Finding political legitimacy
I wrote about the CAR framework last month and posited that governance has become much more challenging because ‘capability’, ‘accountability’ and ‘responsiveness’ have all become compromised. These qualities have been…
I wrote about the CAR framework last month and posited that governance has become much more challenging because ‘capability’, ‘accountability’ and ‘responsiveness’ have all become compromised. These qualities have been…
Two stories this past week were supposed to be celebrated by Pakistanis that are thirsting for reform. The first was the news that the cabinet has approved the hiring of…
“But when we crave power over life – endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality – then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then…
RECENTLY, Islamabad witnessed a serious crime wave preceding the tragic death of a young man in firing by police personnel on duty. The indiscriminate use of deadly force by police drew vociferous…
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed on Wednesday that the government would restore Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) by next week. Dr Taugeer Shah, who was later removed…
The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday directed the management of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) not to terminate services of its employees as feared by them.…
With Karachi relatively safer than it was two years ago, we must not be lulled into thinking that terrorists and political target killers have been eliminated; their deep roots still…
Recently, during a routine patrol near Bahawalnagar, police officials encountered a few unruly, drunk individuals. When they tried to book them for possession of liquor, they beat up the police…
The most difficult thing in Pakistan is to reclaim the space — physical or ideological — that the state has ceded to various mafia. I don’t need to comment or…
The secret of the mastermind is found wholly in the use of imagination. And how true! We are now back to Balochistan where the PM has announced another package for…