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Currently, environmental rights exist in more than 95 national constitutions while our Constitution doesn’t explicitly recognise the right to a healthy environment and favourable climate, the superior courts have in a catena of decisions held that these rights are part of the fundamental rights embodied in Constitution.

Cloudless climes A clean environment is an inalienable right.

We find the Muslim League demanding in 1918, the inclusion in the constitutional arrangement a bill of rights that guaranteed the people equality before law, the right to life, liberty, property, freedom of speech, expression and association, and freedom of the press.
The question that needs to be answered on completion of 70 years of a sort of self-rule is as to how could the rulers forget the dreams we had during the freedom struggle and the advice of the founder of the state, and why did the people let them get away with it?

What freedom meant Why should the minorities alone celebrate Aug 11 with reference to the Quaid’s speech?

Invest in the health and education of girls have higher levels of economic growth and lower rates of population rise. Sadly, in many Mus­lim countries, there is a common misconception — reinforced by ignorant clerics — that women must stay at home.

The other half Women are rising to the top in the most successful countries.

Another fine mess
THE tagline in the old Laurel and Hardy movies was “another fine mess”, and was uttered whenever things went wrong for the comic duo, as they often did.

I can imagine some judges in the Supreme Court muttering this to Imran Khan as the joint investigation team charade continues to unfold. Earlier, I had predicted that the apex court would not want to get its hands dirty by taking on the Panama Gate case as it was not an investigative body, and would not wish to appear to take sides in such a deeply divisive and politicised matter.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1340085/another-fine-mess

Another fine mess The JIT finds itself between a rock and a hard place.