Promise Tracking
Kissan package for Lodhran, Nawaz Sharif
The promise Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had announced a Rs. 2.5 billion Kissan (farmers) Package for the development of Lodhran district in Southern Punjab on November 6, 2015. Background The prime minister in November last year had announced the package for the district at a time when the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced …
PML-N has reneged on its promise to legislate on forced disappearance
The Promise Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised in February 2012 that when in power his party would enact legislation on missing persons. He had also promised that when in power they would recover all the missing persons. Background During the last tenure of PPP government, voices coming from almost all quarters spoke against forced disappearances …
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People’s support to PTI is shrinking
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) won majority seats in the country’s biggest by-elections on October 14th. Still these election results must be taken as a matter of grave concern by the PTI’s sages as it shockingly lost all four seats (Two form the national assembly and two form Punjab Assembly.) from Lahore including NA-131, vacated by Prime …
Open society and the doctrine of necessity.
Do we want to be a part of an open society? An open society provides freedom and protection enabling the basic tenets of democracy and thrives on critical intellectual discourse, paving way for the future. It provides access and opportunity to all segments of the society through a carefully cultivated tradition of inquiry and critique …
Economic massacre of working journalists
How would you feel if a dedicated journalist working for a massive media group tells you with tearful eyes that he stole money from his 10 year old son’s money box to fuel his motorbike for a gruelling commute to work? This is not a fictional story, it’s the harsh reality that journalists face every …
