In the fractious landscape of Pakistani politics, where amendments to the Constitution often serve as proxies for deeper power struggles, the sudden emergence of plans for a 27th Amendment has set off alarms. Just months after the contentious 26th Amendment reshaped the judiciary, introducing new mechanisms for judicial appointments and establishing federal constitutional benches, the government is now pushing for further changes that could profoundly alter the balance between the center and the provinces, the military and civilians, and the executive and the judiciary.
Editorial
Tackling Karachi’s perennial flooding problem
By The Editors
Over the three days of Eid-ul-Azha this year, intermittent but frequent and heavy spells of rain over parts of Karachi killed more than two dozen residents of Pakistan’s most populous metropolis. This is the beginning of the Monsoon season for the port city.
Composite image by Independent Pakistan
Should Pakistan replace SBP with a currency board?
By Ahmer Kureishi
June, the final month of the last fiscal year saw wholesale inflation in Pakistan rise to a historic high of 38.9 percent per annum, giving rise to fears that the flood of consumer price inflation is about to turn into a tsunami. Already at this point, the consumer price index was at 21.32 percent per annum.
A sick political joke
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Where the manifest sexual innuendo Imran Khan poked at Maryam Nawaz betrays the degeneration of his cynical toxic masculinity, it also lays bare his personal libidinous frustration that men of his mentality gratify by telling the women, who challenge them socially, sexually, and politically, how “penetrable” they are. Shame. But it must be said.
The game is on!
By Staff Reporter
There was a mighty downswing. No lofted drive. Bails take wing. The middle stump rattled. Clean bowled! What?
MAP: Irrigation and River Network of Pakistan
Rethinking distributive justice of the Indus
From the Editors
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while speaking to media at Sehwan earlier this week expressed his resolve to take up the issue of water shortage in Sindh in the Council of Common Interest. Later in the week a strong worded statement, issued from the Sindh CM demanded judicious distribution of water and called upon the federal government to adhere to the IRSA accord 1991.
POOL PARTY: Pigeons bathing and splashing water to beat the extreme heat in Karachi, Pakistan. ONLINE Photo by Sabir Mazhar
Past time to tackle climate change
Pakistan experienced a severe heatwave from 26th April to 2nd May 2022. With predicted dust-thunderstorm and rains during the Eid holidays in most parts of the country, the heatwave is likely to gradually subside towards the weekend.
Although relatively cooler and windy weather in Karachi brought a little relief, Nawabshah recorded today’s highest temperature at 49.5 C with temperatures varying within the range of 42 C to 49.5 C in various parts of the country.