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Apr 25, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Muhammad Waqar Rana

Seizing the moment
Opinion

Seizing the moment

India and Pakistan jointly make about a one-fifth of the world population. These two countries together are the...
Published 14 Apr, 2021 03:21am
Political arena
Opinion

Political arena

The Prime Minister has written a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly to take steps for making electoral...
Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am
Distrust in politics
Opinion

Distrust in politics

Former US President Donald Trump bitterly questioned the fairness of presidential election having lost to Joe Biden....
Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am
Secret ballot
Opinion

Secret ballot

Controversy over the Senate elections and secret ballot needs to be analyzed in the light of the Constitution and...
Updated 24 Dec, 2020 03:24am
G-B's status
Opinion

G-B's status

Gilgit-Baltistan and adjoining areas called Northern Areas have been given, albeit provisionally, the status of a...
Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am
Improving Karachi
Opinion

Improving Karachi

A WhatsApp group shared a picture of Karachi of 1937. It looks like a European town-immensely neat and clean. An...
Published 02 Oct, 2020 02:30am
Support on Kashmir
Markets

Support on Kashmir

Prime Minister Imran Khan forcefully exposed Indian atrocities in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) at the annual...
Published 24 Sep, 2020 02:47am
Constitutionalism in Islam
Opinion

Constitutionalism in Islam

ARTICLE: Islam enjoins upon its followers to integrate their spiritual and mundane life. It founded a political...
Updated 03 Sep, 2020 01:55pm
Freedom of speech
Opinion

Freedom of speech

ARTICLE: 'If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter,'...
Published 05 Aug, 2020 03:00am
SC appointments
Opinion

SC appointments

ARTICLE: Judiciary, in Pakistan and elsewhere, has become from being the least potent branch to the most potent...
Published 23 Jul, 2020 02:47am
Unelected 'ministers'
Opinion

Unelected 'ministers'

ARTICLE: One of the objects of a written constitution is to lay down rules for exercise of state power. The ...
Published 23 Jun, 2020 03:12am
Hero-worship
Opinion

Hero-worship

ARTICLE: Turkish epic TV serial Dirils Ertugrul, made on the life of a 13th century nomad tribal warrior, has taken...
Published 17 Jun, 2020 02:50am
Legal constitutionalism
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Legal constitutionalism

There has been a steady surge in legal constitutionalism in Pakistan after the restoration of the Judiciary in 2009. By the legal constitutionalism it is meant that legal, political and fundamental rights are secured through a legal process. Whereas, unde
Updated 04 Oct, 2019 05:19am
Fraudulent annexation
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Fraudulent annexation

Silence of the world over an illegal annexation of Jammu & Kashmir by India on 5 August 2019 and lurking genocide of Kashmiris by the Indian army is utterly shocking. Lofty claims of rule of law, human rights and democracy by India have been rocked to the
Updated 19 Sep, 2019 08:31am
The genesis of Kashmir dispute
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The genesis of Kashmir dispute

Kashmir is more than a territorial dispute; it is a continuation of the ideological duel between Gandhi and Nehru on the one side and Jinnah on the other. Nehru stuck to his story in 'the Discovery of India' with the fascinating cover leafs of Indian nati
Published 03 Sep, 2019 12:00am
'New' federation - II
Markets

'New' federation - II

Part VI of the Constitution deals with finance, property, contracts and suits. Article 160 deals with the National Finance Commission and the shares Provinces and the Federation in taxes collected, which are mentioned in the said clause. These taxes are t
Published 28 Jul, 2019 12:00am
'New' federation - I
Markets

'New' federation - I

ZA Bhutto while addressing the Constituent Assembly on 10 April 1973 as its President said: "The point of view that each and every federating unit must be party to the federal constitution applies when the States are sovereign and independent and when the
Published 26 Jul, 2019 12:00am
The right to fair trial
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The right to fair trial

Can a person be convicted for corruption in a fair trial? The answer is in the negative. Can anyone be denied a fair trial and due process? The answer is again in the negative. This is the dilemma the state is faced with.
Published 17 Jul, 2019 12:00am
The Afghan conundrum
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The Afghan conundrum

Peace in Afghanistan means peace in Asia and trouble (fasad) in Afghanistan means trouble in Asia, said Alama Iqbal. Afghans are a great nation. English, Soviets and Americans, all have tried but terribly failed to subjugate them. If history itself is any
Published 30 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The Afghan conundrum
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The Afghan conundrum

Peace in Afghanistan means peace in Asia and trouble (fasad) in Afghanistan means trouble in Asia, said Alama Iqbal. Afghans are a great nation. English, Soviets and Americans, all have tried but terribly failed to subjugate them. If history itself is any
Published 30 Jun, 2019 12:00am