Electoral Reforms

  Honorable Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar,                                      7 June 2018 Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan. Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad. Ph: 051 9220581     Your […]

Challenges  before the ECP The News August 3, 2012   Imagine a situation in which 4 candidates, A,B,C and D contest elections from a constituency.  There […]

Cleaning the stairs “Study these four men washing down the steps of this unpalatable Bombay hotel. The first pours water from a bucket, the second scratches […]

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 […]

  ECP – a case of acquired helplessness For any system to survive, it must fulfill at least two minimum requirements. Meet the needs of its […]

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 […]

  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 […]

  Learning to Protest     Thirty five years old Irom Sharmila of Manipur , India ,  has been on a fast-unto-death, for the past seven […]

Manufacturing mandate   I met him the day after.  The process of voting , counting, checking, approving, announcing and congratulating had been completed. The die had […]

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 […]

 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, […]

 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),  […]

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 […]

  The Selection Commission of Pakistan   Of the many gifts given to the nation by the 2002 Election Commission of  Pakistan , there were some […]