Author Archives: Arif Azad
12th April, 2013
Right to cheap drugs
THE right to health is a fundamental human right enshrined in all international and human rights conventions and treaties. However, the realisation of this right requires many preconditions.
THE right to health is a fundamental human right enshrined in all international and human rights conventions and treaties. However, the realisation of this right requires many preconditions.
4th April, 2013
Checks on immigration
IMMIGRATION has been a highly emotive issue in British politics since Enoch Powell made his famous 1968 “rivers of blood” speech which sketched a picture of Britain inundated with immigrants.
IMMIGRATION has been a highly emotive issue in British politics since Enoch Powell made his famous 1968 “rivers of blood” speech which sketched a picture of Britain inundated with immigrants.
10th January, 2013
Extractive institutions
NOT a day passes in Pakistan without some reference being made to the importance of institutional stability and the breakdown in the institutional development.
NOT a day passes in Pakistan without some reference being made to the importance of institutional stability and the breakdown in the institutional development.
29th December, 2012
Reaching out to voters
ELECTIONS are the lifeblood of democracy. Over the centuries, electioneering has become an art, being continually worked on in Western democracies with each poll.
ELECTIONS are the lifeblood of democracy. Over the centuries, electioneering has become an art, being continually worked on in Western democracies with each poll.
24th December, 2012
Malnutrition on the rise
MALNUTRITION is increasingly becoming a global phenomenon. Between 2010-12 about 870 million people were reported to be chronically undernourished in the world according to The State of Food Insecurity in the
MALNUTRITION is increasingly becoming a global phenomenon. Between 2010-12 about 870 million people were reported to be chronically undernourished in the world according to The State of Food Insecurity in the
4th December, 2012
Drug-related tragedy
IN the last week of November a number of persons died after ingesting a cough syrup marketed under the label Tyno in Lahore’s low-income Shahdara area.
IN the last week of November a number of persons died after ingesting a cough syrup marketed under the label Tyno in Lahore’s low-income Shahdara area.
19th November, 2012
Future of Pakistan’s left
A TRADITION of unity and mergers constitute left-leaning politics in Pakistan.
A TRADITION of unity and mergers constitute left-leaning politics in Pakistan.
30th October, 2012
Flaws in drug law
THE passage of the long-stalled Drugs Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) Bill through both houses of parliament within days of each other is only to be welcomed.
THE passage of the long-stalled Drugs Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) Bill through both houses of parliament within days of each other is only to be welcomed.
15th October, 2012
The missing half
RECENTLY, in a long-awaited move, Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim proposed that election results be annulled if it were to turn out that a minimum threshold of 10 per cent of
RECENTLY, in a long-awaited move, Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim proposed that election results be annulled if it were to turn out that a minimum threshold of 10 per cent of
