Parliament on ventilator
Pakistan is witnessing economic and political turmoil of an unprecedented scale and nature. State institutions and regulatory bodies no longer function independently due to the mounting pressure from the vacillating…
Pakistan is witnessing economic and political turmoil of an unprecedented scale and nature. State institutions and regulatory bodies no longer function independently due to the mounting pressure from the vacillating…
The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)’s report, ‘Women Parliamentarians Performance 2018-2019’, evaluated the performance of women parliamentarians in Pakistan by focusing on their contribution to parliamentary business. The study…
The countdown to the July 25 election is on. While the political parties and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) are busy setting schedules for election preparations voter preparation and…
The adoption of Finance Bill 2019 on June 28, 2019 by National Assembly by majority vote of 176 to 146, included many legal amendments that could not have been made…
Vote is the ultimate voice of the people. Choice of whom you prefer to represent you is the voice that counts. The count of that voice determines the future leadership…
Prime Minister Imran Khan is not happy with the opposition parties for staging walkouts, disturbing parliamentary proceedings with protests, and wasting taxpayers’ money. In one of his recent tweets, the…
The adoption of the Finance Bill 2018 on May 18, 2018 by National Assembly, committing flagrant violations of the supreme law of the land, once again confirms that the outgoing…
Pakistan polls are messy affairs, and the 2013 general elections were no exception. The aftermath — with the chaar halkas, paintees punctures and 126-day dharna — created a political crisis…
Pakistan has the seventh largest voters’ registry in the world. The Election Commission of Pakistan, which updates this registry regularly, deserves praise for managing the task. In fact, the ECP…
Do we have a government of the people, by the people, for the people? No. It is of the rich, by the poor, for the rich. The poor are a…