Retrieving untaxed/ill-gotten assets — I
In the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Suo Motu Case No. 2 of 2018 re ‘Maintaining of Foreign Accounts by Pakistani Citizens Without Disclosing the Same/Paying Taxes’, is still pending for…
The corrupt, tax cheats, ‘secrecy’ & RTI — II
The passing of Foreign Assets (Declaration and Repatriation) Act, 2018, the Voluntary Declaration of Domestic Assets Act, 2018, promulgation of the Assets Declaration Ordinance, 2019 and later enacted as the…
The corrupt, tax cheats, ‘secrecy’ & RTI — I
2020 has started and apparently everyone has forgotten what the Supreme Court desired in Suo Muto Case No. 2 of 2018, started on February 1, 2018, and what happened thereafter.…
A case for Gandhara
Growing up in Lahore I wondered about the gap in my history textbook between the end of Indus Valley civilisation circa 1500 BC and the invasion of Sindh by Mohammad…
Time for a new beginning
FORMER prime minister Imran Khan may have his own reasons to lash out at the ‘establishment’, but the fact is that the subject of civil-military relations has been around for…
Prioritize sports funding
When Arshad Nadeem's javelin soared past the 90-meter mark in the finals at the Stade de France during the 2024 Olympics, he changed the landscape of sports in Pakistan. The…
Another constitutional farce?
If those who claim direct access to the powers that be are to be believed, the country is set for another bout of ‘wise men’ deciding that the constitution of…
Legislation and judicial review
Democracy in Pakistan has been interrupted by successive military interventions on four occasions. All three constitutions – 1956, 1962 and 1973 – promised parliamentary democracy. The preambles of the constitutions…
A tale of two sardars
Though the slogans of the PTI are revolutionary, and its workers are very emotional, the party neither seems ideological nor democratic. Its internal structure seems more like a replica of…
Change in the air
Pakistan finds itself at a critical juncture in its history. Election 2018 saw the emergence of the PTI as the largest party that went on to form government with the…
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