Aug 15, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on 58 and 62
Sharif’s removal has led some to term Article 62 as a new 58(2)b for the deep state to remove elected regimes. The SC decision was truly harsh. A PM with a two-thirds majority was barred for life...Aug 01, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on A harsh verdict
A harsh verdict Dr. Niaz Murtaza Elected rulers are not above the law if they commit crimes. Democracy is bolstered if they get barred via due process. The SC launched an unprecedented inquiry via...Jul 20, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Panama drama
Panama drama Dr. Niaz Murtaza The moral and practical cases are clear. The PM must himself quit, JIT report apart, as for months he has failed to prove legitimate his family UK flats. While his sons...Jul 07, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Just like cricket?
Our mercurial cricketers achieved a quick and miraculous turn-around in the UK, evidently by having a few sessions of honest talk. This raises the intriguing issue whether this equally mercurial...Jun 21, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Solutions please
Solutions please Dr. Niaz Murtaza Readers often complain that writers focus on problems and not solutions. This may be true to some extent but it is also true that some readers look for easy...May 12, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Grandmother cause
In my Dawn article of March 28, 2017 on our pressing problems, I had picked elite politics as our biggest or mother problem. But if there is a mother, there must be a grandmother too. So what is the...Apr 30, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Panama and Mashal (Dawn)
Panama and Mashal Dr. Niaz Murtaza How are Panama and Mashal’s case linked? They reflect varied ways of pursuing justice. But both show how far we are from the rule of law. The SC couldn’t...Mar 28, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on Our biggest threat, Dawn, 28/3/2017
One often sees articles lamenting the neglect of what each writer thinks is our biggest threat. The agitated but usually non-specialist writers often hype their pet issue’s impact to be convincing....Feb 15, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza Comments Off on America first? Dawn, 14/2/2017
Trump says virtually every state takes advantage of us and he will put US first in global deals. This sounds like an elephant cribbing about smaller beings throwing their weight at it. Has the US...Jan 06, 2017 Niaz Murtaza Dr. Niaz Murtaza, Op-ed Articles Comments Off on Democratic protest, January 3, 2017
Democratic protest Dr. Niaz Murtaza Originally printed in Dawn Pakistan has had its fair share of street protests, some of them even toppling rulers. Decades before the Arab Spring, Pakistan had...The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Sindh ‘Local government system virtually abolished in Sindh’ ‘Local government system virtually abolished in Sindh’ Speakers point out flaws in functioning of local bodies at launching ceremony of research study By News...
Islamabad-Advocating further political, administrative and financial devolution, experts on Wednesday pointed out several flaws in the Islamabad local government (LG) system. A review report launched by INSPIRING Pakistan and Pattan Development Organisation, Islamabad called for legislative...