Reforms needed to create a clean, honest political system
The real authority to command respect of people and society is moral authority. History tells us that people did not have temporal power but they ruled the hearts and minds…
Political economy of tax reforms
The debates and discourse concerning political economy of tax reforms in Pakistan lack objective analyses and rational approach as evident from the latest book, published by Oxford University Press, The…
Political economy of reforms
There is a perceptible gap between the recognition of the need for reforms and their actual implementation. Hence the feeling that ‘verbal reforms’ outnumber actual reforms. Why is there this…
Imagineering implementation of energy reforms–Vl
There is no doubt that our energy sector needs to be reengineered to meet the foreseeable challenges in the upcoming decades. This is the key moment to bring about reforms,…
The political is all personal
The political economy of Pakistan is shaped by a complex interplay of formal rules and informal deals among elites. It has become important to explore the role of political connections,…
Land reforms in Gilgit-Baltistan
This article is divided into two parts. The first part aims to introduce the key features of the proposed Gilgit-Baltistan Land Reforms Act 2023. The second part presents a summary…
Judicial reforms: now or never(Part–II)
Under the social contract, the people are the real sovereign. In our polity, the balance of power has totally shifted towards the judiciary that controls not only the executive but…
The need for policy reforms
Industrial economic size refers to the scale or size of industrial activities within an economy, typically measured by the total output, employment, or capital investment of the industrial sector. It…
Judicial reforms: Now or never (Part-I)
The constitution is the body of doctrines and practices that form the fundamental organizing principles of a political state. The general idea of a constitution originated with the Greeks and…
Pension reforms
Throwing Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) at the police and in return tear-gassed and water-cannoned with, as is the norm all over the world, protesters are claiming much larger numbers than…
