Thursday, July 05, 2012
Nauman Asghar
Recently the issue of dual nationality of the members of parliament has made headlines in newspapers in the wake of suspension of membership of certain MPs by the Supreme Court. Two political parties – the PPP and the MQM – have ...

Thursday, December 22, 2011
Nauman Asghar
Oliver Wendell Holmes said “the life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience.” He further remarks that law embodies the story of a nation’s development through many centuries and it cannot be dealt with as if it ...

Friday, June 17, 2011
Nauman Asghar
The Arab revolution has entered its second phase, which is characterised by foreign interference. The gains of the revolution go much beyond the expectations of the outside world. The people in the Arab world have broken the shackles ...

Saturday, June 11, 2011
Nauman Asghar
The recent arrest of Ratko Mladic and his transfer to The Hague have brought the international mechanism to dispense justice into sharp focus once again. Mladic’s arrest has been hailed by the international community and declared a ...

Thursday, June 02, 2011
Nauman Asghar
The Hamas-Fatah reconciliation deal concluded on April 27 was a good omen for the stalled Palestine peace process. Both factions reached an agreement on forming an interim government for holding legislative and presidential ...

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Nauman Asghar
The recent awarding of the death penalty to a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy has sparked a debate in the country on the need to review the blasphemy laws. In a number of Muslim countries, blasphemy is dealt under state ...

Saturday, October 16, 2010
Nauman Asghar
We live in an age of great events and small men. The gigantic challenges our country faces today demand a visionary leadership that will be willing to give top priority to public interest. One-fifth of the country's population has ...

Friday, October 01, 2010
Nauman Asghar
Recently, a fierce controversy erupted in the United States after the idea to erect Cordova House near Ground Zero was mooted by a Kuwaiti immigrant, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. The centre, a 15-story building, is proposed to be built ...

Saturday, September 25, 2010
Nauman Asghar
Events are part of an irresistible time stream of history. Individuals cannot create the current of events; they can only float upon it and steer. Revolution is not the work of men; it is a 'process'. Moreover, revolutions are the ...

Saturday, August 07, 2010
Nauman Asghar
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug 6 and 9, 1945, resulted in the killing of around 200,000 people within hours of the explosions, with hundreds of thousands more dead in the following months and decades. The first use of ...