Anees Jillani
In January Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appeared in the Supreme Court in a contempt of court case. On April 26, a seven-member Supreme Court bench held the prime minister guilty of contempt for refusing to obey the court’s order to write to the authorities in Switzerland to ask them to reopen corruption cases against President Zardari.
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By Dr Faisal Bari
If you were the Prime Minister of Pakistan and your mother had applied for an electricity connection, and she Continue reading
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Jamil Nasir
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
“Revenue is the chief preoccupation of the state. Nay, more; it is the state,” Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, once said. This dictum of Burke holds for all times as it is not possible to run the state machinery without tax money. Continue reading
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Affan Taj
CORRUPTION has haunted Pakistan since its birth. Different governments have been dislodged on the basis of such allegations and every institution, it is said, is victim to it.
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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
THE anti-corruption brigade is gathering steam, or so it would seem. What were already lofty claims are getting loftier by the day.
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By Raza Rumi
The highly mediatised ‘rise’ of Imran Khan is promising because it engages the country’s largest segment of population i.e., the youth. This could potentially herald a new beginning in the political sense. Continue reading
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By Raja Zahid Raza
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The dismal state of democracy in Pakistan, amongst many other factors, is also due to lack of self-regulating norms and transparency within the political parties. It is sad to note that political parties, despite criticism from everyone, are not ready to introduce democracy within their structure and working.
Unless these parties reform themselves by introducing fundamental changes in their working, there is no hope for sustainable democratic set-up in Pakistan. Continue reading
Jamil Nasir
In a corruption-ridden and misgoverned society, corruption hits you the most when you are already in thick soup due to some misfortune which may not necessarily be your own doing. Continue reading
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Dr Farrukh Saleem
The eleventh president of the Islami Jamhooria Pakistan is accused of having accumulated billions of dollars beyond his known sources of income. Continue reading
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By: Muhammad Jamil
It is a matter of grave concern that corruption has deeply permeated in every strata of our society. Scandals about misappropriation and plundering of billions from the banks and other federal, provincial and semi-government departments abound. However, the Pakistani military has maintained its reputation of being the least corrupt, according to a recent survey released by the Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), as compared to other institutions in the country.
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