'Astonishing saga of Imran Khan', former PM features on TIME's cover PTI Chairman Imran Khan is photographed in his office at Zaman Park residence in Lahore in this undated image. — TIME Amid an increasing stand off with the incumbent government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has made it to the cover page of the American news magazine, TIME. The ousted prime minister will feature in May's issue of the magazine with an exclusive interview in which he spoke about his  plan to return to power . The first look of the magazine cover was released by TIME on their official Twitter account. "Imran Khan has been  ousted from government  and faced an assassination attempt, but remains the most popular politician in Pakistan," the tweet read. Khan was overthrown in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence, exactly a year ago. Since then, the PTI chief has been demanding snap polls with the pressure he exerts on the incumbent government via power shows...

  WHAT new turn will the Supreme Court saga take today? A three-member bench of the Supreme Court is due to announce its verdict in the elections delay case, but the case’s proceedings were dogged by so much drama and controversy till the very end that no stakeholder will realistically be expecting the matter to be settled with a simple order from the court. It was quite difficult to tell from  Monday’s proceedings  which way the court was leaning. There were indications that it was quite unsatisfied with the government’s justifications for delaying the KP and Punjab assembly elections over the pretext of not having enough security personnel or adequate financial resources for the electoral exercise. Still, there is a possibility that the apex court may not take a categorical position for now due to the ongoing controversy over the chief justice’s discretionary powers and leave the matter to be decided at a different forum. The question of a full court or larger bench dec...

  Why is Pakistan government trying to clip Supreme Court’s powers? The government presents a bill in the National Assembly as PM Shehbaz Sharif accuses the top court of creating ‘political instability’. A general view of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in capital Islamabad [File: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters] By  Abid Hussain Published On 29 Mar 2023 29 Mar 2023 Islamabad, Pakistan  – A new constitutional crisis has emerged in Pakistan, which for months has been engulfed in another  political crisis  that shows no signs of abating. On Tuesday, the government presented a bill in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, seeking to limit the powers of the Supreme Court, which, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif alleged, was creating “political instability” in the country. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ‘He running a gang?’: Pakistan minister slammed for Khan remarks list 2 of 4 ‘Fascism at unprecedented levels’ in Pakistan, says Imran Khan list 3 of 4 Pak...

 Population Dynamics in Pakistan: Past, Present and Future  1Muhammad Asif Wazir Policy Brief # 35 1 Muhammad Asif Wazir, PhD, Senior Researcher,  Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 Future Population of Pakistan .................................................................................................... 2 Conclusion and Policy Implications ............................................................................................ 5 References ................................................................................................................................ 6 1   Introduction  Pakistan is one of the largest and fastest growing countries in the world. In 2010, it ranked 6th most populous country and will stand at 4th in 2050. Pakistan’s rapid population growth, during the second half of the 20th century, can largely be explained by ...