‘Corrupt’ but never convicted
THE aggressive drive to nail the corrupt in Punjab has finally reached Shahbaz Sharif, three-time chief minister of the province. Unsurprisingly, he has been detained as the National Accountability Bureau…
THE aggressive drive to nail the corrupt in Punjab has finally reached Shahbaz Sharif, three-time chief minister of the province. Unsurprisingly, he has been detained as the National Accountability Bureau…
RECENTLY, Prime Minister Imran Khan expanded his cabinet. It has led to a fresh round of questions asked each time a cabinet is formed or expanded. In essence, the questions…
ALTHOUGH parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda — it is only natural that when progress on…
Despite unusually high and prolonged snowfall in northern Punjab, KPK, Azad Kashmir and north-eastern Balochistan, that we watch on TV channels almost every day, no one seems bothered about the…
The police force is a civilian entity, which mostly comes under the provincial government and reports to the provincial home minister and chief minister. When a police officer misbehaves or…
Naming and shaming those found involved in illegal, unlawful or corrupt practices is considered enough of a deterrent or disincentive for others not to follow suit in democracies given that…
PTI chief Imran Khan thinks big. When he dreams about his future, it’s nothing less than the premiership of the country. And when he talks about money, it’s always in…
In a nation of some 200 million, I doubt if a handful could pinpoint Panama’s location. And yet, this tiny Central American state has dominated Pakistan’s political discourse for the…
The government continues to drag its feet over the issue of enacting a right to information law and putting in place institutional mechanisms so that citizens are able to seek…
It was only through an ISPR press release that the nation came to know that the Pakistan Army had launched Operation Raddul Fasaad across the country. The objectives, scope and…