Tag: transparency
I did not join PTI because Imran Khan was a weak...
News Analysis | Nabeel Gabol, senior PPP leader confessed that he was about to join the PTI after leaving MQM in 2015. “As soon as...
Can the PTI led government reform the SECP?
News Analysis | The Federal Government on Wednesday reportedly dismissed Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Shaukat Hussain Abbasi, over his illegal appointment....
Anti-Brexit campaigner seeks to ‘end the chaos’
AFP | Leading anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller launched an information campaign Friday to help "end the chaos" surrounding Britain's looming departure from the European Union....
Pervaiz Khattak under NAB’s radar over corruption
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started a preliminary inquiry against the former chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and incumbent defense minister Pervaiz...
ECP to conduct online scrutiny of candidates in upcoming elections, what...
News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has instructed the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to devise a special software for online...
Can Pakistan’s policymakers respond to much-hailed CPEC?
Waqas Shabbir | The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is hailed as the best opportunity to have knocked at Pakistan’s door, after a long stalemate...
Twitter suspends over a million accounts for ‘promotion of terrorism’
News Desk | On April 5, 2018, Twitter said that it has suspended more than one million accounts for “promotion of terrorism” since 2015. Twitter...
Electoral Reforms: The only way forward for sustainable ‘Peace & Governance’
Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad | Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has endured tremendous suffering at the hands of inefficient and ineffective governance, which has, in...
Democracy and education: The indivisible duo
Maham Gillani | Democracy has certain prerequisites, foremost among them is education. Quality education is the only tool that can inculcate democratic values in the...
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch: “CPEC is...
News Analysis | Bruno Olierhoek, the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) said, “Investments in special economic zones, railway, roads...
Democrats: We are Defined by what we Defend
Saeed Afridi | Democracy is a complex and much misunderstood entity in countries with a history of authoritarian rule. Transition from authoritarianism can suffer distortions...
Lodhran elections result was revenge by the public: Nawaz Sharif
News Analysis | The deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared that the people of Lodhran took revenge against those who tried to take revenge against...
After years of war Iraq now battles corruption
AFP | They have fled the country, their pockets full, or been released from prison under amnesties: despite Iraq's "war" on corruption, those guilty of...
Pakistan opposes new permanent seats in the Security Council
News Analysis | Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi has strongly opposed the addition of permanent members in the United National...
NAB raids NTS as controversy grows
News analysis| The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday in a raid on two Islamabad offices of the National Testing Service (NTS) arrested CEO Air...
The LNG scam?
Ikram Sehgal | Vide their milestone judgment SCMR773 in 2012 the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) canceled all the contracts of Rental Power Plants (RPPs)....
Prime Minister Imran Khan?
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | This is a six part article which traces the phenomenal rise of PTI, the disillusionment that set in, internal party...
Nawaz still in the game: Does Imran still have hope of...
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery| All eyes were on the 5 jurists of the apex court in Islamabad as they announced the much-awaited decision on the...