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- Fazl ur Rehman’s protest march is not the first of its kind but it sure is the latest in a series of marches and agitations seeking to dislodge the government in Pakistan. It is too early to say whether Rehman will succeed in making Prime Minister Imran Khan resign or be faced with an embarrass...
- Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ which landed in Islamabad on Oct. 31, was the most recent of many other so-called ‘long marches’ on the federal capital in the last decade. But as Rehman’s much hyped freedom march seems already like history, it is important to analyse if it was in fact, a complete...
- It is one of those times in our political history when the opposition is at least numerically very strong in the parliament and provincial assemblies. In the National Assembly, opposition parties hold 146 or 46 percent of the total 342 seats. The opposition commands a majority in the Senate, wh...
- The idea of a new South Punjab province is once again making news. The ruling party, PTI, announced on March 11 its intention to table a constitutional amendment bill in the parliament in April aimed at the creation of such a province. It also announced it would establish a South Punjab ‘mini’ ...
- Should parliament continue working despite the coronavirus pandemic? At least some civil society organizations in Pakistan earlier thought so and demanded that both parliament and provincial assemblies continue meeting during the crisis. Initially, Indian Prime Minister Modi had thought so too...
- As the confrontation between the ruling coalition and the combined opposition seems to be intensifying and crossing all limits, saner elements in the political parties and beyond are getting worried about the possible outcome of the war of words being waged on national and social media 24/7. N...
- During the last nine months, the details and extent of playing politics right in the middle of the pandemic are different in different societies, but political considerations have continued to dominate almost all multi-party democracies including Pakistan. The mode of playing politics, howeve...
- Accountability has been political Pakistan’s obsession from day one – literally. Soon after coming into existence, Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly passed the Public and Representative Offices (Disqualification) Act, 1949 (PRODA) with retrospective effect from 15th August 1947 – day one f...
- The 10-party opposition alliance known as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was considering, not so long ago, that it would resign from the National Assembly and four provincial Assemblies under the mistaken belief that this would render the Senate electoral college incomplete and in turn,...
- Since 1993, the question of enabling overseas Pakistanis to vote in Pakistani elections from their respective countries of residence has been hanging fire. At least eight litigations are on record to seek this facility for overseas citizens. The efforts, both political and technological, have, ...
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