Amnesty International’s call to investigate the strike on Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation centre as a possible war crime raises grave questions. By examining the ruins, interviewing witnesses and studying satellite imagery, the organisation may reconstruct some of what happened after the munition struck. However, it cannot, from those sources alone, conclusively reconstruct the intelligence picture, […]
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Al-Mirsaad and the Art of Selective Scrutiny
The struggle for influence between states is no longer confined to border posts and military deployments. It now unfolds daily in the quiet machinery of digital platforms, state-linked outlets, and the clever arrangement of selected facts. A narrative repeated often enough can harden into truth. A missing detail can leave a permanent scar on public […]
PSB begins scrutiny of hockey clubs ahead of PHF elections
The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has initiated a nationwide scrutiny of hockey clubs in coordination with the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) as part of governance reforms aimed at ensuring transparency and credibility in the forthcoming PHF elections, according to a press release. A PSB spokesperson said the scrutiny process has been launched under a PSB-approved […]