Electoral Reforms
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 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 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 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
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
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
Will Pakistan use EVMs for the 2007 elections? For many million Indians, who had never switched on a light bulb in their lives, pressing […]
April 15, 2021
Our self created traumas. Respects to the two policemen who lost their lives and 340 others who were seriously injured. These front line soldiers deserve our […]
August 3, 2021
Proof of Aliveness Down a long and narrow winding street, fifteen minutes from the main National Highway in Deh Landhi, is a 200 bed health-care centre […]
September 28, 2022
Can we agree? Relegating reason and sanity to back benches, Pakistanis have become sharply and emotionally divided in the choice of their political leaders. But that […]
December 31, 2022
A dialogue of the ordinary There are at least seven critical aspects of governance that call for an urgent and collective response Naeem Sadiq December 31, […]
January 24, 2023
Arise Pakistan Pakistan has not run out of dollars. It has run out of ideas, imagination, consensus and common sense. Limitless options and opportunities await Pakistan […]
November 19, 2023
EOBI — a poverty manufacturing machine Pakistan uses state institutions to deprive 90% of its workforce of their legal right to old-age benefits Out of approximately […]
December 6, 2023
Unequal pensions Naeem Sadiq Published Dawn, December 5, 2023 ARTICLE 38(e) of the Constitution requires the state to promote the social and economic well-being of the […]
December 30, 2023
The NOTA option TO run short of dollars is bad. To run out of ideas is worse. Pakistan could have explored numerous ideas of improving the […]
January 21, 2024
Do not vote for any MNA or MPA who sends his / her children to private schools. That is the ONLY way, our government schools have […]
January 22, 2024
Manufacturing Manifestos Is a pointless process, For a document called manifesto Has nothing to do, with how we think Or what we shall do. We have […]
January 25, 2024
Do not gift or sell your vote. Demand change and reforms in Pakistan. Dear candidate, Hugely disappointed by the traditional political candidates, one looks at the […]
May 17, 2024
Extra baggage Our governance system is dysfunctional and bloated. It exists only to preserve the luxuries of an extractive class. Its dismantling is a prerequisite for […]
August 6, 2024
Citizens’ Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CCEHR) Biannual Report – June 2024 This is a biannual report by ‘Citizens Commission for Equality and Human […]