Herald

Live discussion with Farooq Adam Khan

Farooq Adam Khan is a leading Supreme Court lawyer based in Peshawar who has seen military trials both as an accused... Published 27 Mar, 2015 01:00pm

The funny side of…security

I don’t know when they started it – it seems to have always been around – but this paranoia of security against... Published 27 Mar, 2015 12:47pm

Are we asking the right questions about drones?

According to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), a London-based not-for-profit research organisation that... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:20pm

Do Articles 62 and 63 require reforming?

Lurid accusations are flying between Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and the former... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:16pm

Can a state-sector service provider discontinue services to specific areas?

In another reality, Abid Sher Ali, the minister of state for water and power is a role model. He is an angry young... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:16pm

Who will judge the judges?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Fancy Latin for “Who will guard the guards themselves?” The Romans were onto... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:15pm

Is the Council of Islamic Ideology at all important?

It is not easy being on the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) these days. Everyone’s favourite advisory body is... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:15pm

Why is the media giving the Taliban excessive coverage?

The media’s relationship with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may well be as unhealthy as Pakistan’s... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:15pm

Is the Nato blockage helping or hurting Pakistan?

It all erupted in early November, when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan vowed to block North... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:14pm

Why did the missing persons march receive scant media attention?

It was an image that ought to have stilled hearts nationwide: A small group of individuals making the 756-kilometre... Published 23 Mar, 2015 06:00pm

Are Ahmadis just as persecuted in other Muslim-majority countries?

On September 7, which marked the 39th anniversary of the passage of the Second Amendment to the 1973 Constitution... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:59pm

Is privatisation the solution to Pakistan's financial problems?

“It is not the government’s job to do business,” proclaimed Mohammad Zubair, chairman of the Board of... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:58pm

Is indirect taxation the best means of raising revenue?

Announced last month, the federal budget – described as ambitious by some and austere by others – featured a... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:57pm

The prospect of electronic voting

Imagine waking up on polling day, logging on to the internet, clicking a button — and that is it, you have just... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:56pm

Should voting be made mandatory?

Is voting a right or a responsibility? In January this year, while hearing a petition pertaining to electoral... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:56pm

CNG concerns

In case the long lines of cars, buses and rickshaws snaking out of fuel stations didn’t give it away, Pakistan is... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:56pm

What if Pakistan fails to eradicate polio?

The multiple attacks on polio workers this month brought into sharp focus Pakistan’s failing fight against the... Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:55pm

Nuclear hazards

Radiation worries plague residents of a remote area. Published 23 Mar, 2015 05:50pm

Flash! Bang! Fizzle…

Some stories in Pakistan this year took flight well before we’d had our fill — with a flash and a bang, a CIA contractor Published 17 Mar, 2015 07:21pm