Major step forward to improve access to finance in Pakistan amid COVID-19 on May 10, 2020ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s micro, small and medium sized enterprises and individual consumers are set to benefit from the creation of an electronic registry that allows for the country’s financial institutions to use moveable assets such as agricultural produce as collateral for loans. The move follows the launch of the collateral registry by the Securities and Exchange […]
Making Budgets more Inclusive and Responsive to the Public Needs on March 27, 2020How budget cycle works, what is cut motion, to whom the budget is presented in the first place, what is Budget Call Circular and inclusive budgeting – these are some of the question which need to be addressed since a vast majority of the parliamentarians in the federal and provincial assemblies are not aware of […]
Regulating private schools fee – a tough call on October 10, 2019The supreme court of Pakistan on June 12, 2019, gave a verdict regarding private schools fee. In its decision, the Supreme Court allowed schools for a 5% increase and asked private schools to recalculate their fees as of January 2017. The court said that private schools, in violation of the law, had excessively increased fees […]
Regulating private schools on September 19, 2019The government should improve its own schools instead of creating problems for private schools. Let private schools operate as an open market economy to charge high fee to the parents against quality education. Let parents decide whether they want to send their kids to private schools or public sector schools. These are the popular arguments […]
Addressing public grievances on June 18, 2019Citizen’s Portal is an interface between the public and the government. It is a welcome improvement on grievance handling and speaks of government’s commitment mitigating citizens’ problems. However, there is a long way to go as many government departments are not ready to be as responsive to the citizen as the prime minister might expect […]
Is education still a priority of PTI government? on June 15, 2019A few years back, when Imran Khan and PTI’s struggle was in full swing for the federal government, they utilised every avenue to sell education as their top priority. They called it a “mega project” against the infrastructural projects of the PML-N government. Several media campaigns were run to promote education reforms in KP, and […]
Children need attention of the State on January 31, 2019Child abuse and violence against children is becoming a new norm in our society. We don’t accept this but the frequency of cases being reported in the media tells another story – yet these are among the few cases that have been reported. The recent case of a girl named Uzma who was killed in […]
First 100 Days of KP Education on December 25, 2018Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf completed its five years and 100 days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. If we speak of education reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the past five years of PTI government will be counted as the most successful with a significant focus on education reforms and merit-based inductions of nearly 40,000 teachers. The then minister education Atif […]
Strengthening GBV Response Systems on December 22, 2018In our society violence is prevalent, it takes the form of child abuse, child marriages, domestic violence and honor killings. While the case of child abuse and child marriages are increasing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the government has decided to close down the child protection unit which will create a huge gap in the system as […]
Counting 100 Days on December 2, 201870 years of Pakistan’s politics, and this was the first time, the 100 days of a newly formed government were so enthusiastically counted by a vast majority of the Pakistanis — regardless of whether they loved PTI or other parties. This is clearly a huge achievement of PTI beyond the 100 days. The awareness among […]