Electoral Reforms

March 27, 2019

The awaiting electoral disaster

  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

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

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 parliamentarians

  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

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

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

  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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

WHO NOT TO VOTE – Feb.8, 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

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.

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

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

Citizens’ Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CCEHR) Biannual Report – June 2024   This is a biannual report by ‘Citizens Commission for Equality and Human […]