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Contempt of parliament

IN an unprecedented move, the National Assembly passed the Contempt of Majlis-i-Shoora (Parliament) Bill, 2023, on May 15. The bill will, however,...

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Another controversial census?

THE ongoing seventh population census in Pakistan is extraordinary in many respects. It is the first census which is taking place after the shortest...

07.05.2023 100

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SCO conference in India: Should Bilawal Goa?

https://arab.news/6uuz9 The debate in Pakistan was raging even before Pakistan’s Foreign Office confirmed that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will himself...

26.04.2023 20

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A work in progress

DURING the past 50 years, the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan has been amended 23 times — an amendment every two years on average. This is no surprise...

08.04.2023 100

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Pakistan’s inter-institutional strains are tearing it apart

https://arab.news/6y5rn Pakistan is in the middle of an unprecedented crisis over relations between the judiciary and the executive.  Strains and...

04.04.2023 40

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Lessons from past crises

PAKISTAN’S political crisis is deepening with every passing day. The fact that the Punjab Assembly election that was scheduled for April 30 has been...

26.03.2023 100

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How the population census could impact Pakistan’s coming elections

https://arab.news/9n8r5 This is election year in Pakistan. The dates for the election of provincial assemblies in the two provinces – Punjab and...

18.03.2023 10

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Kept in the dark

IF one goes by the poll dates fixed by the president of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor for election to the provincial assemblies of...

18.03.2023 90

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Elections in Pakistan will not necessarily herald stability

https://arab.news/vwzdb Pakistan’s constitution requires that the election of a national or provincial assembly must be held within 90 days if it...

04.03.2023 40

Arab News Pakistan

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Is there a way out?

PAKISTAN has encountered many difficulties in the past, including a near meltdown of its economy in 1968; a real or engineered breakdown of the...

04.03.2023 200

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The rocky road between Pakistan’s judiciary and parliament needs fixing

https://arab.news/pfqw6 Most democratic countries, whether based on parliamentary or presidential systems, stand on three distinct pillars of the...

17.02.2023 10

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Elusive common ground

PAKISTAN has seen several extreme levels of confrontation between political actors in its 75 years of existence. A mammoth people’s movement had...

17.02.2023 80

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Staggered elections

PAKISTAN has never experienced a staggered general election with polls to one or more provincial assemblies taking place months apart from polls to...

10.02.2023 100

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Poll credibility

THE first major test of the current Election Commission, in fact the entire nation, is less than 90 days away. With the dissolution of the provincial...

21.01.2023 70

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Parliament’s tumultuous year

EVEN by Pakistani standards, where there is never a dull moment in politics and parliament, 2022 was an extraordinarily tumultuous year. Our 15...

02.01.2023 80

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Emergency provisions

WITH each passing day, the state of animosity between the PTI, along with the two provincial governments it controls, and the federal government, that...

25.12.2022 70

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Can the youth vote impact Pakistan’s next election?

https://arab.news/5jv3r Pakistan is one of the youngest countries of the world with a median age of around 22 years.  It is the 36th youngest...

16.12.2022 30

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Timing of the next election

FORMER prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan is relentlessly continuing his campaign, in one way or the other, to push Prime Minister Shehbaz...

10.12.2022 100

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How expensive is democracy?

CONTRARY to the parliamentary calendar of the legislature, the Punjab provincial assembly has been continuously in session for the last seven months....

03.12.2022 200

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Toshakhana controversy

‘TOSHAKHANA’ — the local definition of the state treasury where gifts received by state officials are deposited — was not a very familiar term...

24.11.2022 80

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