Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights
Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco’s family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists hope new reforms will defy Islamist objections and provide greater equality. The…
‘Big Bang 2.0’ up in smoke as Britain’s finance law reforms underwhelm industry
Britain’s reform of post-Brexit financial services is more about catching up with rivals than unleashing a ‘Big Bang 2.0’ as it sidesteps calls to cut taxes on banks or ease…
Law reforms
“No progress can be achieved without giving Pakistan a well functioning and fully optimal legal system", said our founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhamad Ali Jinnah who was a statesman of abounding…
Law reforms with the 18th Amendment
The wellbeing of the people and the economy are dependent upon an efficient legal and justice system. Legal reforms are, therefore, inevitable in the existing substantive and procedural laws. All…
Labour law reform
Labor laws are meant to regulate the relationship between employers and workers in which the interests of both sides are safeguarded. Employers have to ensure that the place of work…
Flawed reforms
The PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been claiming reforms in major sectors like education, health, and the police since taking charge of the provincial government in 2013. However, the…
Flawed tax reforms agenda — II
In fiscal year 2018-19, total payment, as per budget documents, on account of debt servicing, was Rs 1,987 billion against the budgeted figure of Rs 1,620 billion. Allocation for the…
Flawed tax reforms agenda – I
Prime Minister Imran Khan's address to the top officials of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on November 13, 2019 showed that his three-year-long tax reforms plan, approved on October 3,…
Reforms in tax laws – I
National sovereignty and self-dependence is the foremost requirement of our country. We as a nation have to take such steps which may ensure our sustainable development based on the indigenous…
New scholarship on religion and reform: Part – I
Despite a general apathy – or even despondency – about falling academic standards in Pakistan, some relatively young researchers and writers have made their mark in academic circles in the…
