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Elections not entertainments

American jurist Brandeis once wrote that “sunlight is the best of disinfectants”. Both sunlight and disinfectant could be used for our bar elections. All the cycles we witness are the…

Sindh’s new VC rules

The Sindh government cabinet recently approved an amendment to allow candidates with a Master's degree to be eligible for appointment as vice-chancellors (VCs) of universities, replacing the longstanding requirement of…

Elections and complications

AFTER a nail-biting race, the Turkish election appears to be headed towards a run-off poll, with neither candidate able to secure 50 per cent of the vote. The electoral rules…

Playing by the rules

PAKISTAN’S largest province and political heartland continues to be in the throes of a crisis with the coalition government at the centre and the PTI-backed chief minister locked in fierce…