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Barrister Zamir Ghumro
Barrister Zamir Ghumro

  • April 22, 2024

    Are provinces autonomous?

    If Sindh earmarks Rs20 million per police station, it will cost only Rs10 billion to make them effective first responders

  • April 01, 2024

    Beyond the centre

    The federal government has miserably failed to increase its tax-to-GDP ratio to 15 per cent or implement devolution under the 18th Amendmen

  • March 06, 2024

    Jurisdiction matters

    A representational image of gavel in a court. — Unsplash/FileThe two main pillars of a viable social contract between citizens and state are a...

  • January 28, 2024

    Manifesto of hope

    PPP intends to use these saved funds on poverty alleviation and hopes to transition Pakistan into a welfare state

  • December 09, 2022

    Judicial powers

    In all federations, powers between constituent units are shared on an equitable basis. Powers vested in federal organs are clearly specified in the...

  • September 24, 2021

    Principles of appointment

    Various views on the appointment of Supreme Court judges have been floating around lately. While adding to the controversy of whether the...

  • February 04, 2021

    Judicial governance

    Ultimately, the accountability of the judiciary is a more serious matter than the accountability of the executive branch as the judiciary is not...

  • May 27, 2020

    Understanding the NFC

    Distribution of tax revenue between the federal government and the provinces is based on a simple formula under the 1973 constitution. It has...

  • May 11, 2020

    A convenient scapegoat

    The 1973 constitution was a consensus document. It was formulated and agreed by all political parties, and arrived at with great difficulty after...

  • November 16, 2019

    Accountability and the law

    The recent accountability regime in the form of the National Accountability Ordinance was introduced in 1999 under the Proclamation of Emergency and...

  • October 30, 2019

    Police reforms

    Police reforms have been an important topic of discussion in the country, in an attempt to prevent crime as well as prevent police brutality in...

  • October 10, 2019

    Follow the constitution

    The issue of new provinces or doing away with the current provinces has bedevilled the nation from 1954, although no Pakistani constitution from...

  • September 18, 2019

    Article 149: an explainer

    Furore over the interpretation of Article 149 continues, despite its clear and explicit language that the federal government, in order to exercise...