CJP Afridi promises women facilitation centres in courts nationwide – Pakistan
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Tuesday said that women facilitation centres will be established in courts across the country to provide a safe, dignified, accessible and supportive environment for female litigants. He also stated that the proposed facilitation centres will include dedicated reception areas, waiting areas, separate entrances, washrooms, meeting rooms, […]
Rethinking governance in Pakistan – Newspaper
EVERY few years, Pakistan revisits the debate on creating new provinces. The interior minister’s recent proposal to establish smaller administrative units has again raised an important question. Yet the real issue is not how many provinces Pakistan should have. It is whether government is close enough to serve its citizens effectively. Administrative boundaries matter only […]
Unravelling order – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
IT is not so much what he said as who said it. We all know that the existing political system has failed to deliver, but that admission coming from the all-powerful interior minister raises many questions. Mohsin Naqvi is himself a product of a system whose legitimacy he is now questioning. His statement points to […]
State of confusion
FROM the looks of it, America has no exit strategy to extricate itself from the disastrous war with Iran. US President Donald Trump has alternated between issuing bombastic threats to the Iranians, to claiming that peace was at hand, sometimes making a sharp U-turn within hours. This is not how responsible statecraft plays out. In […]
KKH closed, Ghizer worst hit by more flash floods – Pakistan
GILGIT/LAHORE: Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts and rapid glacial melting wreaked havoc across Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday, damaging homes, roads, bridges and agricultural land, while leaving hundreds of tourists and local residents stranded in several districts. As a result, the Karakoram Highway (KKH) was closed for traffic near Altashi Nullah in the Gini area of Chilas. […]
Pakistan close on series-levelling win against West Indies
Shafique’s unbeaten 160 and Sajid’s four-wicket haul put the visitors in control Off-spinner Sajid Khan took four wickets to help Pakistan move towards victory in the second Test. Photo: PCB PORT OF SPAIN: Pakistan’s spinners put their team on course for a series-levelling victory as the West Indies stumbled to 103 for six — a […]
Lahore police station rape: 78 cops’ heads roll
LAHORE: More than 70 police personnel, including the station house officer (SHO), were suspended and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was remanded into police custody for four days on Tuesday after being arrested on allegations of raping a young woman inside Lahore’s Ghaziabad police station. Police said 78 personnel, including two sub-inspectors, eight ASIs and other […]