A quest for sanctity: vote to voters on April 30, 2018Democracy belongs to people, its people who have the right to choose, no one has the authority to tip over their choice. These are some of those many statements, which people of Pakistan have been listening since 28th July, 2017. Yes it’s a one year story of then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. A man, who […]
Tax amnesty: a political gimmick? on April 10, 2018In the very last half of its innings, the government has played a front foot cover drive by introducing a tax amnesty scheme. The tax amnesty scheme or reform scheme (as the prime minister said) has been divided into three major parts. Two parts of the plan are mainly related to the amnesty while the […]
CSS 2016 result: where is the intelligent lot? on May 15, 2017Civil Superior Services (CSS) is the dream job in Pakistan. Almost every young person in the country regardless of the gender wants to become part of it. Therefore, every year almost thousands of people appear in the CSS examination. In last couple of years, due to rising unemployment and squeezing job market in the country, […]
The significance of regulatory authorities on December 28, 2016Constitutional economics studies the role of constitution in forming and implementing various economic policy measures. Every developed as well as developing nation provides legal and constitutional cover to its economic institutions and different regulatory authorities. The regulatory authorities and different economic institutions smoothly run through this system. In this regard, the Government of Pakistan also […]
The politics over the Quetta carnage judicial inquiry report on December 19, 2016The inquiry report on the Quetta Carnage has raised some very serious and vital questions on the internal security mechanism of the country. In the past few years since the Operation Zarb-e-Azab, the security analysts believe that the security paradigm of Pakistan has changed. Now internal security is an essential part of the new security […]
SAARC and the new hegemonic power in South Asia on October 4, 2016South Asia has been known to the world for two reasons: rapid population growth and the Kashmir dispute. These two problems have always affected the region’s economic and social standards of living. The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) came into existence in 1985. SAARC was established to increase regional co-operation in all fields […]
CPEC: a source of regional integration not conflict on September 19, 2016The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the new eye-catching economic project for the region. According to experts, this project has the ability to alter the overall geo-political and economic fate of the region. South Asia, more specifically the subcontinent, has always remained a vital source of economic growth for foreign nations. The historical evidence is […]
The curious case of Orange Train on August 23, 2016The Orange Train has remained one of the most discussed topics in the last few months. From feasibility to root, everything related to this project not only came to limelight, the people of the city have also shown a mixed reaction towards the project. The haphazard start of the project had made the situation alarming […]
Why young doctors protest on August 1, 2016In the past few years, doctors, and especially “young” doctors have spent more time on roads than in hospitals. They were on roads for pay scales and job structuring, and recently, to demonstrate their grievances against the new policy for admission in post-graduation programmes. Is this the right way to demonstrate any kind of grievance? […]
Budget 2016-2017: the homeopathic remedy on June 8, 2016The budget for the fiscal year 2016-2017 has arrived. As expected, government yet again presented a conventional financial scheme for the next year with targeted benefits for agriculture sector and exporters. The total outlay of the budget is 4.394 trillion rupees, out of which 1.45 trillion rupees will be used for debt-servicing and interest payments […]