Whistleblowing and accountability
The ultimate dream of any law-abiding citizen is to live their life with fairness, dignity, and integrity. These are reasonable and basic expectations in any civilised society, and when the…
Absent state accountability
ACCOUNTABILITY is an essential component of a democratic and rules-based system. There is no such concept of responsibility under authoritarian rule, which seeks to consolidate power without being subjected to…
Power and accountability
RECENT political developments have made one thing very clear: Pakistani citizens lack the knowledge of how various government institutions function. Hence, they are prone to believing the disinformation peddled by…
Senate body demands accountability for delay in lecturers’ reinstatement
The Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training directed the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training to provide updated information and hold accountable those responsible for the…
The accountability question
Lately, Pakistan’s superior judiciary has been in the limelight due to various legal, constitutional, and political developments in the country. There is discourse around some much-needed judicial accountability. In this…
Imploding accountability
A strange breeze is blowing across the landscape, signalling the advent of a phase which may have no precedence in the pages of history. More and more constituents of the…
The accountability syndrome
The doctrine of separation of powers demands that the legislature, executive and the judiciary must work within their boundaries. In Pakistan, though, we see interventions from everywhere in every aspect…
Accountability across the board – II
In his address to the Constituent Assembly on 11th August 1947, the Quaid said that "Jobbery, graft nepotism and bribe has to be put down with iron hand". His vision…
Ex post facto accountability
In times, when a major feud between two contestants was settled through a sword fight, if one of them fell down in the fight with the sword dislodged, the opponent…
Impartial accountability?
LIKE free and fair elections, a fair system of accountability has also remained elusive in Pakistan. Numerous efforts have been made in the past to institute a credible mechanism of…
