THE recent leak of Abbottabad Commission report escalated the political temperature and inundated talk shows with a new debate. The script, which surfaced, though critical of military intelligence agencies, didn’t fix the responsibility, unambiguously, on one institution. However, the leaked text of the report categorically highlights the civil-military imbalance, and brings to limelight the incapacity […]
By: SHAHID KARDAR NEPOTISM, extortion and bribery have become a way of life, and not just with politicians. Except that in their case it tends to be exhibited more shamelessly. While corruption exists in one form or the other in all societies, the major difference in our case is the extent of its pervasiveness and […]
The government has asked the IMF to raise access by a further $2 billion under the planned extended fund facility. For any country seeking IMF money, there are three criteria that determine access: first, the balance-of-payments need; second, the strength of the programme; and third, the capacity to repay the IMF. These criteria are not […]
At a stroke the Supreme Court on Tuesday removed the cloak of invisibility that has hitherto prevented the auditing of so-called ‘secret accounts’. Henceforward all expenditure from the public purse is to be made in a transparent manner and will be subject to audit. The court was giving its verdict on constitutional petitions filed by […]
ISLAMABAD: Jehangir Ashraf Qazi, a member of the Abbottabad Commission, informed the Senate Committee on Defence on Thursday that the inquiry report carried by Al Jazeera last week was the first draft and not the final version submitted to the prime minister. The final copy is said to be a watered down version of the […]
LAHORE: Najam Sethi has lauded the Freedom of Information Act approved by the Punjab Cabinet, saying that the move shows good intention of the provincial government. In Geo News programme, ‘Aapas Ki Baat’, he said that the new Act would ensure a lot of freedom to get information and transparency to such a level that […]
Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The draft of the Freedom of the Information Act the provincial cabinet had approved on Monday is an altogether different version of the original document. Thankfully, it denies what the provincial bureaucracy wanted it to be and allows people to adequately know what the government is doing or not doing for them. […]
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