Promise Tracking
PPP compromises its promise of promoting cultural and entertainment venues
Promise Pakistan People’s Party had promised in its 2013 manifesto to promote cultural and entertainment venues such as art galleries, theatres, cinemas, exhibition halls, fair and festival grounds, parks and playing fields and libraries. Background When it comes to working on the promotion and development of cultural activities our government becomes zombies. Pakistan, where health …
PTI fulfills promise of providing free fee vouchers to students
PROMISE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in its election manifesto for 2013 promised the public to provide free fee voucher to private schools students who had government schools situated far-flung from their villages. Background PTI government’s plan, Iqra Farogh-e-Taleem Education Scheme under article 25-A of the constitution, promised provision of vouchers to parents of out of school …
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Taking the jab out of NAB
The National Accountability Bureau, NAB, is again the centre of news these days. The autonomous body made during the regime of General Pervez Musharraf, 1999, was accused of levying political victimization on the political opponents at the time. The practice continues. Corruption has become a deep-rooted menace of our society; threatening democracy by curtailing the …
In the land of the pure
The latest news of Hindu girls’ prosleytising to Islam has alarmed many rights activists and minority leaders in Pakistan, who fear that the girls are forced to convert. The fact that most cases occur with women, most of whom are underage, mocks the absence of a legal succor. Pakistan is home to over 3 million …
Bilawal-Nawaz meeting: A new undocumented CoD?
The meeting between Bilawal Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore was reminiscent of the consultations between Bilawal’s mother, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and MNS for the Charter of Democracy (CoD). BB-MNS meetings took place under cosier circumstances in Jeddah and London, while Bilawal-MNS meeting was held in jail when he went to …
