PMs judicial ouster and selective accountability on July 29, 2017The Supreme Court has delivered the final judgment in the Panama Leaks case. The Court has disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif by a majority of 5-0. Nawaz Sharif stands disqualified and the matter against him and his children, Ishaq Dar, and Cap (r) Safdar, has been sent to NAB in the light of JIT report presented […]
Disqualification of PM highly unlikely on July 8, 2017The five-member bench of the Supreme Court gave its judgment in Panama Leaks case on April 20. Three of the judges — Justice Ejaz Afzal, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Hasan — considered that the material placed before them is not sufficient to grant the petitioners the relief of disqualification of the Prime […]
Civil service woes on June 1, 2017Civil Service in general and quality of civil servants in particular comes under discussion in media every year after the declaration of Central Superior Services (CSS) examination results. The discussion is mostly about the dismal rate at which candidates clear the CSS examination. Media pundits are often led to link the low rate of success […]