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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

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There is a case for mandatory polio vaccinations in Pakistan

https://arab.news/yrkdc All Pakistani media has been awash with the coverage of local political developments and court battles involving political...

05.11.2024 20

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High-stakes reserved seats

RESERVED seats for women and non-Muslims in our legislatures have been a long-standing feature of Pakistan’s political system, but they had never...

02.11.2024 70

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Unpacking the amendment

SUCCESSIVE governments and parliaments in Pakistan have appeared obsessed with constitutional amendments related to the judiciary, especially the...

27.10.2024 100

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Amendments past & present

THIS is not the first time that a package of multiple constitutional amendments is being contemplated. The package of amendments under the umbrella of...

19.10.2024 200

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Turf war between Pakistan’s judiciary and executive

https://arab.news/mwakj The conflict between the executive and judicial branches of governments is a matter of routine in democracies across the...

17.09.2024 100

Arab News Pakistan

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Missing NSC

August was an extraordinarily bloody month in Pakistan, indicating a precarious internal security situation. On Aug 23, a convoy of policemen...

07.09.2024 200

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Test for fragile democracy

IN stark contrast to the controversies emanating from the general elections in February, the allocation of reserved seats to political parties in the...

22.08.2024 100

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Pakistan’s vacant parliamentary seats have big human rights repercussions

https://arab.news/wvjwd Pakistan doesn’t enjoy an enviable status in international rankings on the treatment of women and minorities. For example,...

13.08.2024 4

Arab News Pakistan

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

Budget and parliament

ALTHOUGH an intense public debate had been going on about the contents and quality of the recently passed federal budget, there has not been much...

20.07.2024 90

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Saga of reserved seats

ON May 6, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court suspended the order of the Peshawar High Court which had denied 77 reserved seats to the Sunni...

18.05.2024 60

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Senate election controversy

HARDLY any election in Pakistan has been free of controversy. This includes Senate elections. The recent presidential election was a rare exception....

08.04.2024 40

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Pak-US ties and the letter that finally arrived

https://arab.news/yyxf2 Less than a month after Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan, he received a letter from US...

04.04.2024 10

Arab News Pakistan

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Addressing poll disputes

NEARLY two months after polling day, there seems to be no sign that the controversy raging over the integrity of general election 2024 will subside...

24.03.2024 80

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Caretaker system’s future

THE national sentiment seems to be strongly opposed to the continuation of the current constitutional arrangement of appointing caretaker governments...

09.03.2024 100

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A matter of form

AT the centre of the raging controversy over the Feb 8 election results are two forms prescribed in Election Rules, 2017: Form-45 is the Result of the...

25.02.2024 80

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Will instability be Pakistan’s political hallmark?

20.02.2024 20

Arab News Pakistan

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

Delay in election results

ELECTIONS results are generally a contentious affair in Pakistan. Although the first general election in 1970 is considered to have been relatively...

17.02.2024 70

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Candidates for Election 2024

NOW that the final list of contesting candidates has been released by the Election Commission of Pakistan, it has emerged that an unprecedented number...

28.01.2024 100

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How personalities overshadow key issues in Pakistani elections? 

https://arab.news/p87pe Issues are generally of secondary importance in Pakistani elections which are usually dominated by debate around...

02.01.2024 30

Arab News Pakistan

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Rehabilitating Nawaz

SINCE PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan on Oct 21, the process of dispensing justice to him in the plethora of cases he became entangled...

24.12.2023 50

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How is politics funded in Pakistan?

THE promised poll of Feb 8 is two months away. It is around this time that the collection and spending of funds by election candidates and political...

04.12.2023 200

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