There has been provision in the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969, Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002, Industrial Relations Act 2008 and now in Punjab Industrial Relations Ordinance 2010 for appointment of retired…
Three years down the road and the movement for independence of the judiciary seems to have borne little fruit for the common man. Those with no practical experience of law…
OBSERVERS around the world were not necessarily being malicious — with the exception of Winston Churchill — in thinking that India might not last as a democracy for too long…
IT is almost 45 years to the day that former prime minister Z.A. Bhutto was hanged on April 4, 1979, for a murder he did not himself commit. Since then,…
The early demise of Quaid-e-Azam and the unfortunate assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan delayed the formulation of Pakistan’s constitution, delivering the first severe blow to the newly formed state. In…
If you don’t understand something you cannot change it. Pakistanis are constantly bombarded with news that prompts a sense of utter helplessness and a feeling that state and society are…
JAILED rights activist Umar Khalid withdrew his bail application from the Indian supreme court last week, preferring instead to try his fortunes at the lower courts. Implicit in the move…
The Election Commission of Pakistan has filed a review petition against the SC order of April 4 fixing May 14 as the date for election in Punjab as well as…
THE ongoing political confrontation between the government and opposition has assumed a new, more dangerous nature. It is now pitting state institutions against each other, bringing some into disrepute while…
THE election in Punjab may not have caused many ripples earlier but on Sunday night it was watched rather closely. This was the south of Punjab, the land of the…
