Turkish Coup Attempt And Pakistan Nations take time to achieve stability. The developed countries have taken centuries to reach where they are at the present moment. […]
Revisiting Our Social Contract
Revisiting Our Social Contract The total fiasco of the existing order implicates the drawing up of a new “social contract” in Pakistan to guarantee the provision […]
Prevention Of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Continues Draconian Laws In Pakistan
Prevention Of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Continues Draconian Laws In Pakistan The state of Pakistan has been all set to unleash its iron fist by promulgating […]
An Effective Opposition – The Constitutional Right
An Effective Opposition – The Constitutional Right The quality of democracy should be measured by the means available to the Opposition (the parliamentary minority) to accomplish […]
Controversial Banners, Imran’s Remark Echo In Senate
Controversial Banners, Imran’s Remark Echo In Senate ISLAMABAD: The controversy over banners inviting military takeover recently put up by a little-known political party and remarks of […]
Loyalty, State And The Step Mother
Loyalty, State And The Step Mother In a constitutional democracy, it is not the citizens but their chosen representatives who govern the state by becoming part […]
22nd Amendment Of The Constitution 1973: A Mixed Blessing
22nd Amendment Of The Constitution 1973: A Mixed Blessing Pakistani Parliament is in process of approving the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. The amendment proposes to […]
Panama Leaks – Democracy In Tears
Panama Leaks – Democracy In Tears Democracy means that the people have full power to control their destinies excluding any form of directive rule of other […]
Accountability For All!
Accountability For All! Accountability is an end desired by law through which a person is held responsible for his or her culpable actions in a civilized […]
On The Question Of Islam And Democracy
On The Question Of Islam And Democracy [The idea is not to resolve this labyrinth once and for all. Nor do I attempt to do so]. […]
Collective Bargaining Agent And Donovan Commission Report – Part II
Collective Bargaining Agent And Donovan Commission Report – Part II Collective Bargaining and United States of America In American, Collective Bargaining Agent has a long history […]
Beyond Morality And Legality
Beyond Morality And Legality “Piety and moral conduct construct the countries and prolong the ages” says Imam Jafar Sadiq. Moral intellectualism is a view according to […]
How Judiciary Has Institutionalized Curb On Free Speech
How Judiciary Has Institutionalized Curb On Free Speech “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want […]
The Basic Structure Debate
The Basic Structure Debate At a glance, I applaud the judges of the apex court for giving their decision on the 18th and 21st Amendments. The […]
A Minor Guardian
A Minor Guardian Is a Constitutional Court, or the Supreme Court in our case, the best institution to protect the rights of minorities in a country? […]
Pakistani Democracy Is Not Meant For The People
Pakistani Democracy Is Not Meant For The People Pakistani democracy, though it is ‘by’ the people, it is not meant ‘for’ the people. Actually, Pakistani democracy is […]
The Modern Vanguard?
The Modern Vanguard? As a political scientist in the making, I was explained by my westernized instructors that secularism, separation of the mosque and the state, […]