Uboori Hukoomat: Khawaab Ya Sazish
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Since long, a controversy has been raging as to what kind of state Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be: a religious state or a secular state. Fortunately, that controversy precludes certain extremes, for instance, it is generally understood and admitted that Quaid never wanted Pakistan to be a theocratic or a socialist state. […]
As far as the interpretation of the article 184 is concerned, common-sense understanding is altogether different. It has three clauses that form the whole of this article. Its title is: The Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. The first clause states: (1) The Supreme Court shall, to the exclusion of every other court, have original jurisdiction […]
Dawn October 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: State emerges from society so it has no right to make the society hostage and start supporting non-state actors who are a threat to the society. As even political parties do not follow the Constitution, there is a need to have a new social contract to run the country. Read […]
My two cents (tweets) It kills the somewhat nationalist pride in me that the office of prime minister has a pride that needs to be supplemented by another office! Every other laxity, corruption, etc I feel I may tolerate, not this one! It’s absolutely unbecoming no matter it’s constitutional or not. Tweets by khalilkf
With JUI (F), MQM, and PML (Q) once again out to test their gamesmanship, and ANP, PML (N), the Army, and the political-religious parties outside waiting in the wings, it seems Pakistan is all set to brace for another bout of political crisis – leaving us the people bewildered what the hell is the direction […]
This April a bill was submitted in the National Assembly which is yet another attempt to make the citizens of Pakistan “loyal” to it. The bill seeks to amend the Article 63 of the Constitution – an article that sets the criteria for the members of parliament and provincial assemblies. The bill requires that any person who […]
While the Pakistani NGOs seek the Right to Information Law, the likes of “Wikileaks” are wikileaking clandestine governments! The latest ‘leaks’ of Wikileaks provide a historical opportunity to re-consider many a taken for granted truths! This writing too intends to discuss afresh some such propositions which relates to the affairs of the governments. For instance, […]
The country that taught us lesson regarding Rule of Law, Rule of Politics is winning there! On September 16, 2016, Dawn published the following Situationer, which explains how law may not win over politics in UK: Politics, not law, likely to decide murder probeBy Owen Bennett-Jones Here is the text of the piece: LONDON: Shortly […]
With time, disconnect with the Pakistan Peoples Party is widening. The more one listens to news and reads newspapers, the more one is convinced of the distending communication gap between the PPP and non-PPP camps. It seems both of them are talking to themselves only. Watching talk shows on TV channels, where representatives from both […]
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I read regularly The News, The Express Tribune, and Urdu daily Express. The only reason I read The Express Tribune is that International Herald Tribune
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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So the time has come whence the citizens of Pakistan need to decide what they want: democracy or rule of law. The verdict of the
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Finished reading today (March 27), A History of Freedom of Thought, by J. B. Bury, M.A., F.B.A. This 272 page book was first published by
Here are certain advertisements published in various newspapers: [The Express Tribune, December 11, 2012] [روزنامہ ایکسپریس لاہور، 8 مارچ، 2013] [The Express Tribune, The News,
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
Recently I participated in the 2nd Annual Conference (Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society) of the Istanbul Network for Liberty, which was held
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What has gone wrong with the Indians? It seems they are in for a Rape Season or a “Rape Jug,” just like a “Kal Jug?”
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Here is a letter that challenges the state of Pakistan and the politics it protects. It appeared in The Nation as a Letter on March
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After military might, religion is the greatest alibi to defy the rule of law in Pakistan. One of the most precious achievements of human civilization
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Back in 2011, on January 2, The Express Tribune carried an article, Pak Tea House, by Ayesha Siddiqa. In that, a reference was made to
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has appointed a first cousin of Finance Minister Saleem Mandviwalla to the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank
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Finished reading (February 23), Makhanlal Roychoudhury, M.A., B.L, SASTRI’s The Din-e-Ilahi or The Religion of Akbar. The 396-page book was published in 1941 by the
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ISLAMABAD: In yet another example of might is right, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has secretly awarded plots to top civil and military bureaucrats in
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Today’s The Express Tribune carried the following news: Forensics Investigation Same pistols used to kill 90 in Karachi Newsdesk: The investigators in the modern forensics
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In Pakistan, political meanness has thousands of ways to maneuver the things! Obviously, if one doesn’t follow moral principles, no rules, no laws could restrain him from
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ISLAMABAD: At least 40 cops including several elite commandoes and two vehicles of the Punjab police are delegated for round-the-clock security of Pakistan Awami Tehrik
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In Pakistan, political meanness has thousands of ways to maneuver the things! Obviously, if one doesn’t follow moral principles, no rules, no laws could restrain him from
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ISLAMABAD: The newly constructed 200-kanal palace in Bahria Town Lahore named Bilawal House, said to be worth Rs5 billion and allegedly gifted to the President
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In Pakistan, political meanness has thousands of ways to maneuver the things! Obviously, if one doesn’t follow moral principles, no rules, no laws could restrain him from
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The Grind of Education is milling generations of human beings to waste their life, talent, creativity, and the genius of their unique individuality in a
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Intellectually Pakistan is quite a barren country. One reason, it has never encouraged the spirit of free inquiry. Instead, it goes for short-cuts to grab
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