The present discontent in Pakistan
Pakistan has been in the shadows of various kinds and this maybe attributed to the drift in management and administration of this country. I am not going to be critical…
Nawaz in Wonderland
PML-N’s 2013 elections manifesto brings to mind the fairy-tale ‘Alice in Wonderland’. “If you don’t know where you are going, then it doesn’t matter which way you go”. This seems…
The worst era ever?
The last PPP government is frequently termed as Pakistan’s worst. Some use such assessments to merely lambast the PPP. Others argue that incompetence was so extraordinary that it proves that…
It is 11 o`clock
Arithmetic obviously matters, for democracy is a game of numbers. But there is a smarter way for a minority government to ensure stability: good governance. Dr Manmohan Singh has the…
Caretakers’ mandate
The concept of a caretaker government to run the country during the elections is now firmly rooted in the constitutional practice of the parliamentary system. If it is a constitutional…
Trapped?
It must have been a moment of distress for General (r) Pervez Musharraf, when a shoe was hurled at him in the premises of the Sindh High Court. Never before…
Law’s makers and breakers
Democratic values are taking roots in Pakistan, as is evident from the recent successful completion of a democratic government, as also the role of the media, judiciary and civil society…
Fiscal priorities
What can the caretaker administration do to bring much-needed sanity to the fiscal framework? With a backdrop of a record budget deficit of around 10 per cent of GDP staring…
After the rain, the storm: Hollande lashed by scandal
It never rains but it pours for beleaguered French President Francois Hollande, who has been blindsided by a political crisis whilst grappling with a deep economic and social malaise. The…
In search of true representation
On June 8, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in its judgement in the case of Workers' Party Pakistan through Akhtar Hussain, Advocate, General Secretary and 6 others v Federation…
