The news of the proposed transfer of several Lahore High Court judges has left many of us unsettled in a way that is difficult to articulate. For those who have observed these…
Read MoreConstitutions in Pakistan rarely die in flames. They survive the heat, only to be quietly rewritten by those who once swore to protect them. The 27th constitutional amendment keeps the book unburned,…
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In the male-dominated corridors of law, I expected resistance, but not from the women. When I began practising as a lawyer in Multan, I was prepared for the familiar skepticism that women…
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In the male-dominated corridors of law, I expected resistance, but not from the women. When I began practising as a lawyer in Multan, I was prepared for the familiar skepticism that women…
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Invisible yet omnipresent, algorithms have shaped the digital age’s invisible architecture. What began with Al-Khwarizmi’s simple rules of calculation in the ninth century has evolved into the intricate engines driving modern artificial…
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OFTEN decades pass without any improvement in the status of women in Pakistan. Women in public roles — from social media influencers to politicians – are killed but no one is held…
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Suicide was once a forbidden element of society to discuss and deliberate openly. In the 21st century, suicide has become a normal word in day-to-day discussion. After 1990, we opened societies with…
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For decades, reform has been one of Pakistan’s most repeated policy promises. Every new government launches its own agenda for civil service, taxation, education, and institutional renewal, but few survive beyond the…
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Have you ever wondered what happens to a child when their dreams are overshadowed by their parents and society’s expectation? What if every child carries a universe inside them, a spark of…
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English philosopher Thomas Hobbes necessitated the existence of a central authority— a Leviathan— to govern people. Nobel laureate duo, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson deconstruct Thomas Hobbes’s broad idea of a Leviathan…
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