Phantoms of Power in Gilgit-Baltistan: Power and Pandemonium-II
By: Aziz Ali Dad The process of subjugation in Gilgit-Baltistan entails continuous emaciation of local society on the one side,
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Pakistan in peril: economic ruin and militarisation of society
Democratic decentralisation such as granting ownership of resources to the people of Balochistan, Pakhtunkhwa, and internal autonomy, self-rule to Gilgit-Baltistan, could mitigate extremist militancy and separatist impulses
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Polls-2024: LDF to back component parties’ candidates
Over two dozen candidates from LDF component parties — 2 from the HKP, 9 from the AWP, 10 from AT,
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Venal ruling class
By Dr Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It is all so predictable. The raids on homes of opposition leaders and workers. Heavy-handed
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Venal ruling class
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT is all so predictable. The raids on homes of opposition leaders and workers. Heavy-handed baton
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Billionaires like Musk don’t know about democracy
By Paris Marx Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has bought Twitter. Musk says he’s trying to safeguard democracy and
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An open letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan
Prominent academics, citizens and opinion makers of the country have called upon the Chief Justices of Pakistan to burry the
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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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by Waseem Altaf Writing textbooks for students who are in a formative stage is serious business. Errors and omissions on
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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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Are we out of our minds?
Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at
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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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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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Safeguarding public interest and role of bureaucracy
By Mesum Qasmi Bureaucracy has three major roles to play: maintain social order, implement laws and policies framed by
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Pakistan’s social media rules disastrous for freedom of expression
By Michael Karanicolas Pakistan’s newly published Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020 (the Rules) pose a serious danger for free speech in that country.
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