Analysis: What will be Nov 26 announcement?

Islamabad: PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s change of long march destination from Islamabad to Rawalpindi has raised new questions. For example, whether the week starting from Nov 21 will be decisive in the wake of Nov 29 happening? ...

The cost of political strife

Last weekend saw yet another fierce showdown transpiring between the PTI and the government following the former giving a protest call on account of Imran Khan’s continued detention, leading to Islamabad and Lahore coming to a...

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Avoiding Total Alienation

The federal government’s decision to rescind the ban on the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) is a welcome step, though it must be seen through a lens of caution. The demands raised by the PTM, whether related to security, rights...

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Democratic mass line

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," said John F Kennedy in his 1961 presidential inauguration address. Given that such addresses are not interactive, nobody could look the newly swor...

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Silencing is not the answer

The state’s continued practice of banning civil rights movements and silencing peaceful dissent is a dangerous misstep, especially when those advocating for their rights do so without crossing the line into violence. Recent ac...

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Govt restrained from arresting PTI leaders

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has granted protective and transit bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Omar Ayub, Zain Qureshi, Asad Qaiser, and Faisal Amin until November 8, and ordered that they not be arrested un...

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