A government in contempt
Those who thought that sanity would return to the ranks of the government, and that they would take the requisite steps to facilitate the holding of elections for the Punjab…
Parallel education
Undoubtedly, public education is one of the core investments a state can make to enhance the quality of its human capital and growth. American politician Steve Kagen once said, “if…
Parallel follies
THE very first verses I memorised, as little more than a toddler, began: “Aj aakhan Waris Shah nu, kithon qabran wichon bol/ Te aj kitaab-i-ishq da koi agla warqa phol…”…
Two years of the AJK government
The AJK government, led by Raja Farooq Haider, recently completed two years in office. When he took over, Haider made several promises to end corruption, ensure development in the region,…
Art reflects parallels
LONDON`S Tate Britain museum is currently a site of destruction. A thought-provoking exhibition,`Art Under Attack`, brings together works of art from the museum`s collection that have been vandalised in the…
Rethinking local government
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the provinces have been forced to introduce local governments under Article 140-A. Punjab introduced its Local Government Bill on July 26, 2013. The purpose of…
Everything’s almost free in Spain’s parallel barter economy
It can be argued that extra-judicial interventions first by Ghulam Mohammad as Governor General in 1951 and later by military regimes and disregard of the Constitution - facilitated by either…
The real weapons of mass destruction
Sorry, wrong number. That is exactly what Tony Blair said when confronted with the Chilcot report on going into a war on Iraq based on the WMD (weapons of mass…
The sword of justice
THE original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, of which suo motu proceedings are a variant, is limited by the Constitution to the “enforcement of fundamental rights” for a “question of…
Afghan reconciliation
THE results of the 2019 Afghan presidential elections have further complicated the prospects for achieving intra-Afghan political reconciliation. They have pushed down the hope that the newly elected regime would…
