I.A. Rehman
One of the reasons for Pakistan’s politics being poor is lack of communication between political leaders and the rank and file.
Updated 08 Apr, 2021 08:53am
Some govts create problems for themselves by offering a reason for a minister’s dismissal because the reasons are justiciable.
Updated 01 Apr, 2021 08:41am
An organisation can gain much from stocktaking that is done at regular intervals.
Published 25 Mar, 2021 07:47am
The ECP’s freedom from government interference is in fact one of the foundations of democratic governance.
Updated 18 Mar, 2021 08:28am
The attempt to tilt at windmills is not warranted as the rulers face no difficulty in acting on their policies.
Updated 11 Mar, 2021 08:28am
Civil society groups and political parties tend to treat their paid employees as casual labour.
Updated 04 Mar, 2021 08:23am
Was Daska a rehearsal for a new way to manage elections?
Published 25 Feb, 2021 06:46am
Civil services reform constitutes only a part of the much bigger scheme of governance which is showing some traces of regression.
Updated 18 Feb, 2021 08:27am
In Pakistan, democracy has been smothered by a string of political quacks.
Published 11 Feb, 2021 06:17am
The entire edifice of representative government in Pakistan has been raised on shifting sands.
Updated 04 Feb, 2021 08:22am
The present became more and more meaningless to Agha Ameer Husain.
Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:36am
The most efficient administrations derive their strength from the quality and regularity of intra-department consultation.
Updated 21 Jan, 2021 08:34am
The government’s response to the slaughter of 10 coal miners raises serious questions about its capacity to deal with the matter.
Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am
The nation has reason to be grateful to the Hazaras for setting models of forbearance in the face of calamity.
Updated 14 Jan, 2021 08:22am
If this trend continues, we might end up by dispatching the government on a one-way ticket to Antarctica.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 07:50am
In the post-colonial world, many newly independent countries have followed the fascist route.
Updated 31 Dec, 2020 08:18am
The commission is apparently not interested in finding out who picked up the victims and why.
Published 24 Dec, 2020 07:20am
Some small steps could reduce the distance between legislatures and the people.
Published 17 Dec, 2020 07:58am
It is in everyone’s interest to lower political temperatures and relearn the virtues of peaceful coexistence.
Published 10 Dec, 2020 07:42am
It would be a sad day for Pakistan if punishments ruled out two centuries years ago were to be reintroduced.
Published 03 Dec, 2020 07:54am
