Poor government, lavish expenses
Ishaq Dar, on assuming charge of Finance Ministry on 7th June 2013, promised that the PML-N government would not bring any mini budgets. He violated his resolve with impunity by…
Nigeria oil rebels warn of unrest unless Jonathan re-elected
Kennedy Tonjo-West is unhappy at the way Nigeria's main opposition party and northern politicians have been criticising President Goodluck Jonathan's record in the run-up to next month's election. "We are…
As opposition good, in government poor!
There is a virtual consensus - virtual defined as more than the make-believe smart world of electronic gadgets - that Pakistani politicians are well schooled in opposition politics and exhibit…
Governments and governance
Governments have always existed, of one kind or the other – elected or unelected, competent or ignorant, effective or indecisive, subservient or self-serving. And in one form or the other:…
View Point: Planning a ‘revolutionary’ government
The Chaudhry brothers leading the rump PML-Q, and Tahirul Qadri who has made himself a career as a religious leader and quasi politician, got together in London last week to…
An elected regime
The PML-Q and Pakistan Awami Tehreek have vowed to topple the PML-N government soon because of its “non-democratic” nature. Ironically, these parties either tolerated or were integral parts of Musharraf’s…
Voice, exit, and government jobs
Can we really expect any change in the way the Pakistani state operates without a massive change in the way the state manages the people working for it? This human…
Re-elected Merkel expected to stick to euro discipline
Germany will remain the champion of budget discipline in Europe, as re-elected chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to soften her stance only marginally if she enters into a grand coalition…
Local self-government
The study by Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan of the Department of Public Administration, Dhaka University, on ‘the functioning of local government in Bangladesh’ stands good for most local self-governance in…
Rethinking local government
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the provinces have been forced to introduce local governments under Article 140-A. Punjab introduced its Local Government Bill on July 26, 2013. The purpose of…
