CSS Forum

Deadlocked [/b]

PAKISTAN’S sputtering democracy finally seems to have stalled. It had been evident for the past few years that the nation would soon arrive at a crippling deadlock unless one of the many protagonists in the ongoing political saga decided to take a step back.

In the absence of any ...

Grave desecration [/b]

THE desecration of 85 Muslim graves at a cemetery in Hertfordshire in the UK is a distressing act that deserves the strongest condemnation. The fact that many of the damaged graves belong to babies and young children only underscores the cruelty of this hate crime, which has ...

Double-edged sword [/b]

THE generous ‘incentives package’ for Pakistani expats, announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, is yet another symptom of the Dutch disease afflicting Pakistan’s economy. In our case, however, the disease is not linked to natural resources, which mostly remain ...

A positive start [/b]

FROM American threats of bombing Iran, things have taken a more positive turn as President Donald Trump’s emissary Steve Witkoff initiated indirect talks on the nuclear issue with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Muscat on Saturday. While the Omanis acted as ...

Iran slayings [/b]

THE brutal killings of eight Pakistani workers in Iran on Saturday underscore the need for both countries to cooperate in the field of counterterrorism, and defeat common enemies determined to sour relations.

The atrocity took place in a town in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan ...

April heat [/b]

ANOTHER round of climate-induced misery is upon us. The Met Office predicted last Friday that this week would be a sweltering one, with a heatwave sweeping over the country till the coming weekend. It said that a high-pressure system was likely to grip the upper atmosphere from ...

Targeting dissent [/b]

THE recent notice sent by the FIA to former senator Farhatullah Babar is deeply troubling — and revealing. Ostensibly based on a private citizen’s complaint alleging corruption and misuse of office, the inquiry appears designed less to establish facts than to intimidate a ...

Stranded Afghans [/b]

WESTERN countries have been quite cruel to the Afghan people. Not only did they lay waste to the latter’s homeland over a war that ultimately went nowhere, but they are also failing to take responsibility for the lives they placed at risk during the process of attempting to ...

Balochistan outreach [/b]

THE problems of Balochistan are “political and must be resolved through political means”.

This view, espoused by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif during a recent meeting with National Party chief and former Balochistan chief minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch in Lahore, is shared ...

Crypto coup [/b]

IT is quite the coup. One of the most recognisable names in the global cryptocurrency market has been roped in by the finance ministry to serve as ‘strategic adviser’ to the Pakistan Crypto Council, established to oversee and promote wider adoption of blockchain technology and ...