Live discussion with Osama Siddique Dr Osama Siddique is a professor of law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research...
Controls on blasphemy lead to more violence—Paul Marshall Paul Marshall is senior fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom. His areas of expertise are...
Live discussion with Tanvir Ahmad Khan Tanvir Ahmad Khan is Pakistan’s former foreign secretary. He has also served as his country’s ambassador to...
Live discussion with Marvin Weinbaum Dr Marvin Weinbaum, the scholar-in-residence at the Middle East Institute, was an Afghanistan and Pakistan analyst ...
Live discussion with Asma Jahangir Asma Jahangir is a senior Supreme Court lawyer, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and an...
Live discussion with Feisal Naqvi Feisal Naqvi is a Supreme Court lawyer based in Lahore. His firm, Bhandari, Naqvi & Riaz, specialises in...
Live discussion with Brian Cloughley Brian Cloughley has studied South Asian affairs for over 30 years. He has also authored two books, A History of the...
Live discussion with Aqil Shah Aqil Shah is a post-doctoral fellow at the Society of Fellows, Harvard University. He is writing a book on the...
Live blog with Saleem Safi Saleem Safi is a television anchor and a specialist in issues concerning Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and...
Live blog with Brigadier Saad Muhammad Security analyst Saad Muhammad, who recently retired as a Brigadier from the Pakistan Army, served as Pakistan’s...
Live discussion with Malik Iqbal Malik Muhammad Iqbal joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1976. During his career, he held important positions ...
Live discussion with Amir Rana Muhammad Amir Rana is a security analyst and the director of the Pak Institute for Peace Studies, an independent...
Live discussion with Sarmad Sultan Khoosat Sarmad Sultan Khoosat is a script-writer, director and actor who became popular in the 1990s with the creation of ...
Live discussion with Momina Duraid Momina Duraid is a producer, script-writer, director and lyricist, along with all this she is also the CEO of Moomal...
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...
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...
Is Kashmir solveable? If a common thread weaves the story of Kashmir together, it is that of heartbreak. For too long now, paradise on...
Can joint sessions of parliament counter the protests in Islamabad? It was Bernadette Devlin, the more-than-colourful Irish socialist, who may have said it best. Famous for slapping...
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...
Are we at war? Hitler invading Poland. Saddam and Khomeini wrestling over the borde. The state of Israel bombarding Beirut. The Sri...
Should military men be tried in civilian courts? Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had, I dedicate to God and to Chile because I kept Chile ...
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...
Who will judge the judges? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Fancy Latin for “Who will guard the guards themselves?” The Romans were onto...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Should voting be made mandatory? Is voting a right or a responsibility? In January this year, while hearing a petition pertaining to electoral...
CNG concerns In case the long lines of cars, buses and rickshaws snaking out of fuel stations didn’t give it away, Pakistan is...
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...
What's in a name? A couple of months ago, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) announced that it would rename a roundabout in...
UN-productive visit The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) was met with little enthusiasm on...
Occupational hazard On September 11 this year, the country witnessed its worst industrial tragedy when nearly 260 workers died in a...
