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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Syed Ahsan |Zahid Hussain |Mahir Ali
Journalist Waheed Murad was “forcibly disappeared by unknown” individuals from his house in Islamabad’s G-8 sector, his family alleged on Wednesday in a petition filed before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for his recovery. The petition, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was filed by Murad’s mother-in-law Abida Nawaz through lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Suhayb |Syed Ahsan |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
Jab Moarikh Ke Haath Bandhay Thay — Tarikh-i-Pakistan Ke Gumshuda GoshayBy Dr Farooq AdilQalam FoundationISBN: 9-789697-461059288pp. You cannot miss the words ‘Gumshuda Goshay’ [Lost Pages] on the cover of Dr Farooq Adil’s Jab Moarikh Ke Haath Bandhay Thay [When The Historian’s Hands Were Tied]. Coupled with the veteran author’s expertise in journalism and column writing, the book promises to unveil significant historical insights that are not to be missed.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Claire Chambers |Syed Ahsan |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
Since March 2020, I have been making a concerted effort to learn Urdu. Recently, I took GCSE exams in this beautiful, expressive language. Depending on my result, I aim to pursue an A-level next. As part of this mission, I meet various friends online each week to read stories from the Rekhta website. I find colloquial Urdu more fun to engage with than the intimidating formal version. Ismat Chughtai’s chatty writing has thus become a firm favourite.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Syed Ahsan |Ammar Khan
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the budget for fiscal year 2024-25 on the floor of the National Assembly on Wednesday amid raucous proceedings with the opposition registering its protest with sloganeering and desk-thumping. Pakistan’s budget for the upcoming year aims for a modest 3.6 per cent GDP growth, and sets an ambitious Rs13 trillion tax collection target, raising taxes on salaried classes and removing tax exemptions for the rest.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
images.dawn.com | Syed Ahsan
One week on, we see that what should have ideally been a normal academic interaction between a prime minister and university students has instead been dubbed the October 30 ‘saniha’ (tragedy) and seen intense vitriol targeted at the students while being coopted by multiple stakeholders for their own ends in the current war of narratives in Pakistan’s political realm.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Syed Ahsan
In a 2-1 verdict, the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered the restoration of corruption cases against public office holders that were withdrawn after amendments were made to Pakistan’s accountability laws last year. The reserved verdict was announced by a three-member bench comprising the outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s petition challenging amendments made to the accountability laws.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Syed Ahsan
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday prohibited the broadcast of Geo TV drama ‘Hadsa’ on a complaint by lawyer Khadija Siddiqi, following criticism that the show was based on the 2020 motorway gang-rape case. In September 2020, a French woman of Pakistani origin was gang raped on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway in front of her children while she was waiting for help after calling the motorway police’s helpline 130 when her car developed a fault.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Wara Irfan |Syed Ahsan
As the current government’s tenure approaches its end, both houses of Parliament — the National Assembly (NA) and the Senate — have gone into overdrive, even working on weekends, to pass as many laws as possible before the NA is dissolved. The flurry of legislative activity has made it difficult for even the most ardent followers of the country’s power corridors to keep up with the legislation being rushed through the assemblies.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Dar’s Proposals |Muhammad Omer Hayat |Syed Ahsan
KARACHI: Like most budgets in recent years, the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 is also heavy on financing expenditures by accumulating debt even as a large chunk (more than 50 per cent) of current expenditures constitute debt servicing. While the approach to this year’s budget was nothing new, despite a narrative that suggests otherwise, there were some measures that are unique.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Syed Ahsan
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 on the floor of the National Assembly on Thursday amid smooth proceedings with the opposition missing from the benches. Dar said the government had set a modest growth target and despite being an election year, presented a responsible and balanced budget and not a popular one, with a focus on curbing inflationary pressures.
