Babar Sattar
What we have seen so far are theories of rigging based on anecdotes, innuendos and deductive reasoning.
Published 11 May, 2015 12:46am
Who should those speaking out against violence fear more? The state or non-state actors?
Published 04 May, 2015 03:07am
The cybercrime bill seeks to control information and ideas under the garb of Article 19.
Published 27 Apr, 2015 01:22am
Our reaction to angry statements being issued by nervous Arab rulers should not be equally inane.
Updated 20 Apr, 2015 09:01am
Conducting inquiries falls within the domain of the executive and not of the judiciary.
Published 13 Apr, 2015 06:21am
The Nekokara case is only the latest example of the gap between the law and its implementation.
Published 06 Apr, 2015 01:22am
Using adjudicators as investigators is counterintuitive, if not plain wrong.
Updated 30 Mar, 2015 03:43am
Social and economic inequalities load our criminal justice system against the poor.
Published 23 Mar, 2015 07:20am
And what did the bench hold? That Qadri’s act could neither be termed Islamic nor moral.
Updated 16 Mar, 2015 07:53am
The law is merely a tool. We can quarrel with it, but that won’t make us good workmen.
Published 09 Mar, 2015 05:02am
Our Constitution ought to have excluded from the secret ballot all elections involving MPs.
Published 02 Mar, 2015 07:15am
Terror is being preached, justified or tolerated in the name of faith and we are doing little about it.
Updated 23 Feb, 2015 06:42pm
Karachi functions under a smog of fear. Isn’t this fear reinforced by the MQM itself?
Updated 16 Feb, 2015 04:25pm
Who will build resolve, consensus and a narrative against non-TTP terror in Pakistan?
Published 09 Feb, 2015 02:45am
There can exist no rule of law if a society allows individual morality to override the law.
Updated 02 Feb, 2015 11:47am
Exposure to any component of our criminal justice system shows the entire structure is rotting.
Updated 02 Feb, 2015 12:12am
There are few who can claim that the courts are doing a decent job.
Published 19 Jan, 2015 01:34am
Will military courts obliterate the terror infrastructure or just keep us distracted?
Published 12 Jan, 2015 02:37am
Our proclivity for deluding ourselves and relying on ad hocism is gathering strength.
Published 29 Dec, 2014 01:32am
The test of our resolve to quit being a terror sanctuary will be tested on at least five fronts.
Published 22 Dec, 2014 03:08am