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China’s model of state governance

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday praised the Communist Party of China (CPC) describing it as an alternative to Western democracy. “Until now, we had been told that the best…

Shades Of Governance

Shades of governance

I have been advocating a technocratic system of governance for many years. Such a system can exist under both a presidential and parliamentary systems of democracy and there are many…

A New Pattern Of Governance

A new pattern of governance

There are four essential principles associated with democracy. The first principle is the right of the people to choose and replace a government through free and fair elections. Article 21…

Wadera Governance

Wadera governance

Meritorious recruitment, effective revenue collection and efficient delivery of public services are among the most important indicators for measuring institutional development and good governance. Unfortunately, these indicators are missing; although…

A Chronicle Of Surrender And Appeasement

A chronicle of surrender and appeasement

The agreement signed with Khadim Hussain Rizvi to end the Faizabad sit-in marks a new low in Pakistan’s history of appeasing the religious right groups. Both state and society have…

No Numbers Game

No numbers game

Some perplexing challenges await the incoming government. It’ll need every ounce of patience, every penny’s worth of wisdom scrapped from past experience to tackle things. For one, the system that…

Hundred days on

LURCHING from one controversy to another, the PML-N has marked 100 days in power. To ensure accountability and public welfare, one must regularly review the outcomes of all regimes via…

Challenging election scenario

WITH general elections scheduled for Feb 8, the coming weeks will see political parties swing into electioneering mode to rally support for the contest ahead. The announcement of an election date…

Why Pakistan fails in space

THANKS to a legion of excellent scientists and engineers trained in Indian universities, India is shooting for the stars. Here ‘stars’ is a metaphor for much else: astrophysics, computers, chemical…