Breaking through the judicial glass ceiling

By Hasnaat Malik Published in The Express Tribune on January 09, 2022 ISLAMABAD: After a nearly 75-year wait, the women of the country have broken another glass ceiling as the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the nomination of a woman as a Supreme Court Justice. Justice Ayesha Malik’s nomination, who has been serving the Lahore High […]

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SBP Act changes won’t cause ‘state within state’

By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on January 08, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday argued that the proposed amendments to its Act would neither compromise economic sovereignty, nor would it become a “state within a state”, while facing severe criticism over the proposed handing over of its autonomy to the[…]

Women and work

By Dure Sameen Akhund Published in DAWN on December 22, 2021 PAKISTAN is facing one of its worst economic crises, with inflation hovering around 10-10.5 per cent for FY2022, resulting in massive hikes in food, energy and consumer prices. The upward moving trend of commodity prices coupled with a relatively flat wage trend, has given rise to[…]