Political Problems Must Be Resolved On Floor Of The House: HRCP
LAHORE: The crux of the ongoing crisis is political and not legal. There is no other option for the political ...
Friday, March 31, 2023
Tag: parliament
Let’s Kick Corrupt And Greedy Politicians Out Of Our Legislatures
“All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act ...
Pakistan’s Current Crop Of Politicians Lack Any Integrity
At the advent of this year, Imran Khan yet again changed his narrative from last year’s accusation of a ‘foreign ...
Reciting Fatiha After Musharraf’s Death Should Be Above Partisanship
The former Army Chief, the chief executive, the former President or the last dictator of Pakistan - whatever one might ...
Misplaced Intentions: The Futile Debate On Democracy In Pakistan
We hear the word ‘democracy’ a lot in Pakistan. We hear it from politicians, from their supporters and in the ...
RSF Calls Upon Govt To Abandon ‘Plans’ To Enact Defamation Law
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called upon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to immediately abandon the 'plans to enact' a defamation ...
Will We Have Our Glorious Revolution?
The year 1688 was a significant one in England’s history. James II (1685-1688) was the King of England, Ireland and ...
‘Pashtuns Suffer Because State Became Part Of Proxy Wars In Afghanistan’
Political leaders on Wednesday demanded the government to adopt a concrete strategy against militants in order to eliminate the scourge ...
Defence Minister Hints At Anti-Terror Operation In Wake Of Peshawar Blast
A day after the deadly Peshawar suicide bombing that claimed 100 lives, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has hinted at an ...
President Alvi Summons Joint Session Of Parliament On Feb 8
President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned a joint session of the Parliament on February 8, as lawmakers asked for holding the ...
PTI Decides Imran Khan Will Contest All 33 NA By-Elections
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced that it will contest the by-elections for 33 National Assembly (NA) seats in March, adding ...
NA Speaker Accepts Resignations Of Another 43 PTI Legislators
Well-informed sources are reporting that National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has accepted the resignations of 43 more PTI ...
The Current Historical Situation In South Asia
I regard India, Pakistan as one country, only temporarily separated by that historical British swindle called Partition, but are sure ...
Parliament Bans Unauthorized Entry Of Social Media Influencers
The National Assembly Secretariat has banned the unauthorized entry of YouTubers, TikTokers and other social media 'influencers' in the premises ...
What Good Is An Economic Charter?
There is something pointless – though not entirely pointless, as I hope to argue here – about an economic charter. ...
Authorities Hunt Suspected Facilitators of Dec 23 Islamabad Bombing
Investigators have positively identified the suicide bomber responsible for the Islamabad attack of 23 December, and are searching for two ...
Managing The Separation Of Powers: Majoritarianism Versus Judicial Overreach
The purpose of having a codified constitution in a republic is to, among other things, define and protect the fundamental ...
Islamabad Court Rejects Senator Azam Swati’s Bail Plea
An Islamabad court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of PTI senator Azam Swati in the controversial tweets case against ...
Blurring Boundaries Between Spymasters And Statesmen: Consequences For Public Policy
When I entered journalism in November 1992, one of the first things that I learned in the newsroom was that ...
Imran Khan Should Return To Parliament. Street Agitation Did Not Work
Many people might disagree with this notion but the lowest of the low moments in General (Retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s ...
How Pakistan’s Parliament Has Been Made Redundant Over The Years
PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan marches into Islamabad every now and then; he even seeks military’s and ...
How Murderers Still Escape: Dissecting Pakistani Legislation On Honour Killings
Honour killings regretfully remain a fact all over the world. This is the case not only in third-world countries, but also ...
How Dalrymple Dives Into The Anarchy After Aurangzeb – II
The Company’s entry into India had begun with the Battle of Plassey in Bengal in 1757. The Company’s forces were ...
Not A Single Minister From Religious Minorities, Complains Senator Danesh Kumar
Senator Danesh Kumar on Tuesday lamented during a joint session of Parliament that there was not a single non-Muslim minister ...
Will Imran Khan’s Long March Be Of Any Use?
On one hand Imran Khan claims there has been a conspiracy and on the other hand he claims this audio ...
Does The Solution To Most Of Pakistan’s Problems Lies In The Green Book?
Over the past seven and a half decades we as a nation haven't achieved much to cherish, and find ourselves ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Polls Delay Case: CJP Turns Down AGP’s Plea To Constitute Full Court
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court led...
Part IV ‘Whither Capitalism: Can The UK Economy Shed Light On Its Future?’
The long term future of capitalism Looking at...