Muhammad Rafeh Hyder

Muhammad Rafeh Hyder

  • Executive judiciary

    Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — AFP/File“They have never even studied Pakistan’s separation of powers – nor have they...

  • Executive judiciary

    Executive judiciary

    Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — AFP/File“They have never even studied Pakistan’s separation of powers – nor have they...

  • The politics of provincial lines

    People carry a giant Pakistan flag while watching "Beating the Retreat"ceremony on the eve of country’s Independence Day celebrations at the...

  • The politics of provincial lines

    The politics of provincial lines

    People carry a giant Pakistan flag while watching "Beating the Retreat"ceremony on the eve of country’s Independence Day celebrations at the...

  • Austerity: digital and otherwise

    Austerity: digital and otherwise

    Hope is that minimum wage will still be revised in days ahead, that provinces will follow through with meaningful action

  • We watch them die – every time

    We watch them die – every time

    We need people to know that if you kill someone in the street, you will be hunted, arrested, tried and sentenced

  • The 2024 Karma Express

    The 2024 Karma Express

    Tear gas no longer marks just protest sites; it paints entire cities as battlegrounds but then again, PTI did it first

  • Misplaced priorities

    Misplaced priorities

    In their latest stroke of genius, our honourable representatives have effectively doubled number of judges in SC

  • Signal – and sanity – lost

    Signal – and sanity – lost

    LHC has finally taken notice, as though it just realized that nation cannot thrive on smoke signals

  • Immunity in Narnia

    Immunity in Narnia

    President Asif Ali Zardari inspecting the guard of honour at Islamabad's Aiwan-e-Sadr on March 11, 2024. — X/@PresOf PakistanIn the saga of legal...

  • Electoral rewind

    Electoral rewind

    A two-decade rewind to the 2002 general elections reveals a restricted, if not overtly banned

  • What tomorrow should look like

    What tomorrow should look like

    As the echoes of an eventful year reverberate through Pakistan’s landscapes, the nation faces an undeniable need for change. The challenges of...

  • Pakistan’s university bonanza

    On the first day of August, a mere thirteen days before the previous coalition government’s curtain call in the National Assembly, a twist...

  • Ramen and robes: a legal comedy

    In a recently penned article, a capitalism-themed justification was provided for peanuts in paychecks for budding lawyers. To put it in...