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Rule by fear

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Tariq Khosa

FEAR defines us as a nation. It has been cultivated by choice by the present arbiters of actual authority. Unfortunately, this kind of fear has not been known before. It is insidious and seeps into our daily lives. It dictates our responses to survival in an environment of acute instability and uncertainty. A war of narratives is being waged within the digital domain.
POLICE AND POLITICS IN PAKISTAN

1 month ago | dawn.com | Tariq Khosa

CRASH OF THE GENERAL — 1988 / PRINCIPAL FIA TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF OFFICER TO DG FIAIt was the afternoon of August 17, and I was back in my apartment in the [Federal Investigation Agency Training] school, trying to take a nap before the evening games when my bedside official phone rang. It was the DG’s [Director-General’s] private secretary, and he sounded disturbed. “Sir, an army C-130 aircraft carrying Gen Ziaul Haq has crashed near Bahawalpur.
Depths of despair

1 month ago | dawn.com | Tariq Khosa

INSTEAD of becoming a harder state, why don’t we face the hard truth: a political dispensation widely viewed as illegitimate, and supported by the establishment and the deep state can never gain the trust of the citizens. The law of harvest is immutable: we will always reap what we sow — no more, no less. Similarly, the law of justice is inviolable, and the closer we align ourselves with the correct principles, the better our fate as a nation will be. The solution lies in the ballot box.
Sinking dreams

2 months ago | dawn.com | Tariq Khosa

OVER the past few years, several tragic incidents have occurred involving boats carrying Pakistani migrants attempting to reach Europe through irregular channels. On June 14, 2023, the Adriana, an overcrowded fishing trawler, capsized and sank off the coast of Greece. The vessel carried an estimated 750 migrants, including about 350 Pakistanis. Of the 104 survivors, only 12 were from Pakistan. Over 500 individuals died, making it one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.
Opposition accuses govt of ‘suppressing’ its conference

2 months ago | dawn.com | Ikram Junaidi |Tariq Khosa

• Venue ‘cancels’ permission for second day of moot organised by ‘grand opposition alliance’ • Khaqan Abbasi accuses current regime of derailing democracy, judicial system • Says countries don’t function ‘when political parties abandon their principles’ • Achakzai vows to hold govt accountable; PFUJ head says parties suppress media when in power ISLAMABAD: The opposition alliance Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) on Wednesday accused the government of pressuring an Islamabad...
KP seeks greater input in fiscal policies

2 months ago | dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Tariq Khosa

• Aurangzeb visits Peshawar to thank provincial govt for IMF support, agrees to ‘gradually’ end Fata tax exemptions• CM’s aide tells minister newly-merged districts require immediate financial supportPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday asked the federal government to take it on board regarding financial decisions concerning the province, as it sought an interim arrangement for the share of erstwhile Fata region in the National Finance Commission Award.
Peaceful Afghanistan vital for regional connectivity: PM

2 months ago | dawn.com | Syed Irfan Raza |Tariq Khosa

• Pakistan, Uzbekistan pledge efforts for Trans-Afghan railway project• Sign multiple accords to strengthen cooperation across various fields• Russia invites premier to attend international economic forumISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday urged the Afghan regime to prevent militant groups from using its territory to launch attacks on any country, including Pakistan, stressing that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is essential for regional connectivity and security.
Stretching minds

2 months ago | dawn.com | F.S. Aijazuddin |Tariq Khosa

TO enjoy any LitFest, one needs to be a hyperactive octopus, with eyes and ears at the end of every tentacle. The Lahore LitFest 2025 — the last in a trilogy before the abstinence of Ramazan — offered a banquet of intellect, spread over four halls in cruel competition. To attend one was to forgo three equally interesting subjects. Dr Ayesha Jalal — to Pakistan’s early history what Dr Romila Thapar is to India’s more ancient one — opened LLF with a discourse on Muslim enlightened thought.
Guardians no more

2 months ago | dawn.com | Ahmad Maudood Ausaf |Tariq Khosa

WHILE lawyers occupy centre stage in op-ed sections and appear on late-night TV shows dissecting the legalese of politically motivated verdicts and constitutional amendments, they have — ironically and perhaps even meekly — overlooked a fundamental transformation within their own ranks: the rapid and incendiary polarisation of bar politics. Over the weekend, the Lahore High Court Bar Association conducted its elections drawing lawyers from all across Punjab to cast their votes.
The challenge before banks

2 months ago | dawn.com | Tariq Khosa

DAWN.COM E-Paper | February 27, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications THE gap is huge, to say the least. And those who own Pakistani banks, and the bankers who work for them, do not seem to be cognisant of — let alone prepared for — the challenges being unleashed by rapid tech disruptions led by the emergence of AI.