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Endemic of Soul-Crushing Miseries

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad:  It is not an uncommon sight seeing people stand in long queues to get flour. The staple food of the nation is out of reach for millions who live below the poverty line. The queues are at Java Chowk in…

ECP must come up to the mark 

Asem Mustafa Awan 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 will…

Pakistan’s Road Map For 2023

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…

Hope & Trepidation for 2023

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…

Power Politics In Punjab Intensifies

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

Cheers &Tears of 2022

Ishtiaq Ahmed The year 2022 has been a most tumultuous year of cheers and tears: Tears: February 2022 saw the invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia on 24th February, triggering worldwide economic and political uncertainties. Tears:…

Political Tug of War In Punjab

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…