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Making laws matter

Over the years, discussions about the ‘deteriorating law and order situation in Pakistan’ have become commonplace. Whilst some blame law-enforcement agencies for failing to do their duty, others trace all…

Making of a constitution: Part – I

The sovereignty of any institution is the power it holds in making its decisions without any external influence. But sometimes, through the power of sovereignty, the institution starts influencing other…

Rights, the law and 2022

As 2022 comes to an end, it is important to review developments in human rights legislations enacted by the parliament of Pakistan. While it is impossible to analyze all the…

Laws, protocols and trafficking

Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking either as a point of origin, transit or destination, and Pakistan is not an exception. The UNODC describes human trafficking…

Making a hero

Miftah Ismail may have stepped down as minister of finance, but he isn’t out. On The Pakistan Experience podcast with Shehzad Ghias, he appeared to be as relaxed as a…

Policymaking and elite monopoly

“If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life…If…

Flawed policies amid ‘chaos’

The coalition government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), assumed power as a result of no-confidence resolution against premier Imran Khan on April 9, 2022.…

Germany to overhaul laws to allow energy bailouts

Germany’s government will have the power to take stakes in utilities and impose emergency levies on consumers under proposed legal changes now under discussion, three sources told Reuters, as Berlin…