Public offices and partymen
A constitutional government on a liberal tradition is established where political power is exercised subject to limitations provided in a written constitution. Political parties are the life-line of liberal democracy…
As variant delays return to offices, many in US don’t mind
When Romain Daubec and his wife Monica left San Francisco last summer for Denver, Colorado, they thought their telework hundreds of miles from their offices would last no more than…
The weight of our crimes
Once you’ve attacked a hospital, you have to really try quite hard to disappoint. For the average Pakistani lawyer, it’s almost effortless. Windows were broken, bricks and pots set in…
An unexpected beneficiary
Pakistan’s linkages with Iran and Saudi Arabia span across a complex set of cultural, religious, economic and security ties. Over the last few decades, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia…
Leadership and economics
Upon the conclusion of every single overseas visit I am filled with sadness and a deep sense of disillusionment. This is despite a divinely blessed deep reservoir of optimistic attitude…
Towards a consensus finally?
It was no doubt a special Corps Commanders Conference (CCC) – being held soon after the horrifying and unprecedented arson and vandalism acts across Pakistan's major cities that not only…
Policies for digital banking: Part – I
The State Bank of Pakistan has recently granted five licences for Starting digital banks that would provide the whole range of banking services through digital platforms or electronic channels from…
Wafaqi Mohtasib’s institution
The sanctity and inviolability of human rights is the essential feature of the concept of ombudsmanship and the means to achieving the ultimate goal of good governance. Maladministration and bad…
Ethics and politics
Last August, the FBI raided former US president Donald Trump's resort home in Florida. They searched for and confiscated a large number of classified documents that were in the former…
Imran Aslam: in memoriam
Every time you go away from Pakistan, there is this opportunity to take pause and leave the sorrows of your country behind. This was present to both of our daughters…
