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Muhammad Waqar Rana

The farce of caretaker govts
Opinion

The farce of caretaker govts

The preamble to the constitution and the Objectives Resolution (1949) clearly mandate that state shall exercise its...
Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:19am
A grand dialogue
Opinion

A grand dialogue

It has been generally noticed in the course of history of mankind that when a people face great upheavals and...
Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Judicialization of politics
Opinion

Judicialization of politics

Judicialization of politics means that courts exercise judicial power to decide political questions. Superior courts...
Updated 26 Oct, 2022 11:46am
A new political accord
Opinion

A new political accord

Pakistan is now seventy-five. In these long years there were very few occasions when a genuine joy was felt by the...
Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am
An economic doomsday?
Opinion

An economic doomsday?

Economy is the most important aspect of a modern state’s life. Pakistan faces an unprecedented and deep economic...
Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am
Estranged federation
Opinion

Estranged federation

The federation of Pakistan faces an unprecedented estrangement and discontent from its people in different ...
Published 02 May, 2022 05:46am
Hostile no-confidence motion
Opinion

Hostile no-confidence motion

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government ended on 10 April 2022 with the passing of a no-confidence...
Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am
New electoral reforms — II
Opinion

New electoral reforms — II

The second and more important reason for the failure of democracy in Pakistan is that the electoral process has been...
Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am
New electoral reforms—I
Opinion

New electoral reforms—I

Reforms are a process of improvement whereby political institutions are revitalized for better performance and...
Updated 08 Dec, 2021 06:48am
Politics and judiciary
Opinion

Politics and judiciary

Pakistan’s judiciary is in the eye of a political storm. A former Chief Justice has been accused of his ...
Updated 04 Dec, 2021 01:38pm
Legislation in joint sitting
Opinion

Legislation in joint sitting

Pakistan’s Parliament in an unprecedented move passed a number of controversial bills in a hurriedly summoned ...
Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am
Season of change?
Opinion

Season of change?

Political dramas have identical plots like Greek tragedies. An unusual movement on the political stage of Pakistan...
Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am
Media and rule of law
Opinion

Media and rule of law

Freedom of speech and press are the hallmarks of a free society. Media educates and informs people. It helps them...
Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am
Public offices and partymen
Opinion

Public offices and partymen

A constitutional government on a liberal tradition is established where political power is exercised subject to...
Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am
The Afghan conundrum
Opinion

The Afghan conundrum

On 14 April 1988 when the Geneva Accords were being signed to end the war and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,...
Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am
A prosperous South Asia
Opinion

A prosperous South Asia

India’s leading contemporary politician-intellectual Shashi Tharoor’s declamation at Oxford (2015) about the ...
Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am