Tag: public

Regarding the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, it may be argued that airing the internal disagreements ...

The term “dead capital” is used by economist Hernando de Soto Polar in his renowned book The Mystery of Capital, ...

In legal theory, Dworkin’s utopian-style judge is godlike, resolute, well-read, analytical and even has the powers to “make decisions that ...

Although women comprise 48.54 percent of the total population in Pakistan, their perspective is missing in national policies, laws and ...

Aamir Liaquat Hussain has passed away in Karachi at 50. The larger-than-life and controversial figure has come to embody some ...

Besides the Auditor General’s department (which is supposed to be a permanent watchdog) the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was established ...

The favourite pastime of the chattering classes in Pakistan is blaming corruption for all the ills in our society. It is ...

The dream of inclusive social development will not materialise unless an efficient workforce selected through meritocracy reigns supreme in the ...

The events of the last few days have shown that the “hybrid” experiment is hurtling towards its denouement on account ...

Lack of professionalism, an unhygienic environment, incompetence, mismanagement and poor public service delivery are some of the issues that characterise ...

Pakistan is facing a dual burden of both communicable and non-communicable diseases, like many of the other developing countries. The ...

Former Senate chairman and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Raza Rabbani has asked for clarity on the deal recently ...

On the 9th of December 2021, the Economic Advisory Group (EAG) set up by the PRIME Institute, a private think ...

The riled-up mob was chanting. They wanted to avenge themselves on him, they wanted him to come outside. Locked up ...

A public opinion survey of corruption by Transparency International Pakistan is a damning indictment of the PTI regime. Nearly 86% ...

That which is titled “Public debt (Gross),” and also commonly known as Sovereign Debt, is the result of a country’s ...

Bashir Mirza (BM), artist extraordinaire, has already been examined through many lenses and multiple perspectives earlier, by many. It isn’t ...

A study conducted by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) released on Tuesday indicates the troubling impact of instability ...

The police is considered a first line of defence in any country. One of its core responsibilities is to maintain ...

On the 14th of August 2020, I wrote: “Every year for the past twenty years, when August arrives, I suddenly ...

PM Imran Khan has yet again weighed in on the rising discussion around sexual crimes and women's safety in Pakistan. ...

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has doubled down on her view that men's entry to public spaces needs to be controlled. She ...