PILDAT IN THE MEDIA
State of the opposition in Pakistan – An Article by PILDAT President published in ARABNEWS
It is one of those times in our political history when the opposition is at least numerically very strong in the parliament and provi...
The new ECP’s challenges – An Article by PILDAT President published in DAWN
THE five-member Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is finally complete after a painful and protracted process of consultation betw...
Fatal fault lines – An Article by PILDAT President published in ARABNEWS
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has not even completed the first eighteen months of its term, yet the discourse of “in-...
Without due process – An Article by PILDAT President published in DAWN
WEAKNESSES generally associated with the legislative process in our country were once again exposed during the passage of amendments ...
Are Pakistan’s government and opposition ready to reconcile? – An Article by PILDAT President published in ARABNEWS
Even if one believes that the two main opposition political parties were coerced into supporting recent amendments in military acts w...
What should you expect from your parliamentarian? Geo News article on PILDAT’s report How to be an Effective Legislator?
Whether elected directly or nominated indirectly to the parliament, a member of the national assembly (MNA) has the following respons...
Anti-government agitation – An Article by PILDAT President published in DAWN
MAULANA Fazlur Rehman’s recent Azadi March on Islamabad was not a new phenomenon, as anti-government agitations have been a part of P...
Was Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ a complete failure? – An Article by PILDAT President published in ARABNEWS
Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Azadi March’ which landed in Islamabad on Oct. 31, was the most recent of many other so-called ‘long marches’ on the...
Ordinances over the years – An Article by PILDAT President published in DAWN
PAKISTAN is one of the few democratic countries which have the dubious distinction of having the power to legislate by executive decr...
Foreign funding in politics: Laws vs. implementation – An Article by PILDAT President published in ARABNEWS
The three largest political parties in Pakistan - PTI, PMLN and PPP- which command 86 percent of total membership in the National Ass...
