2019
March 27, 2019
Citizen Anonymous Reading a book, sipping coffee, sitting under a gazebo enjoying the soothing sunshine of a reluctantly receding winter in one of the many […]
March 27, 2019
Bureaucracy-generated carbon footprint “Your passport has not arrived. You need to come back another day”, says the utterly remorseless Passport Office clerk in a matter-of-fact tone. […]
March 27, 2019
Will Pakistan use EVMs for the 2007 elections? For many million Indians, who had never switched on a light bulb in their lives, pressing […]
March 27, 2019
What is an error-free voter list? Naeem Sadiq The News , Thursday, October 11, 2012 Pakistan is rapidly heading for another electoral disaster. It continues to retain […]
March 27, 2019
Voting from home Naeem Sadiq The News, Feb.14, 2017 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/186138-Voting-from-home In 1997, David Wolf became the first human to vote from space. This was made possible by Rule 81.35 […]
March 27, 2019
The spurious law makers Of the many gifts given to the nation by the 2002 parliament, there were some 60 odd fake degree holders […]
March 27, 2019
The missing electoral verification processes The Election Commission of Pakistan has consistently let-down the Pakistani nation by its inability to scrutinize the basic credentials of those […]
March 27, 2019
The elusive electoral reforms Fast forward May 2018. Riots erupt in all major towns of Pakistan after the announcement of the election results. Political parties […]
March 27, 2019
The awaiting electoral disaster Naeem Sadiq Express Tribune, 13 December, 2018 https://tribune.com.pk/story/1865456/6-electoral-disaster-waiting/ The fact that some 15 million individuals are likely to be defacto […]
March 27, 2019
The Selection Commission of Pakistan Of the many gifts given to the nation by the 2002 Election Commission of Pakistan , there were some […]
March 27, 2019
Reluctant to reform Naeem Sadiq The News, 20 July 2016 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/136165-Reluctant-to-reform When the wise old man of Sindh ordered recovery of the Sindh chief justice’s […]
March 27, 2019
Reforming HEC and ECP At first sight there seems little in common between the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), […]
March 27, 2019
Reforming electoral processes Two key factors have ensured that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to remain archaic and ineffective. Firstly, a truly reformed, […]
March 27, 2019
Reconstitute the Election Commission of Pakistan. Part 1 “If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it”. No one has worked harder to prove […]
March 27, 2019
Manufacturing mandate I met him the day after. The process of voting , counting, checking, approving, announcing and congratulating had been completed. The die had […]
March 27, 2019
Learning to Protest Thirty five years old Irom Sharmila of Manipur , India , has been on a fast-unto-death, for the past seven […]
March 27, 2019
Pakistan is due to hold its next general election in 2013. Those who indulged in plunder, default or forgery will once again be the key […]
March 27, 2019
ECP – Define or be Defined The one thing that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) does not believe in is the famous saying of Thomas […]
March 27, 2019
ECP – a case of acquired helplessness For any system to survive, it must fulfill at least two minimum requirements. Meet the needs of its […]
March 27, 2019
Disenfranchising voters Apropos Mr. Zaheer Sahito’s letter dated 12th December 2018. It was nice of Mr.Sahito to clarify that those who are registered as voters […]