The government has placed Pakistan's prime autonomous regulators under the dictate of the ministries, as a line function authority, overriding opposition from the governments of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. When…
A dictator, Gen Musharraf, gave us the regulatory bodies – bodies to act as a check, in the public interest, over various ministries. A democrat – for that’s what we…
The government has decided to forfeit the independence of the regulatory authorities of Pakistan by transferring them from the Cabinet Division to the respective line ministries, thereby diluting their autonomous…
Sindh cabinet has approved a draft bill for organizing a separate electricity regulatory body for Sindh — Sindh Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Sepra). It is not known whether or not…
Two bills seeking amendments to the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) Acts were introduced in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Moved by Pakistan…
Regulation is basically done through tools called ‘regulatory instruments' where it is essential that proper mandate in this regard is provided in the underlying legislation that establishes the regulator of…
GOVERNMENTS everywhere are rethinking how digital value should be governed. In an earlier article (‘Crypto moment?’) on these pages in September, I had surveyed the evolving landscape for cryptocurrencies and…
Pakistan’s healthcare sector faces a myriad of governance challenges. There is a weak regulatory enforcement mechanism allowing substandard medicines to be marketed. There is also a proliferation of inadequately trained…
Pakistan’s achievements in the global arena demonstrate a country that has consistently sought to defend its sovereignty and assert its strategic position despite immense challenges. The defining moment of national…
We gather today in memory of a once-vibrant force that lifted thousands from mediocrity into the light of scholarship, and which believed in merit and in the transformative power of…
