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July 7, 2021

Workplace harassment law limited in scope: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 (PAHWWA) surprisingly in its present form is just another piece of cosmetic legislation that […]
July 6, 2021

Govt recommends referring domestic violence bill to Council of Islamic Ideology

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has written a letter to National Speaker Asad Qaiser, seeking a review of the Domestic Violence […]
July 5, 2021

Northern Balochistan: from plenty to penury

I USED to travel a lot in the past. One of the places I frequented was northern Balo­chistan, which is predominantly Pashtun. My maternal uncle, who […]
July 4, 2021

Vaccination mandatory for staff, traders at Eid-ul-Azha markets

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday declared Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all staff and traders at cattle markets in instructions issued by the […]
July 3, 2021

Punjab Assembly disregards law, rules to pass private varsities bills

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly seems to have made it a regular practice of introducing private member bills for establishing private universities, bypassing the rules and regulations […]
July 2, 2021

The discord over water

PAKISTAN’S water leadership has brought the country’s water security to the brink. Supply-side management has historically driven our water institutions. Primarily designed to distribute water, a […]
July 1, 2021

PM Imran praises China for introducing alternative model to Western democracy

Prime Minister Imran Khan has praised the Communist Party of China (CPC) as having a unique model, calling it an alternative to Western democracy. Speaking to […]
June 30, 2021

TikTok ban: Fawad says ‘judicial activism’ has cost Pakistan billions of dollars

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday stressed the need for judicial reforms and slammed recent high court decisions banning the social media […]