The Supreme Court, the apex court of Pakistan has been criticized by many over its dual standard proceedings. Some believe that the SC does not extend similar deference to the civilian government that it does with the military. It is quite fraught with danger in Pakistan to target the security establishment, which is used to […]
The children of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (BB) defend the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and their father, Asif Ali Zardari, on twitter, the microblogging website. In order to defend President Asif Ali Zardari and promote their ancestral part, the children of the slain former prime minister are very active users of the social networking website. […]
Despite Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are ruling the city of Karachi, the Sunday’s power show hosted by Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) erased any signs of their presence over ground opposite to Mazaar-e-Quaid. Leaders of religious and political parties under the banner of the DPC pledged that they would offer every sacrifice […]
Good Governance – Making governments socially accountability Public participation is the cornerstone of the drive towards promoting and ensuring good governance in a society. However, in developing countries like Pakistan, instead of playing an active role in providing their input for the governance process and policy formulation aimed at public welfare, thanks to a limited […]
Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) will hold a sit-in in front of parliament on February 20 against drone attacks and expected restoration of NATO supplies, while it would call an all parties conference (APC) on Baluchistan issue on 27 instant in Quetta. Chairman Difa-e-Pakistan Council Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Ameer of JI Syed Munawar Hassan, and Ameer Jammad-ud-Dawah Hafiz […]
The dismissal of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani’s intra court appeal in the contempt of court case has kicked off a debate among the parliamentarians on who could be his successor. During the last two days, parliamentarians have been discussing the possibility of having a new leader of the house if Gilani loses the […]
Supreme Court summons Chief Secretary KPK and Defence Minister: Missing Persons Case Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan today summoned the Federal Minister for Defence and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) to appear before the court in missing persons’ case on Monday, February 13. Headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, […]
Politics of relief in Pakistan The present government, to which the masses look to in hope for some relief in their daily lives, has been centre of criticism and was being besieged by opposition parties and other state organs. It is even difficult to consider any government anywhere in the world being able to deliver […]
HRCP expresses deep concerns at Sindh University situation Lahore, February 9: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the recent developments at Sindh University where, following the killing of Professor Bashir Channar on January 2, unjustified action has been taken against protesting teachers. A statement issued by the Commission on Thursday said: “HRCP notes with […]
Experts emphasize on institutionalization of Social Accountability (SAc), CoP on SAc formed ISLAMABAD (09 February 2012) Speakers, while highlighting the importance of social accountability in ensuring good governance and effective public service delivery, called for institutionalization of social accountability tools at government level and urge the citizens to play active role in public sector accountability […]
The assassination of Balochistan MPA Bakhtiar Domki’s wife and daughter along with their driver, in Karachi, was a highly sensitive matter. Domki’s wife was sister of Baloch insurgent leader Brahmdagh Bugti and granddaughter of Nawab Akbar Bugti. An immediate high level investigation of the matter is need of the hour to bring the culprits before […]
MPs express concerns over U.S. Congressional hearing on Balochistan Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday expressed concerns over the Congressional hearing on Balochistan, saying Americans wanted to make the province an independent territory to use it as a route to Central Asia. While speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, PML-Q Member […]