Articles by Afzal Ali Shigri
WHILE participating in the recent budget debate at the National Assembly, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari argued in favour of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan being given direct representation in the federal ...
THE people of Gilgit-Baltistan joined Pakistan at the time of independence after liberating the region from Dogra rule. It was a unanimous aspiration to become part of the Muslim state.
Assuming the r...
THE debate on creating new provinces is often seen through the lens of ethnicity, history and political identity, and projected as being in the public interest. Not only is this misleading, it is also...
THE heated debate in the National Assembly over the cutting of a few thousand paper mulberry trees in Islamabad was a pleasant surprise. The concern expressed by members across the political divide, i...
THE 19th century witnessed a major refinement of policing philosophy. Sir Robert Peel, widely regarded as the father of modern policing, articulated principles that continue to guide democratic police...
