GDP and the quality of life – Newspaper

IT is that time again — the usual boom-and-bust cycle of Pakistan’s endless economic cycle — when we begin to hear increasing murmurs of higher GDP growth. The monks in the power halls of the country zealously sing hymns of ‘high growth’ and ‘stability’, and those who govern us promise dizzying heights for the umpteenth…

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Cohesive response – Newspaper – DAWN.COM

WITH a long history of terrorist attacks in the country, it is a pity that, instead of taking steps to pre-empt, or at least minimise, them, the government begins to calibrate some kind of a response only after the event. A day after the terrorist hijacking of the Jaffar Express ended, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

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Imran assails transfer of judges to IHC – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PTI fou­nder Imran Khan has filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, challenging the transfer of judges from other provinces to the Isla­m­abad High Court (IHC). The petition, filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, alleged the transfers were a deliberate attempt to undermine judicial independence and manipulate the judiciary for…

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