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A deserving raise?

A deserving raise?

The recent increase in legislators’ salaries is in sync with similar raises for other public officials.

06.02.2025 40

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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

South Asian parliaments need better systems for elections on reserved seats

14.01.2025 10

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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

A decade after Peshawar school attack, Pakistan is back to debating seminaries

https://arab.news/c57f4 It was exactly ten years ago, after the deadly attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on the Army Public School in...

15.12.2024 4

Arab News Pakistan

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

Delayed electoral justice

PAKISTAN’S Constitution allows only one avenue to challenge the outcome of an election to the national parliament or a provincial assembly and that...

24.11.2024 5

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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 4

Arab News Pakistan

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

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 4

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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 7

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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...

19.10.2024 30

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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 10

Arab News Pakistan

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

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 10

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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...

22.08.2024 3

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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

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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 4

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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob