The commissionerate system
Essentially, the "Commissionerate System" refers to the division of a province into a number of administratively convenient units and further sub-division into districts and sub districts (tehsil or taluka) and…
Commissionerate system of administration
Pakistan inherited a great service – the Indian Civil Service – that was renamed the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) after Pakistan came into being. It had a great track…
Commissionerate system of administration
Pakistan inherited a great service – the Indian Civil Service – that was renamed the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) after Pakistan came into being. It had a great track…
FBR: Messing up a messy law
Actus legis nemini facit injurium (A party should not suffer on account of an act or omission by the Court or State functionaries) State V. Asif Adil and others 1997…
Musk projects his hard-right influence in Europe
He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany’s far-right, blasted the European Commission — and that’s just the start. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives…
Labour schemes
IN the 1960s, governments started introducing labour welfare schemes primarily comprising benefits such as medical care and cash benefits, old-age pension, housing, free school education, share in company profit and…
A ceasefire in a land of conflict
District Kurram has long been embroiled in conflict, driven by tribal land disputes and exacerbated by sectarian tensions. The region is home to both Sunni and Shia populations, with tribes…
What ails Kurram?
Kurram Agency has once again been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A series of land dispute/sectarian clashes have once again been in evidence off and on since…
Happy New Year?
This, they say traditionally, is the turn-of-the-year season to be jolly. But even a cursory glance at the afflictions that ail Pakistan will lead inevitably and logically to the conclusion…
Austerity plans?
The outrageous raise in the salaries of Punjab Assembly members has left people bewildered. The increase is completely out of proportion and shocking for sensibilities of a nation where many…
