Islamabad to be first to elect mayor directly

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital will be the first city in the history of Pakistan to directly elect its mayor on the basis of adult franchise. The federal government has decided to amend the existing local bodies laws to facil...

Increasing democratic deficit

Whilst the Senate with its incomplete composition has completed the first year of its term on Wednesday, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) issued a report drawing a critique of its performan...

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Lamenting a glorious city

It is a city that houses major financial, capital, and industrial services and labour markets, and provides livelihoods to millions of people. It generates more than half the total federal taxes, and serves as the p...

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What is KP’s mining bill?

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2025 is an update to the 2017 law, with the primary objective to attract domestic and foreign investment, enhance transparency, and curb illegal mining to leverage the pro...

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Water dispute

With a long, hot summer looming ahead, the last thing the country needs is two provinces fighting over water. Yet, that is precisely where things seem to be headed. Prompted into action by farmers’ protests, the PPP, the rulin...

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A city long yearning for peace

On April 15, 1985, a 20-year-old college student Bushra Zaidi was killed by a speeding minibus in Nazimabad neighbourhood of Karachi. Her sister was also injured in the road accident, as well as a few other students. Burhra Zaid...

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