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Dismissing the Constitution | Dawn News
September 9, 2023
Electricity bills: Pakistan’s crisis in a crisis | Arab News
August 30, 2023
From Promises to Progress Rethinking Political Party Manifestos | UNDP
August 14, 2023
Dubious distinctions for Pakistan’s outgoing national assembly | Arab News
August 10, 2023
Any election delays in Pakistan now will be outright dangerous | Arab News
July 29, 2023
Debating caretaker set-ups | Dawn
July 29, 2023
Elections and public scepticism | Dawn
July 17, 2023
Discussing poll reforms just 38 days before end of NA term | The News
July 15, 2023
Could Nawaz Sharif return to the PM house? | Arab News
July 5, 2023
Budget and parliament | Dawn
June 17, 2023
Missing legislative transparency | Dawn
June 10, 2023
Another court | Dawn
June 4, 2023
Pakistan’s security gaps came to the surface on May 9 | Arab News
June 3, 2023
Is delaying elections an option? | PIDE
June 1, 2023
کیا توہینِ پارلیمان کا مجوزہ قانون ایوان کو تحفظ فراہم کرپائے گا؟ | ڈان
May 22, 2023
Contempt of parliament | Dawn
May 20, 2023
Another controversial census? | Dawn
May 7, 2023
SCO conference in India: Should Bilawal Goa? | Arab News
April 26, 2023
A work in progress | Dawn
April 8, 2023
COMMENT: Where do we go from here? | Dawn
April 5, 2023
Pakistan’s inter-institutional strains are tearing it apart | Arab News
April 4, 2023
Lessons from past crises | Dawn
March 26, 2023
Upcoming Elections and Political Turmoil in Pakistan | Asian Democracy Research Network (ADRN)
March 24, 2023
How the population census could impact Pakistan’s coming elections | Arab News
March 18, 2023
Kept in the dark | Dawn
March 18, 2023
کیا موجودہ بحران سے نکلنے کی کوئی راہ ہے؟ | ڈان
March 9, 2023
Elections in Pakistan will not necessarily herald stability | Arab News
March 4, 2023
Is there a way out? | Dawn
March 4, 2023
Alvi move plunges country into crisis | The News
February 21, 2023
The rocky road between Pakistan’s judiciary and parliament needs fixing | Arab News
February 17, 2023
Elusive common ground | Dawn
February 17, 2023
Staggered elections | Dawn
February 10, 2023
Poll credibility | Dawn
January 21, 2023
Navigating Political Anxiety through Gendered Interventions | UNDP
January 16, 2023
Parliament’s tumultuous year | Dawn
January 2, 2023
EVMs: An Expensive Proposition Without Any Substantive Benefits | PIDE
January 1, 2023
آئین کی کن دفعات اور کن حالات میں ’ایمرجنسی‘ کا نفاذ ممکن ہے؟ | ڈان
December 26, 2022
Emergency provisions | Dawn
December 25, 2022
Can the youth vote impact Pakistan’s next election? | Arab News
December 16, 2022
Timing of the next election | Dawn
December 10, 2022
ہم جمہوریت کے لیے کتنی بڑی ’قیمت‘ ادا کررہے ہیں؟ | ڈان
December 5, 2022
How expensive is democracy? | Dawn
December 3, 2022
Toshakhana controversy | Dawn
November 24, 2022
Will early elections resolve the stalemate in Pakistan? | Arab News
November 17, 2022
Voter turnout fault lines | Dawn
November 7, 2022
Here comes another expensive long march to Islamabad | Arab News
October 30, 2022
Why this conflict? | Dawn
October 30, 2022
Multiple candidacies | Dawn
October 23, 2022
Deciding election dates | Dawn
October 14, 2022
The farce of intra-party elections in Pakistan | Arab News
October 10, 2022
سول ملٹری تعلقات میں بہتری کے لیے یہ ٹھیک وقت کیوں ہے؟ | ڈان
September 30, 2022
Time for a new beginning | Dawn
September 26, 2022
There is no moral case for Pakistan’s large cabinet | Arab News
September 24, 2022
Do parties understand youth bulge? | Dawn
September 10, 2022
How are political parties funded in Pakistan? | Arab News
August 31, 2022
Unceasing political vendetta | Dawn
August 27, 2022
ECP: after the verdict | Dawn
August 20, 2022
Lessons in party fund-raising | The News
August 14, 2022
Short-changing Provincial Autonomy | Dawn
August 14, 2022
The Facade Of True Representation | Dawn
August 14, 2022
What follows ECP verdict | The News
August 3, 2022
What does the change in Punjab really entail? | Arab News
August 2, 2022
Institutions crumbling? | Dawn
August 1, 2022
After the by-elections | Arab News
July 20, 2022
By-elections and more | Dawn
July 16, 2022
Rethinking the presidency | Dawn
July 2, 2022
Election: early warnings | Dawn
June 25, 2022
Pakistan splitting governance on party lines | Arab News
June 24, 2022
کیا بجٹ کی تیاری میں اسمبلیوں کا کوئی کردار ہوتا ہے؟ | ڈان
June 17, 2022
Budget: is parliament relevant? | Dawn
June 16, 2022
Austerity & legislators’ perks | Dawn
June 10, 2022
Another law for the Overseas Pakistanis’ vote | Arab News
June 4, 2022
Accountability fails again | Dawn
June 2, 2022
Rewriting defection | Dawn
May 26, 2022
Is Pakistan’s water crisis simply a crisis of governance? | Arab News
May 17, 2022
Who’ll miss the opposition? | Dawn
May 9, 2022
A terrible idea for Pakistan’s former ruling party to resign from parliament | Arab News
April 26, 2022
Defection and democracy | Dawn
April 23, 2022
A bumpy road ahead for new Pakistani leadership | Arab News
April 13, 2022
Role of the Speaker | Dawn
April 7, 2022
The morning after: What if no-confidence motion against Pakistani PM goes through? | Arab News
March 28, 2022
Courting the courts | Dawn
March 26, 2022
ووٹنگ سے قبل تحریک عدم اعتماد کو کن مراحل سے گزرنا ہوگا؟ | ڈان
March 15, 2022
Demystifying the motion | Dawn
March 14, 2022
Is Pakistan’s neutrality on Ukraine against national interests? | Arab News
March 4, 2022
Government in waiting? | Dawn
March 3, 2022
Diluting electoral credibility | Dawn
February 25, 2022
Guest Editorial: Chasing good governance | The News
February 20, 2022
Elections and the courts | Dawn
February 17, 2022
Measuring governance in Pakistan | Arab News
February 11, 2022
Taking legislation lightly | Dawn
February 3, 2022
Pakistan slipping lower in corruption index is a bombshell revelation | Arab News
January 31, 2022
اپوزیشن لیڈر سے مشاورت وزیرِاعظم کی مرضی نہیں ذمہ داری ہے | ڈان
January 28, 2022
Prime minister’s responsibility | Dawn
January 27, 2022
Learning from the avoidable Murree tragedy | Arab News
January 14, 2022
Scrutiny and beyond | Dawn
January 14, 2022
Overseas Pakistanis can vote, but how? | Arab News
December 30, 2021
Local government’s return | Dawn
December 30, 2021
The Sindh-centre strain | Dawn
December 18, 2021
EVM law: what next? | Dawn
December 5, 2021
A parliament in a hurry | Dawn
November 20, 2021
The defining moment for Pakistan’s election commission is here | Arab News
November 19, 2021
Accountability compromised | Dawn
November 7, 2021
Absentee young voters in Pakistan | Arab News
October 26, 2021
No-trust resolution dynamics | Dawn
October 24, 2021
The next 22 months | Dawn
October 14, 2021
Pakistan’s elusive local governments! | Arab News
October 12, 2021
Challenges to legislation | Dawn
September 25, 2021
Confrontations between Pakistan government and election commission may lead to systemic change | Arab News
September 21, 2021
Other electoral reforms | Dawn
September 12, 2021
Imagining the next election | Dawn
September 6, 2021
Pakistan’s parliament in three years of PTI rule | Arab News
August 31, 2021
AGP’s appointment | Dawn
August 22, 2021
Defending intra-party differences | Dawn
August 15, 2021
India’s UNSC presidency and why it won’t hurt Pakistan | Arab News
August 12, 2021
Not on talking terms | Dawn
August 1, 2021
A toxic discourse | Dawn
July 25, 2021
International obligations | Dawn
July 18, 2021
Politics of overseas Pakistanis’ vote | Arab News
July 8, 2021
Thoughts on the opposition | Dawn
July 3, 2021
Controversial poll reforms | Dawn
June 17, 2021
The UNGA special session on corruption fell way short of expectations | Arab News
June 6, 2021
Test case of political finance | Dawn
June 6, 2021
Technology and elusive electoral credibility | Arab News
May 1, 2021
Cabinet or a deck of cards? | Dawn
April 25, 2021
How to mismanage an alliance | Dawn
April 10, 2021
Meeting in quarantine: The wrong message | Arab News
March 27, 2021
A price for independence | Dawn
March 20, 2021
ECP: the sleeping giant? | Arab News
March 11, 2021
By-election fiasco | Dawn
February 28, 2021
Open or secret? | Dawn
February 21, 2021
Foreign funding consequences | Dawn
January 30, 2021
PDM U-turns and possible opportunities | Arab News
January 18, 2021
Debate on ordinances | Dawn
January 17, 2021
Challenges of Governance in the New Decade | Global Village Space
January 8, 2021
Preparing to govern in Pakistan: the case for shadow cabinets | Arab News
January 3, 2021
Evaluation performance | dawn
December 26, 2020
A risky plan | Dawn
December 13, 2020
Pakistan’s obsession with elusive accountability | Arab News
December 9, 2020
Poll reforms, again | Dawn
November 22, 2020
Bitter political play in Pakistan has dampened COVID-19 containment | Arab News
November 21, 2020
Dialogue? What Dialogue? | Arab News
November 2, 2020
Production orders | Dawn
November 1, 2020
What next for Imran Khan’s ‘State of Medina?’ | Arab News
October 19, 2020
High time parliament said ‘aye’ for new voting system | Arab News
September 28, 2020
Disturbing trends in legislation | Dawn
September 27, 2020
Advisers, SAPMs and cabinet | Dawn
September 5, 2020
Evaluating the performance of Balochistan assembly | Arab News
August 30, 2020
Parliamentary performance | Dawn
August 22, 2020
Politics of dual nationality | Arab News
August 14, 2020
The reason why debate on 18th Amendment refuses to die | Arab News
July 25, 2020
Performance debate | Dawn
July 5, 2020
How much should legislators be paid? | Arab News
June 29, 2020
The hollowness of Pakistan’s budget exercise | Arab News
June 16, 2020
Parliamentary scrutiny? | Dawn
June 7, 2020
Questions of judicial overreach and governance in Pakistan | Arab News
May 26, 2020
Virtual or real? | Dawn
May 17, 2020
Democracy and disaster management | Arab News
April 30, 2020
Parliament in times of COVID-19 | Arab News
April 6, 2020
Is it time for a new province in Pakistan? | Arab News
March 16, 2020
State of the opposition in Pakistan | Arab News
February 26, 2020
The new ECP’s challenges | Dawn
February 17, 2020
Fatal fault lines | Arab News
February 10, 2020
Without due process | Dawn
January 20, 2020
Are Pakistan’s government and opposition ready to reconcile? | Arab News
January 15, 2020
Anti-government agitation | Dawn
December 30, 2019
Was Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ a complete failure? | Arab News
December 19, 2019
Ordinances over the years | Dawn
December 8, 2019
Foreign funding in politics: Laws vs. implementation | Arab News
December 5, 2019
What do marches on Islamabad mean? | Arab News
November 13, 2019
Credibility of accountability | Dawn
November 10, 2019
Ordinances vs democracy | Dawn
October 27, 2019
Punjab CM doesn’t have much longer to prove himself ? | Arab News
October 13, 2019
Prepared for governance? | Dawn
October 7, 2019
Chief Justice Khosa’s critique of the government is telling | Arab News
September 22, 2019
One year on, PTI’s legislative agenda must gather speed | Arab News
September 8, 2019
Missing ECP members | Dawn
August 31, 2019
The case of dual nationals | Dawn
August 19, 2019
Should dual citizenship holders contest elections in Pakistan? | Arab News
August 14, 2019
The Assembly’s first year / Dawn
August 11, 2019
After the no-trust vote | Daw
August 3, 2019
Policy reversals during PTI’s first year | Arab News
July 30, 2019
Leaked videos implicating judges are nothing new, or simple, in Pakistan | Arab News
July 13, 2019
Defection season? | Dawn
July 8, 2019
Reasons for tax evasion in Pakistan | Arab News
June 30, 2019
Flawed budget process | Dawn
June 17, 2019
New Local Governments Could Usher In PTI’s Promised Revolution | Arab News
June 3, 2019
Unintended consequences of more parliamentary seats for tribal areas | Arab News
May 20, 2019
The politics and optics of Pakistan’s cabinet reshuffle / Arab News
April 28, 2019
Two faces of democracy | Dawn
April 12, 2019
Indian election manifestos: What Pakistanis should know | Arab News
April 11, 2019
Lawmakers’ pay | Dawn
March 29, 2019
Pakistan in the grey | Arab News
March 18, 2019
Why not consult each other? | Dawn
March 18, 2019
Production orders politics | Dawn
March 4, 2019
Return of the Politics of Enmity | Arab News
February 24, 2019
The first six months | Dawn
February 17, 2019
Inter-institutional dialogue, but how? | Dawn
February 3, 2019
Justice Khosa’s proposal could open up a Pandora’s box for Pakistan | Arab News
January 31, 2019
Taking parliament seriously | Dawn
January 21, 2019
Beyond the PAC stalemate | Dawn
January 4, 2019
Impartial accountability? | Dawn
December 22, 2018
Decisions taken today could shape the politics of the future for Pakistan | Arab News
December 19, 2018
100 days on, several hurdles lie on the road ahead for the PTI | Arab News
November 29, 2018
Parliament’s first 100 days | Dawn
November 26, 2018
The by-election results | Dawn
October 29, 2018
How big should the cabinet be? | Dawn
October 12, 2018
The challenges of election day | Dawn
July 28, 2018
A test for election observers | Dawn
July 23, 2018
Polls under international scrutiny | Dawn
June 28, 2018
Evolution of caretakers | Dawn
June 9, 2018
Do we really need caretakers? | Dawn
May 28, 2018
Institutional Capacity and Governance in Pakistan: A Case Study of Parliament | Wilson Center
May 21, 2018
Prospects of a fair election | Dawn
April 30, 2018
Eight years on | Dawn
April 16, 2018
Financing poll campaigns | Dawn
April 2, 2018
Money and politics | Dawn
March 6, 2018
Poll transparency reversed | Dawn
February 20, 2018
The march of democracy | Dawn
February 3, 2018
A gulf that must be bridged | Dawn
January 5, 2018
Critical times for parliament | Dawn
December 9, 2017
Legislators’ vanishing act | Dawn
November 24, 2017
Elusive consensus | Dawn
October 23, 2017
Poll law confusion | Dawn
October 11, 2017
Parliament & accountability | Dawn
August 19, 2017
Episode or system? | Dawn
August 5, 2017
Law to regulate budget | Dawn
June 20, 2017
Voting from abroad | Dawn
May 27, 2017
The case of EVMs | Dawn
April 17, 2017
Owning the fight | Dawn
March 6, 2017
Who pays for the brawls? | Dawn
February 7, 2017
Where are the women voters? | Dawn
January 10, 2017
Give LGs a chance | Dawn
December 27, 2016
How many ministers? | Dawn
December 7, 2016
Women’s legislative performance | Dawn
November 7, 2016
One after another | Dawn
October 16, 2016
Running the political engine | Dawn
October 10, 2016
Remember electoral reforms? | Dawn
September 9, 2016
Parliament’s inertia on NAP | Dawn
August 30, 2016
Transparent leaders | Dawn
April 26, 2016
Is a commission enough? | Dawn
April 4, 2016
The right to information | Dawn
February 20, 2016
Absent from the house | Dawn
January 5, 2016
The calculus of ordinances | Dawn
December 15, 2015
Whither NSC? | Dawn
November 29, 2015
Faults of the electoral system | Dawn
September 5, 2015
Election gone wrong | Dawn
June 3, 2015
Budget and the parliament | Dawn
May 23, 2015
Arbitrary changes | Dawn
May 18, 2015
Senate questions | Dawn
March 15, 2015
Whither electoral reforms? | Dawn
January 24, 2015
The way forward | Dawn
September 13, 2014
A case for urgent poll reforms | Dawn
August 23, 2014
Strains already | Dawn
April 21, 2014
Delimitation in Karachi | Dawn
December 11, 2012
Civil society engagement in democratic transition in Pakistan | United Nations University Press
May 21, 2010
Through a Pakistani lens | India-Seminar.com
December 31, 2008