What could have compelled young SSP to take his own life?   By Shafqat Aziz   He was by no mean an ordinary person. For knowing closely for almost 14 years, that’s the one thing I may say with absolute certainty about Abrar Hussain Nekokara, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) who (as circumstances suggest) has committed suicide in his office …

Brand Sussex represents the biggest threat to the monarchy so far Marx predicted that capitalism would destroy every remnant of feudalism. It would tear asunder “the motley feudal ties that bound man to his ‘natural superiors’”, in the words of “The Communist Manifesto”. It would drown ecstasies of religious fervour and chivalric enthusiasm in the “icy water of egotistical calculation”. And …

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has appointed Prof Dr Akbar Zaidi as executive director of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Dr Zaidi has been appointed for a period of four years, according to a notification issued by the Sindh Department of Universities and Boards. He is one of Pakistan’s most prolific political economists. Apart from the political economy, …

The criticism of Western policy by the so-called free press within narrow bounds has subtle effect of imposing the hegemonic doctrine of imperialism, serves the western dominant intellectual culture and its institutions, says Prof Noam Chomsky

Death toll surges to 110 in recent devastating snow and weather-related incidents

Herald Report   The US invasion of Iraq was aimed at setting up permanent military bases there and to benefit energy corporations and weapons industry, comments Professor Noam Chomsky, an internationally acclaimed American linguist in a conversation with Hassan Mirza, published in The Express Tribune Blogs section. The conversation is based on correspondence between the two over a period of …

Over 76 confirmed dead and 94 injured in AJK’s, 31 in Balochistan and 2 in GB   News Desk The death toll from snow-related incidents in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 76, bringing the total number of casualties from weather-related incidents across the country to over 100. According to Neelum Valley Deputy Commissioner Raja Shahid Mehmood, the deaths …

Speakers at HRCP seminar decry regression of democratic values, violations of fundamental rights, propose a broad-based coalition based on minimum people's agenda 

Experts say Pakistan needs to shift its foreign policy from geostrategic to financial diplomacy   Special correspondent Islamabad: Diplomatic and development experts have termed the Pakistan recent diplomatic overtures ill-conceived and ill-prepared. They suggested that Pakistan needs a paradigm shift in its foreign policy and focus on economic diplomacy rather than on the traditional geostrategic partnership. They were speaking at …

  By Farman Ali   Literati of the capital have called for the promotion and dissemination of the message of love and harmony derived from the everlasting work of literary giants like Shaikh Ayaz, Gul Khan Naseer and Ajmal Khattak. This message could be spread among the people through the translation of their work in all national languages. The message …