Financial inclusion of low-income groups a must for economic growth on April 16, 2019The Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmad while talking to this scribe said that the equal opportunities for all to accessing and using the financial services would make the newly introduced and adopted National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) to contribute significantly in the economic growth. Lack of access to formal financial services commonly […]
Feminist women’s march on March 13, 2019March 8 is globally marked as an International Women’s Day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. As stated, no one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women’s network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women’s Day. […]
Some advice for New Delhi on February 26, 2019It seems that India has successfully jeopardised the joyous momentum of cash-starved Pakistan that was built up by the hyped two-day visit of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS). Though the Saudi visit was merely a bunch of MoUs for Pakistan, it disturbed the cunning Indian government that has secured even more MoUs than […]
Judicial commission on CTD ‘encounters’, why not? on February 5, 2019In an exclusive interview with a private TV channel on Sunday night, the family of deceased Khalil, who was killed along with his wife and daughter by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in a shady encounter in Sahiwal, reiterated its dissatisfaction with the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and its ongoing probe. They also threatened […]
Is the CTD team being saved? on January 31, 2019Ten days after the so-called ‘encounter’ near Sahiwal on GT Road, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab province has sent two suicide jackets and 10 hand-grenades to the forensic agency. The agency has shown its incapacity to examine it. The agency experts believe it is too late for them to examine the ‘recoveries’ […]
Another suspicious action of the CTD on January 22, 2019The repeatedly changing statements of the Punjab Police and its Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) have led to doubts and reservations about their version of the Sahiwal killings. The CTD’s conflicting statements clearly reflect on attempts to cover-up the incident staged on Saturday on the GT Road in Qadirabad area near Sahiwal. Apparently in a staged […]
For a strong and fair NAB indeed on January 14, 2019National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was doing great until the former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and some of his close aides were being grilled quite roughly for the inadequately defined and comprehended accusations. Apparently Mian Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as prime minister on the allegations of concealed assets in one case […]
Behind the 18th Amendment on January 9, 2019Confrontation in the political arena is crossing the chaotic limits. Government intends to comply with its mandate – elimination of corruption by hook or by crook. Unfortunately, the reports of the Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) have proved to be only a set of rumours and allegations. Perhaps, that is why the Chief Justice of Pakistan […]
In the name of corruption on January 3, 2019Where would the process of selected accountability lead us to? This question is becoming more crucial day by day as Pakistan Tahreek e Insaaf government keeps fiddling around with everyone in the democratic system. Despite a thin borrowed majority in the centre and in the Punjab province, the government is going head on with the […]
Confusions for us and the US on December 27, 2018The last week has been quite confusing on many fronts especially for Pakistan and South Asia. For Pakistanis, the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government achieved new frontiers of ‘accountability’. Two accused of corruption, the deputy director Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and the chief executive officer of the University of Sargodha Lahore campus, died in the […]