The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination on Friday took serious note of the hefty fees being charged from students by private medical colleges. The…
The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) on Thursday asked a group of psychologists and psychiatrists to peruse the Pakistan Psychological Council Bill 2021 and come up with…
The entire edifice of accountability through parliamentary oversight of the Public Accounts Committees (PACs) has crumbled owing to the serious shortcomings highlighted in my earlier article on this subject (‘Accountability…
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser’s conduct of parliamentary diplomacy through the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Afghanistan presents an interesting case study. To put things into context, it is useful to…
A serious issue raised in the media recently related to whether a parliamentary standing committee should have discussed a demonstration of push-ups by the national cricket team. But before we…
In Pakistan it is suddenly the season of mass rallies and prolonged sit-ins accompanied by violence which no other civilised country would allow. The current fad of every politician is…
By most accounts, 2024 was not a good year for Pakistan – marked by a rise in terrorist activities and persistent political instability. However, if one were to ask lawyers…
Rule of law dictates that citizens and their representatives participate in the legislative process with an open and timely access to the draft and without any violation of their democratic…
The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on October 21, 2024 receiving the assent of President of Pakistan on the same day,…
After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the 26th Amendment to the Constitution passed by both houses…
