The law to compensate by … “the young bride”
When she was 5 years old, Nazia was promised to marry a strange old man. This promise was part of an agreement to compensate for […]
The PML-N manifesto
As the incumbent governments, federal and provincial, reach the end of — unprecedented in the political history of Pakistan — their five-year tenure, the usual […]
Radicals gaining a foothold in Syria
John Kerry’s first overseas trip as US secretary of state has underlined a possible shift in Washington’s stand on one key regional issue: Syria. Kerry […]
World powers must cut a deal with Iran
For the first time in several years, some sparks of hope flew in negotiations between the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the UN […]
Pakistan’s default on anvil
With electioneering in full swing, people’s attention is focused on the political transition that lies ahead in Pakistan. But the fate of the economy is […]
No point in raising false hopes in Syria
Travelling through Europe and the Middle East last week John Kerry may well have wondered if giving up his senate seat to become Secretary of […]