Ayesha Shoukat

Explore the complex debate over creating new provinces in Pakistan. This comprehensive article for CSS/PMS aspirants covers constitutional provisions, political, administrative, and ethnic drivers, impacts on governance and economy, resistance, comparative insights from India, institutional reforms, and a strategic way forward.

Explore criminology as a social science, analyzing theories, methods, and policy relevance in Pakistan, with focus on crime causes, prevention, and reform.

In-depth criminology editorial examining the critical link between mental health and crime. Debunks myths, analyzes the criminalization of mental illness, and proposes the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) for systemic justice reform and community-based treatment.

In-depth criminology editorial analyzing the theoretical challenges of terrorism and the critical impact of the "War on Terror" on justice systems, civil liberties, and the shift towards a securitization paradigm.

Critical editorial analyzing the impact of technology (AI, surveillance, digital forensics) on the criminal justice system. Explores the benefits of efficiency versus the ethical challenges of algorithmic bias and due process erosion.

Criminological editorial analyzing the critical but controversial role of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), focusing on the impact of militarization, net-widening, and the need for a public health-centered shift in drug policy.

Critical editorial on the vital role of forensic science in criminal investigation, analyzing the revolutionary impact of DNA versus the reliability crisis in pattern-matching, and calling for standardization and independence.

Explore the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) pivotal role in combating corruption in Pakistan for CSS students. Delve into its history, powers, crime control strategies, challenges, and recommendations for enhanced effectiveness and good governance.

Explore Social Disorganization Theory in criminology: its origins, core concepts, causes of disorganization, application to crime, and implications for prevention. Essential for CSS students to understand neighborhood-level crime patterns.

Explore Social Learning Theory in criminology: its core concepts, mechanisms, applications to crime, and implications for prevention. Understand how criminal behavior is learned and how social interventions can foster pro-social conduct. Essential for CSS students.

Explore Labeling Theory in criminology: its core concepts, strengths, weaknesses, societal impact, and evidence-based strategies for crime reduction through compassionate, systemic reform. Essential for CSS students.