Parliament and the PTI
The PTI has finally relented, resolving the stalemate over the Public Accounts Committee. It has agreed to let the leader of the opposition, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, take the chair of…
Would market shock force UK parliament’s hand on Brexit?
There's nothing like a market crash to focus the minds of politicians, and Prime Minister Theresa May could find that only a plunge in British asset prices can persuade a…
Parliamentarians’ Tax Directory 2017
The Tax Directory of parliamentarians 2017 released on Saturday showed that 167 members of national and provincial assemblies failed to file their returns even though it is mandatory, irrespective of…
Strengthening parliament
Youth Parliament Pakistan, a project that was launched in 2007, had the basic purpose of engaging the youth of our country in healthy discourses on legislation, national and international affairs…
Parliamentary privileges
The contest that has opened up between our parliamentarians on their ability to abuse women is deeply disgusting. But really neither their attitudes nor their vocabulary is especially shocking. We…
Green parliament
Last year when world leaders geared up for reaching an international climate deal in Paris, Pakistan's Parliament decided to go green like its flag. Pakistan's Parliament became the first ever…
Parliament & basic rights
By publishing a book on parliament’s role in defining the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan, the Senate has provided an opportunity for a much-needed discussion on the subject.…
Supremacy of the parliament
How politicking leads to side-lining of devising workable strategies for confronting the challenges a country faces is portrayed in an incomparable manner by Pakistan's political leadership. An example thereof is…
Budget and the parliament
THE National Assembly of Pakistan is about to go through its annual ritual of receiving and passing the federal budget — without, in all probability, any meaningful scrutiny, or budget-focused…
