They live
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Human Rights

Pak Youth: An Opportunity Not Burden

Editorial
Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The young man in this picture is Saifur Rehman, a 2nd-year student at a technical institute in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The youth had a dream to become a software engineer but the inability of his father to…
Opinion

ECP must come up to the mark 

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: President Arif Alvi has sent back the Islamabad Local Government Amendment Bill without his signature. In the Bill, the government has made amendments including increasing the number of union councils, which…
News in Picture

Pakistan’s Road Map For 2023

Editorial
Mohammed Ajeeb London: A very dear friend of mine asked me if I would write a short article sketching the economic and political challenges for Pakistan in the year 2023 and the directions the country may choose to travel to achieve its…
Opinion

Hope & Trepidation for 2023

Editorial
Ishtiaq Ahmed London: We are about to say goodbye to 2022 and a warm welcome to 2023, in hope and in trepidation. 2022 has been perhaps the most tumultuous year for both countries of my residence – Pakistan my country of birth and…
Opinion

Power Politics In Punjab Intensifies

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan
Islamabad: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has submitted his affidavit in the court at the request of the Lahore High Court, in which he has promised not to send advice to the governor to dissolve the
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Opinion

Political Tug of War In Punjab

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Following the submission of a no-confidence motion by the Pakistan Democratic Alliance against Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the political pundits are gauging the pulse of the ongoing battle between…
Opinion

Pakistan’s security challenges

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Nefarious activities of militants have suddenly surged in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province posing daunting challenges to national security. Terrorists attacked a police station in Lakki Marwat on Sunday, killing…
Opinion

Abrogation of Obligation to Provinces

Editorial
Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The governments of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan have complained of serious financial difficulties due to non-payment of arrears and dues by the federal government.…