by Muhammad Ismail Khan Normally, with the findings of a fact-finding commission being made public, it is intended that there will be less air for ambiguity and, instead, a junction will be reached before further inquiry and action is taken. Something similar might have been felt by the ruling party when the report on the [...]
by Zaair Hussain A passionate cry for educational reform in Pakistan is almost always a welcome voice. Recently, a personality of some stature and prominence put the ‘almost’ in ‘almost always’ and advocated the immediate commencement of classes specifically designed to ensure that our youth takes the inherent enmity of India as an article of [...]
The Supreme Court’s verdict against a billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract on Wednesday has been met mostly with uninterest, most people seeming to view it as a routine matter of the court policing a lack of transparency in the awarding of government contracts. While I will certainly not suggest that lack of transparency [...]
by Farahnaz Ispahani for The Daily Times The passage of the 18th amendment and its signing by the president has been rightly hailed by a broad spectrum of civil society as a landmark achievement of the PPP government, supported by its allies like MQM, ANP, JUI-F and the opposition party PML-N — in fact all [...]
Dr Rubina Saigol is a respected human rights activist, researcher, and academic who has been widely published on Pakistani society. Her column in today’s Tribune, “Judicial independence and rule of law,” is a fresh perspective on the current struggle between some elements of the judiciary against the parliament. A new controversy appears to have erupted [...]
Kamran Shafi, never one to bat an eyelash in the face of controversy, uses his excellent style of writing to get straight to the heart of several issues raised by the UN report. So then, the UN report is out, setting many cats on many dovecotes (or is it mongooses on snake pits?), even hitherto [...]
by Asad Sayeed for Let Us Build Pakistan Asad Sayeed’s timely article highlights the dangerous path being currently coursed by the country’s Judiciary where the mandate of 170 million people is not considered more important than the political vendetta of the establishment. Short March to Despotism For those not too bothered about legal nit picking [...]
Vast challenges lie ahead for Pakistan. With the threat of terrorism, an unstable economy and power outages, it surprises no one that our leaders have ambitious plans to resolve these issues. The President, Prime Minister (also known as “The Magic Man” for his ability to get things done) and the entire legislative branch have the [...]
Earlier this year, a Moody’s Investor Service analyst said that contant attacks on the government were keeping investment out of Pakistan and harming the nation’s economy. Now, a new report by the World Bank reinforces this statement. In its Global Monitoring Report for 2010, the World Bank reports that “political uncertainty and fighting continue to [...]
by Agha Haider Raza Pakistan recently had two major delegations visiting the US. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi led the first contingent under the auspices of a new ‘Strategic Dialogue’ with the US. In the second trip, Prime Minister Gilani led his team to President Obama’s first Nuclear Summit. Attended by over 47 heads of [...]