Accountability reform
There is hardly any topic that has attracted a greater degree of debate in this country than that of corruption and accountability. However, all that clamour seems to have only…
Accountability: an endless affair
IT seems that the Pakistani government has invented a new myth for evading accountability. It argues that it has a mandate to manage the state for five years and that…
FIA and accountability
Since the enactment of PECA, numerous cases have been lodged under it and there has been a mixed response of courts while treating cases involving cybercrimes. Though the courts generally…
Imploding accountability
A strange breeze is blowing across the landscape, signalling the advent of a phase which may have no precedence in the pages of history. More and more constituents of the…
The accountability circus
Hamza Shahbaz is finally out of jail and a free man after spending more than 20 months in jail. His release showcases the continuation of the accountability farce in full…
Scales of accountability
IT was a scene straight out of an Amitabh Bachchan film when the ‘police’ (NAB in this case) arrived too late to catch Shahbaz Sharif at his residence. The wanted…
On accountability
It is part of our faith that, while everyone will be rewarded for his/her good deeds, we will also be held accountable for our selective punitive actions against our political…
Politics of accountability?
This week’s latest attack on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on another alleged corruption charge appears out of sync with Pakistan’s reality. The charge announced, based on remarks on YouTube…
The accountability syndrome
The doctrine of separation of powers demands that the legislature, executive and the judiciary must work within their boundaries. In Pakistan, though, we see interventions from everywhere in every aspect…
Accountability across the board – II
In his address to the Constituent Assembly on 11th August 1947, the Quaid said that "Jobbery, graft nepotism and bribe has to be put down with iron hand". His vision…
