Adil Najam A friend emailed me the other day: “Hardly any body ever talks about [Fatima Jinnah] these days – I wonder how many even know her today?” He is right. We as a people have not treated our history well – for that matter, history too has treated us rather shabbily. My friend also […]

Irum Sarfaraz The state of juvenile delinquency in Pakistan is reaching epic proportion with neither the law nor other people associated with it willing to understand the continual and serious dangers being rendered to the health, social and moral development of these children and society. The majority of these delinquents are ‘street children’ who are […]

Hassan Abbas [Note: A more recent report on police reform in Pakistan by Hassan Abbas is now available. Police & Law Enforcement Reform in Pakistan: Crucial for Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Success. ISPU, April 2009] “The first observation I would like to make is this. You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty […]