The Local Government Acts for each province, in their current form, provide limited autonomy to local councils, concerning fiscal management and...
After a short democratic term under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , the military once again got control of state power through General Ziaul Haq’s military...
The motivation of writing a series of articles on local governance in Pakistan came from an insightful discussion on the subject organized recently...
It keeps us on our toes to defend the fortress of morality and keep the power of a shrewd politician far away from us. It keeps us engaged in a...
The writer is a social development and policy adviser, and a freelance columnist based in Islamabad.In our era of neo-liberalism, the development...
The conventional wisdom of according an unquestionable role to microfinance in poverty alleviation has recently been challenged partly because there...
December 16 – which has just passed – prompts reflection, introspection and resolution for political course correction to build a federal...
The writer is a social development and policy adviser, and a freelance columnist based in Islamabad.No reasons, explanations or lamentations on...
What has gone wrong with recent predictions about a possible tussle between the PTI government and state institutions? The controversy over the...
The writer is a social development and policy adviser, and a freelance columnist based in Islamabad.Gilgit-Baltistan has become the hub of private...
