Stagnating The Parliament
August 18, 2009Our parliament is nothing more than a trade union house of the parasites of Pakistan!Ask a candidate why he contests elections and he will repeat the slogans and at best the clichés...
View Article“The Concept Of Democracy Would Remain Shattered Until Fundamental Rights Of...
January 08, 2010The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 6, 2010), while criticizing the government for the second time, observed that the system in the country was in jeopardy and the concept of...
View ArticleDo We Need Secularism?
March 16, 2010 Secularism is an old song that keeps reverberating in the liberal, enlightened, progressive, leftist, and socialist circles of Pakistan. Earlier this January news from Bangladesh that...
View ArticleWater: This Right Is Wrong
August 11, 2010The right to clean water and sanitation is far less definable and depends on economic development, technology and infrastructure. Above all, if people have a right to water and...
View ArticleA World Without Rules
By Dr. Khalil AhmadMarch 11, 2011There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. [Major...
View ArticleForsaking Institutional Sovereignty
By Dr. Khalil AhmadApril 29, 2011Had he not bowed down to the outside pressure on his sovereign office to reinstate the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges, and his...
View ArticleWhat On Earth Is 'Relief'? (Free Pakistan Newsletter # 127 & 128)
CONTENTS: 0 What on earth is 'relief?' By Farooq Tirmizi0 Issue of the month: Killing Saleem Shahzad or the truth0CSR Views & News Download the complete Newsletter # 127 & 128 in PDF read more
View ArticleIs Keeping Assets Abroad Criminal?
August 15, 2011By Dr. Khalil Ahmad It is as simple as that – if an ordinary citizen, or a public office holder, or an elected representative owns assets in any other country where he abides by the laws...
View ArticleCorruption Undermines Fundamental Rights (FreePakistan Newsletter # 133)
[January, 2012]FreePakistan Newsletter and Alternate Solutions Institute wish its readers and sympathizers a very happy 2012!CONTENTS:0 Corruption undermines fundamental rights By Jamil Nasir 0...
View ArticleProperty And Property Rights
By Zafar AzeemJuly 11, 2014One view is that property and law are born together, and remain together. When there was no law, there was no property, take away the laws a property ceases. In more recent...
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