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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

  • March 28, 2024

    Senate: why the secrecy?

    It is therefore a settled matter now that, until the constitution is amended, the secret ballot mode of Senate election cannot be changed

  • July 15, 2023

    News Analysis: Discussing poll reforms just 38 days before end of NA term

    It was somewhat surprising to see a Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms becoming active just 38 days before the National Assembly...

  • February 21, 2023

    Alvi move plunges country into crisis

    President Arif Alvi Monday announced date for election of two provincial assemblies

  • August 14, 2022

    Lessons in party fund-raising

    Probably for the first time in the country’s history, public attention has been drawn towards the critical but largely neglected subject of...

  • August 03, 2022

    What follows ECP verdict

    The ECP verdict seems to have fallen short of the expectations of some political observers

  • May 12, 2017

    Learning from catastrophes

    While driving along the roads of Dubai, I witnessed two cars that had collided with each other. This compelled me to ask my friend who has been...

  • April 27, 2017

    Energy without direction

    I was calmly driving on Canal Road in Lahore when a suddenly motorcyclist hurtled past my car at a high speed. The sound of the motorbike was loud...

  • April 12, 2017

    Strengthening parliament

    Youth Parliament Pakistan, a project that was launched in 2007, had the basic purpose of engaging the youth of our country in healthy discourses on...

  • April 01, 2017

    A fine balance

    “You look tired,” I observed. “Sir, I go to office at 9am and leave for home around 8pm or 9pm or sometimes 10pm and it has almost...

  • March 06, 2017

    A silent killer

    I recently had the pleasure and opportunity to conduct training sessions at the Punjab Judicial Academy. The topic that was assigned to me was...

  • February 23, 2017

    For public transport

    Congested roadways make it difficult for people to reach office on time, adding more burden in their stressful lives. At the end of the routine...

  • February 17, 2017

    The perils of proliferation

    Two psychologists conducted the Robbers Cave experiment to investigate conflicts within groups. They divided 22 boys a group of 12-year-olds who...

  • February 07, 2017

    Trump’s leap towards isolation

    Trump is trying to take the US back to the 1920s and 1930s when it had adopted a policy of isolationism – a basic refusal to get involved in...