Electoral reforms inevitable on December 16, 2020Abraham Lincoln described democracy as government of the people, by the people and for the people. In the modern era democracy is acknowledged as the best form of representative governance as majority of the countries of the world have a democratic dispensation, though they have different modes of electing the members of the legislatures. In […]
ECONOMIC RECOVERY CLAIMS CORROBORATED on November 30, 2020Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the ‘Pakistan Strategy Dialogue ‘ under the auspices of World Economic Forum told his global audience that after enduring the debilitating impact of first wave of corona virus and various economic challenges, the economy of the country was now stable and moving in the right direction. This recovery he […]
RIGHT STEPS TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION on February 2, 2020The PTI government took yet another significant step towards poverty alleviation and amelioration of the indigent and poor through the launch of EhsasKafalat Card inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on 31 January. Under the new initiative Rs.2000 monthly cash payments will be made to seven million women envisaged to benefit from it. Coming under […]
WHY WORLD MUST ACT NOW on September 16, 2019The address to the mammoth public rally in Muzaffarbad by Prime Minister Imran Khan was a pragmatic and visionary discourse of a statesman par excellence who was unravelling the gravity of the situation in IOK to his people in the backdrop of the unilateral action by the Modi government to end the special status of […]
Pemra Not At Fault on July 14, 2019The cabinet in its meeting on 9 July took serious view of the interview of the former President Asif Ali Zardari by Hamid Mir for Geo TV which was taken off the air immediately after it started. The Prime Minister particularly seemed irked by the episode and it was decided to ask PEMRA to justify […]
Naya Pakistan – a nightmare on May 26, 2019It would be an understatement to say that the promised emergence of Naya Pakistan has failed to actualize. In fact the dream for Naya Pakistan has turned into a nightmare for all those who believed in the unrealistic and utopian ideas of Imran Khan about making Pakistan a vibrant and prosperous nation with no problems […]
BRI: A ROAD MAP TO GLOBAL PROSPERITY on April 28, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan was right on money when addressing the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing he said “In a world of geopolitical uncertainty, of rising inequality and barriers to trade, the BRI offers a model of collaboration, partnership, connectivity and shared prosperity. The phenomenal rise of China as world’s world second biggest […]
Reporters need to be more discreet on February 2, 2017My motivation to contribute this discourse stems from a news report published a few days ago, in a national daily regarding Prime Minister’s visit to Davos and the negation of its contents by the spokesman of the World Economic Forum. The story claimed that the Prime Minister was not allowed to address the forum due […]
Political gimmickry on January 26, 2017Undoubtedly, parliament is the mother of all state institutions and a forum to resolve issues, which pertain to governance and delivery to the masses. In a democratic dispensation, its importance in this regard can hardly be over-emphasized. But it is regrettable to note that our politicians, who cry hoarse from every convenient roof-top to sell […]
Challenges and response on January 19, 2017Governments all over the world have the disadvantage of incumbency. Their political opponents and detractors always find it convenient to denigrate the policies of the sitting government to gain political mileage. Pakistan is no exception to this phenomenon. It is then left to the independent analysts and commentators to give a clear and impartial picture […]