CSS Forum

Inheritance rights of women
Women's inheritance rights remain a problem area for the government and, more importantly, for women. Despite favourable laws, religious edicts and positive efforts by recent governments, far too many women are deprived of their rights by greedy male relatives hiding ...

GBV and police apathy
The Sindh High Court recently issued a scathing rebuke of the police for their non-serious approach to investigating honour killing cases. The court's observations are a grim reminder of how a flawed and negligent criminal justice system enables perpetrators to walk free ...

Self-serving governance
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has made it loud and clear that no proposals to raise government salaries in the next budget is under consideration. Aurangzeb's categorical announcement came as a bombshell for the government employees, especially those in low grades ...

Anti-govt drive [/b]
With an anti-government mass agitation campaign on the cards, the beleaguered ruling coalition seems to be in a perpetual fix. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's nod to join ranks with the PTI and other opposition groups will come as a real administrative challenge as the law ...

More terror!
It seems there is no respite from terror. The back-to-back attacks, explosions and suicide missions across the strife-torn provinces of Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa suggest that non-state actors are extremely proactive, while the state is still mulling to come up with a ...

Preventing rabies [/b]
Karachi is facing a worsening rabies crisis due to a lack of preventive measures and access to life-saving vaccines. So far this year, over 8,000 dog-bite cases have been reported at just three major hospitals — JPMC, Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi and Indus Hospital ...

Enter ZAB Jr
PPP has ruled Sindh undisputed for much of Pakistan’s existence. In both pre- and post-Zia periods, it was, and has been, nothing but the PPP show, save for a single term (2002-2007) during the Musharraf period when a pro-establishment coalition of MQM, PML-Q, PML-F and National ...

CEC's appointment
The ruling coalition sits in violation of constitutional spirit, and there are no two opinions about it. The delay in the appointment of new Chief Election Commissioner and two members of the Election Commission, even after the expiry of a controversial lease of life inserted ...

The Mashkaf moment [/b]
The hijacking of a passenger train in Balochistan by terrorists on Tuesday and their audacity to keep hold of it into the next day warrant some deep introspection. The outlawed BLA took over Jaffar Express near the Mashkaf Tunnel in Bolan District.

The train incidentally ...

Panchayat writ [/b]
Despite improvements in education and awareness of rights, the tribal court system continues to mete out injustice across the country. The latest example of 'elders' proving that age does not always bring wisdom occurred in the rural Bhagwani Shumali area of Dera Ismail Khan in ...