Nation And State Building
- 08-Jun-2023
The concept of a nation is the offshoot of an evolutionary process that witnessed the growth of consciousness of a set of people having common socio-cultural attributes. The most credible difficulty it faced was from the established state that developed antagonism with it as the state considered itself to be all-pervasive organism consisting of different […]
Relationship Between Civil Society And State
- 16-Mar-2023
BLOG by Umair Jalali: The modern world is evolving into a pluralist place where different segments of the state are placed in the same axis and are expected to adjust with each other. The most crucial of these relationships is considered to be between the state and civil society. It is now widely acknowledged that […]
‘No water at all’: Life in US state’s capital disrupted by water loss
- 31-Aug-2022
Marsha Lewis, a bartender in Mississippi’s state capital Jackson, said she went to fill up her bathtub on Monday when she heard a local water treatment plant had shut down but was “horrified” to see what looked to her like raw sewage flowing from the faucet. By Tuesday morning, after the governor declared a state […]
Freedom & dissent: Constitutional rights with terms & conditions?
- 30-May-2022
The state, in any democratic setup, has powers it can administer only insofar as the rights and freedom of the rest of the citizenry and the peace are at risk of being violated, and there’s a chance of vandalism; but use of brute force otherwise on protesting masses is plain draconian: unequivocally agree legal experts […]
Qandeel Baloch murder: State to appeal decision in SC
- 26-Feb-2022
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Law Maleeka Bokhari on Saturday said that the state has decided to appeal the court judgment in the murder case of Qandeel Baloch before the Supreme Court. Referring to the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) acquittal of the prime suspect in Qandeel Baloch murder case, the MNA said: “State has decided to […]
US states inch toward easing coronavirus curbs
- 17-Apr-2020
Michigan, a state that Trump narrowly won in 2016, has faced one of the fastest growing infection rates, but residents have pressed to reopen the state’s economy
State is responsible for creating jobs for its citizens: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
- 16-Oct-2019
Bilawal said his party has decided support Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman's Azadi March against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government.
No one will be allowed to challenge writ of the state: Fawad Chaudhry
- 26-Mar-2019
'The minorities were enjoying full freedom in Pakistan'
State should inquire if cases registered against Farooq Sattar are genuine, says Izhar
- 19-Jun-2018
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan on Tuesday said the state should inquire whether the cases registered against Farooq Sattar were genuine or not. “First the state should inquire whether FIRs lodged against Farooq Sattar and hundreds of other MQM workers were based on truth or falsity,” he said, while talking to […]
Resolution of issues of tribal people state’s first priority: DG ISPR
- 23-Apr-2018
MIRANSHAH: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Sunday said redressal of issues of tribal people was the first priority of the state and all the issues should be resolved through negotiations, ARY News reported. “There’s no such an issue that could not be resolved through talks. Tribal people rendered […]