THE reason why it is so important for justice to be seen to be done is so that there are no questions left in the minds of the public regarding the fairness and impartiality of a trial. This is partic...
QUESTIONS are again being raised about Pakistan’s possible contribution to the so-called International Stabilisation Force in Gaza, after reports in the media suggested the US wanted this country to c...
YET again, the UN Security Council’s monitoring report on Afghanistan has painted a grim picture of the presence of transnational terrorist groups on Afghan territory. The report, a regular feature, r...
THE use of force this week against protesters outside Adiala Jail, where former prime minister Imran Khan is incarcerated, was part of a familiar pattern: state officials disregarded court orders and ...
THE State Bank has surprised the market by slashing its policy rate by 50 basis points to 10.5pc. The move is underpinned by its assessment that the inflation outlook remains broadly unchanged. Benign...
THE tragic attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday illustrates how transnational terrorist outfits, such as the self-styled Islamic State group, still have the capacity to radicalise individuals acro...
FOUR decades ago, the leaders of seven states came together in Dhaka to sign the charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. But 40 years after the fact, Saarc remains an unfulfil...
WHILE some within the state may think that punishing outlets that refuse to toe the line may snuff out critical voices, in the modern age this is next to impossible. In fact, targeting mainstream voic...
THE ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan remains ‘fragile’, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described it. Mr Sharif, who was speaking at a multilateral forum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Fr...
IT was, no doubt, a sobering reminder that even those who seem untouchable at the height of their power may one day be brought to book. The 14-year sentence handed to retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed by a m...