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The new government amends exit control rules, claiming that the no-fly list was used for political victimisation
The ECP is set to hold local government polls in the federal capital once the delimitation process is completed in May
A crackdown against social media activists for running smear campaigns against the country’s institutions is in full swing. The PTI says its...
T he Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency is an independent think tank that focuses on political and public policy...
In this deeply polarised environment, it appears that the SC judgment will not satisfy everybody
The Khan-led coalition seemed to have lost the sliver of hope it had had on Wednesday when one of its key allies, the Mutahhida Qaumi...
Trends in future politics will determine the role of smaller parties
As political temperatures rise ahead of the vote on no-confidence motion, political rhetoric is infused with not just sly mockery but also abuse...
The general silence of mainstream political parties with regard to a proposal to ban Aurat March could mean tacit approval or fear of radical...
The government recently announced and presented best performance awards for 10 ministries and divisions. The exercise, unprecedented in Pakistan,...
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says TTP demands are unacceptable
Another woman is awarded death penalty in a case of alleged blasphemy
Sehar Kamran, the former Pakistan Peoples Party senator, is an educationist and a philanthropist.
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Dr Rana Jawad Asghar is the chief executive officer of Global Health Strategists and Implementers , a consulting company in Pakistan.
Party-based local government elections are considered the best turf for smaller parties
Political parties should make the right to health care a constitutional provision as a priority agenda in their election manifestoes
Daska by-polls, Hafeez Sheikh’s Senate election, the Electronic Voting Machine issue…2021 was dominated by a tussle between the ruling PTI and...
Blasphemy allegations are being used too frequently to get away with murder
Bringing Islamabad’s public schools under the local government will not only affect staff’s service structure and job stability but will likely...
Foreign Ministry rejects US assessment of religious freedom in Pakistan
