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SC Rulings, Constitutional Features Major Hurdle To Presidential System

SC Rulings, Constitutional Features Major Hurdle To Presidential System

The presidential form of government can’t be introduced here even through a constitutional amendment as the Supreme Court in its past different rulings has already declared “parliamentary form of government”…

Why Pakistan & India Coming Down On World Press Freedom Index?

Why Pakistan & India Coming Down On World Press Freedom Index?

No one can kill a story by killing a journalist. Many slain journalists often became story of courage and bravery after their murder. Guillermo Cano is one of them. He…

Living In A Volatile Neighbourhood

Living In A Volatile Neighbourhood

Pakistan has four neighbours — Afghanistan, China, India and Iran. Following the country’s borderline, this way of looking at Pakistan’s immediate neighbourhood leaves a gap: the Line of Control, or…

The Curse Of Riba

The Curse Of Riba

Last week I went to Karachi – the city of lights – my city. There I met a number of well-known, successful industrialists who have been a pillar of strength…

Prisoner Of Ego

Prisoner Of Ego

Ensuring rule of law and upholding sanctity of the Constitution is as imperative for the rulers as it is for the opposition parties. In a democratic dispensation the ruling party…

NAB & Deep Wounds of a Retired Top Bureaucrat

NAB & Deep Wounds of a Retired Top Bureaucrat

A retired federal secretary and FBR former chairman M Iqbal Farid is fighting his case both in the apex court and with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Bureau’s high…