Administrative crackdown: will it work?
The State’s crackdown against the smugglers and illegal currency traders has met with initial success. The fear factor is already paying dividends in the short term, and that is what…
Impartiality and fairness in administrative actions
Procedural fairness and conforming to rules of natural justice are the two important elements of judicial review of administrative actions. Cognisance of the said issues has been taken by the…
Climate shame
WE have seen the completion of COP29, with much criticism of those rich economies that contribute the most to emissions, yet continue to renege on their commitments and promise less…
Privatisation and SBP
Heads should roll in the aftermath of the fiasco of the Thursday bidding of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as there were ample prior indications that an extremely embarrassing failure awaited…
The wages of conflict
THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP for over two decades.…
What sustainable macroeconomic stability?
The fall in inflation (to be precise CPI inflation) to single-digit in August –stood at 9.6 percent – meant that it was almost after three years that inflation had come…
Against all odds
IT is an inconvenient truth that Gilgit-Baltistan has continued to survive in a political and legal limbo for the past 75 years despite its unconditional accession to the state of…
Gwadar imbroglio
DISTURBING news has been emanating from Gwadar for several weeks now. People led by a political leader have been demanding their basic rights. Access to fishing in their own waters, the security…
Reforming school exams
THE school exam is the cornerstone of any educational system which is responsible for assessing the academic performance of students based on a prescribed curriculum and textbooks, certifying that the…
Ungoverned areas
THE war against terrorism has put ungoverned and weakly governed spaces into the limelight, and governance in such areas is being debated. Globally, various options, including kinetic, administrative, and constitutional…
