Elections loom amid a myriad questions
The bizarre is not only commonplace, some argue it is the norm in Pakistan. Take for example the latest offering by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in power to appoint…
Countdown to elections
The murky political and economic scenario of the last fifteen months is beginning to clear up with two major developments. First came the $3 billion stand-by agreement announced by the…
Fair elections and economic stability
“Gross financing needs are very large, mostly due to large debt service payments, while external market financing has dried up. Confidence is weak, and credit rating agencies have downgraded Pakistan…
Elections on the cards?
President Arif Alvi has finally announced April 30 as the date for general elections in Punjab. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had earlier asked the president to choose any…
The utopia of elections
Pakistan is facing a three-pronged attack of political instability, economic meltdown and renewed terror insurgency in an election year. This is proving to be a lethal cocktail. All three streams…
Elections in Nepal
The general elections held on November 20 in a bitterly divided Nepal failed to produce a clear winner and the country is now facing a hung parliament. The Congress-led coalition…
Elections in India: key takeaways
As expected, the Modi-led hardline Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won four out of the five state assembly elections and has succeeded to retain power in Uttar Pradesh…
Will elections help?
Many people are arguing that Pakistan needs fresh general elections to overcome the current political and economic crises in the country. Former prime minister Imran Khan is also demanding an…
Elections and the courts
IT was very heartening to see the Supreme Court putting its foot down and refusing to interfere in the schedule of the second phase of KP local government election fixed by the…
Fair elections?
When our last military dictator General Pervez Musharraf launched the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), he made pretty tall claims. One of them was that under the then-new system,…
