Imran lbw or not out?
News of Imran Khan’s disqualification has just come in. Has he become irrelevant? Absolutely not! The ECP’s decision will be challenged and may or may not stand. The disqualification, moreover, risks serious civil diso...
October 22, 2022
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Criminalising torture
The passage of The Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2022, by the Senate on Thursday is a welcome step on the way to abolishing some of the most abominable practices in Pakistan. While it is unlikely ...
Imran disqualified
Within days of sweeping to victory on six of the seven National Assembly seats he had contested in the Oct 16 by-polls, former prime minister Imran Khan has been disqualified from being chosen as or remaining a member of parliam...
Imran’s disqualification
The Election Commission of Pakistan has disqualified Mr Imran Khan in a case where it was alleged that he had mis-declared his assets in the yearly declaration of assets and liabilities that must be filed by all parliamentarians...
The nuclear threat
There is visible nervousness. Events of the last three weeks are indicating gradual penetration of disappointment, lassitude and desperation in Putin’s camp. Indubitably, Putin is worried about the repeated failures of the Rus...
A step too far
The Supreme Court recently released its detailed judgment on Article 63A. Written by Justice Munib Akhtar, the judgment holds that when a parliamentarian votes contrary to party directions on matters like the budget and votes of...
Indian impunity
For a very long time in history, India was hailed as an almost ideal democracy. The past nearly one decade has managed to lift that facade in a rapidly devolving-into-fascism county. Now even the UN chief has pointed out that In...
The return of Art 63
In so many ways, it seems we have come full circle since the 2018 election and the ugliness which completed that exercise. At that time, Mian Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as a member of parliament, as a consequence of which he ...
Poverty-promoted child abuse
Pakistan’s insanely swelling population has become completely incompatible with its dwindling financial and managerial resources. Deeply deluged in poverty and misery, millions of parents are willing to trade their children, o...
Why strong institutions are necessary for economic growth
Back in 2007, on a frigid morning, Professor Mansoob Murshed was delivering a lecture on ‘the long-run determinants of economic growth’ at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in The Hague — ...