Nadra’s algebra
I AM puzzled by the role/non-role assigned to Nadra in times of Covid-19. At the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the National Command Operation Centre was set up…
A nation adrift
Budget 2024-25 plans an increase of Rs5,563 billion or 45.4 per cent in the total revenues, representing the highest-ever increase in the overall burden of taxes and levies on the…
Invest in ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a valuable legal framework for settling disputes out of court and is crucial for resolving trade disputes and increasing foreign investment. This system of dispute…
There’s need for effective, harmonised ADR mechanism
The taxation of income and revenue is a complex subject with voluminous laws promulgated to attend to its regulation and implementation. It therefore comes as no surprise that tax matters…
Encouraging ADR
The delays and legal complexities as well as the exhausting costs that are part of formal litigation were lampooned in the fictional case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Charles Dickens’…
The madressah riddle
THE state has yet to fully realise the sociocultural and political-economic inferences of religious education institutions or madressahs. Despite having long attempted to pursue the reform of this sector, successive…
Nadra and vaccination
THIS refers to the letters ‘Vaccination and senior citizens’ (March 19). I would like to share my experience with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in this regard. I…
Expeditious justice and ADR
My fathers’ aunt migrated from India in 1947, and got a small house in Rawalpindi against the claim for the property left in Uttar Pradesh. In sheer affection, she also…
Reform and the madrassah
Pakistani ulema and their alma maters are facing an unprecedented challenge to their authority and prestige in society. As if the bombshell of the Mufti Abdul Aziz scandal was not…
From FCR to ADR
Since Independence, the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were governed through the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1905. Until repealed in 2018, the FCR was not only quoted as ‘incompatible…
