Democracy is dead: Long live the prime minister
The Deputy Speaker’s actions in the National Assembly on Sunday may have put a damper on the opposition’s attempts to
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Democracy
What lies ahead?
By Huma Yusuf Two hundred and thirteen. That’s the number of times that Imran Khan referred to himself in his
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A day of ‘shame’: Democratic voices oppose govt’s move to dissolve NA
By Inayat Amir In a swift rejoinder to the government’s move to dissolve National Assembly in a bid to evade
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NA’s dissolution: AWP condemns govt’s move
The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has strongly condemned the ‘arbitrary and entirely unconstitutional’ decision by Prime Minister Imran Khan to
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Gabriel Boric caps the rise of Chile’s left
The decisive victory reflects Chileans’ revolt against a threadbare welfare system and a society systematically stacked in the favour of
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Asma Jahangir moot organisers reject partisan claims
Herald Report Islamabad: The Asma Jahangir conference organisers have rejected claims that the event furthered any partisan agenda or violated
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GB Council elections and Hunza
By Rizwan Qalandar The people of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially youth are lately seemed to be engaged in discussions on social media
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Speakers vow to resist attacks on media, judiciary
Leaders of lawyers’ and media bodies, human rights defenders, and parliamentarians Thursday vowed to resist increasing assault on judiciary and media.
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Political parties, lawyers support PFUJ long march
Political parties and lawyers have expressed their resolve to fight for the freedom of the press, expression guaranteed in the Constitution. They called for an end to muffling of the freedom of media and expression, repressive censorship, press advice, retrenchments of journalists and media workers, payment of salaries, the abolition of the unjust and discriminatory advertisement policy of the federal government and implementation of the 8th Wage Board Award.
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Dictators isolated key ingredients of democratic struggle: Rabbani
Senator Raza Rabbani says, dictatorships of Ayub Khan and Ziaul Haq had deliberately isolated key ingredients of the democratic struggle, including students, labour and intellectuals. Although Benazir Bhutto had attempted to restore student unions in 1988, ‘the overarching state structure to which all political governments were, and continue to be, held hostage’ had prevented these efforts from materialising.
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A case for participatory governance in G-B
By Ghulam Amin Beg The old Indian narrative on Jammu and Kashmir of a democratic dispensation, constitutionally guaranteed local autonomy
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10th NFC Award and its challenges
By Wajidul Islam The National Finance Commission (NFC) is a resource-sharing mechanism between the federal government and federating units. It
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GBLA polls 2020
by Sajjad Ahmad GILGIT-BALTISTAN will hold elections on Aug 18, 2020, for the Legislative Assembly’s 24 constituencies. The government’s five-year
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CJP takes notice of video clip threatening Justice Isa
Pakistan’s top judge takes notice of a video clip containing derogatory, and scandalous language against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and politicians. In the viral video, a man identified as Agha Iftikharuddin Mirza can be seen giving threats to the Supreme Court judge.
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SC quashes reference against Justice Isa
Herald Report Islamabad: Pakistan’s top court on Friday threw out the presidential reference against senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa
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