ADVERTISEMENT The manifestos of major political parties announced just days before the Feb 8 polls display their leadership’s approach to making promises to voters and obtaining their necessary approval without giving enough time for any meaningful public scrutiny.... Thus, there is also a missing link of accountability of elected representatives by the voters.An impression has gained ground that financial constraints undermine the viability of the programmes and policies outlined in the manife

Government plans for minimum grade requirements to access student loans could “ entrench ” the

LAHORE: A fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan( HRCP) to southern Punjab has found that women in the tribal areas are still subjected to karo-kari and vani while law enforcement agencies have failed to provide them any protection. HRCP has concluded a high-profile fact-finding mission to southern Punjab, comprising chairperson Hina Jilani, vice-chair Pun-jab Raja Ashraf, council member Nazir Ahmed, and regional coordinator Faisal Tangwani. The team has noted that women

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed to fight inflation in testimony on Tuesday before U.S. lawmakers who are expected to focus on the recent surge in prices as they consider him for a second term as head of the central bank.In opening testimony to the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said the economy's fast-paced recovery from the coronavirus pandemic was" giving rise to persistent supply and demand imbalances and bottlenecks, and thus to elevated inflation."" We know that high inflation e

The latest installment of the series looks specifically at the most recent conflict which began over two months ago.On October 7, a terror attack by Hamas at a music festival in Israel claimed the lives of at least 260 concert-goers with many others kidnapped and injured.... Those abducted — including American citizens — are still being held hostage in Gaza.... Video The final episode dissects the fall of democracy in Gaza following Israel's decision to pull out of the Gaza Strip and four West

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early May the situation has become entrenched, with both sides digging bunkers and using

Ukraine could become permanently entrenched as a tool in the hands of external forces, with little

entrenched itself deeply into Kuwaiti society, posing a significant threat to the nation’s integrity. With

A new spiral of international escalation would rapidly accelerate and entrench the repressive