Election season
US political party conventions have now concluded, and campaigns are in full swing. The country nervously moves towards November 3. Kamala Harris, senator from California and former presidential candidate herself…
A controversial election
Before even a single ballot has been cast in the July 25, 2018 general elections, the whole exercise has been rendered controversial. So much so that this election is being…
Election interference fears gains traction in Europe as US probe lags
A sense of urgency has come to the fore in Europe in the wake of allegations that the 2016 US election were targeted by Russia, claims Moscow has dismissed. US…
Likud and the elections
Israelis are getting ready to head to the polls for the second time in 2019. Israel’s last national elections were five months ago in April, ending in a razor-tight finish…
Pragmatic case selection model for audit – II
In Nestle Pakistan Limited etc. v Federal Board of Revenue [(2017) 115 TAX 84 (H.C. Lah.)], Lahore High Court held that "FBR shall rectify the defects pointed out, hereinbefore, in…
Trump supporters’ election test: a movement or a moment
In rally after rally, President Donald Trump exhorts throngs of red-hatted supporters to treat next week's congressional elections as a referendum on Trumpism and the grass-roots movement that swept him…
Forecasting elections
Forecasting the winners and losers in the upcoming national and provincial elections is akin to trusting prodigious parrots to pick the team that will lift the football World Cup. There…
Social media and elections
For a stable democratic society, the importance of a free and fair election cannot be denied. The credit for raising political awareness among people after a long struggle goes to…
The election code
In a democratic dispensation, elections are the mode through which public representatives at the national, provincial and local level are chosen. Unfortunately there is a well-entrenched culture in the country…
Lessons from US elections
The day before elections in the United States, Khizr Khan, the now famous Pakistani-American father, campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the state of New Hampshire. “Will Trump’s America have room…
