Administrative law relates to public administration. It’s basically the legal code, or set of rules and precedents, which govern relations between the individual and the state. Administrative law is derived from specific authorization of laws made by a sovereign body ‘in modern developing state by parliament. It can be differentiated from common law/national civil law and the mechanism for dispensing …
Read More »REFORMS AT DISTRICT LEVEL
Civil Service is primarily a body of professional administrators as opposed to politicians. They are permanent and skilled, and are paid for their services. The term does not include defence personnel, politicians, judiciary or those who work in an honorary capacity. The history of civil service can be traced back to ancient China, Egypt and, in our context, the British …
Read More »Electoral Rolls and Role of Respective Stakeholders
Conducting of free, fair and transparent elections by an independent election commission all the times have been on the agenda of all political parties in Pakistan Voting is an act of choice among a set of alternatives given to an individual and exercised with free will. It is the essence of modern democracy. The history of voting dates back to …
Read More »A Poor Man’s Court
Ombudsman office has received public applauses. However, certain improvements are required to enhance its image in the eyes of public. One such step is the appointment of Ombudsman. The modern society is a bureaucratic society as every citizen comes into contact with the government functionaries for redressal of his problems but they find themselves entangled in bureaucratic way of disposing …
Read More »Pros and Cons of Corporate Farming
Corporate farming is a fairly broad term that deals with the general practices and effects of a small number of large, global corporations that dominate the food industry. It simply encompasses all activities from production to retail consumption. Corporate Agriculture Farming (CAF) is a fairly broad term that deals with the general practices and effects of a small number of …
Read More »Tax to GPD Ratio
Political will is required to increase tax to GDP ratio in Pakistan but political instability coupled by inability of successive governments to review causes of low tax to GDP ratio has been a major source of impediments in achieving the target. Tax to GDP ratio can be obtained by dividing GDP of the country with total tax collection in a …
Read More »Green Climate Fund and Responsibilities of Major Emitters
As a result of global warming, melting of glaciers, unprecedented rains and droughts will occur more frequently in the future. Since it is a global problem; it requires concrete global efforts to reverse and halt the change by taking bold and committed actions by the world community. He 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Durban, South Africa …
Read More »Poverty Reduction in Pakistan and MDGs
An overview of the measures taken by the Government of Pakistan to fulfill its commitment to reduce the poverty level by half as signed in the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. Pakistan signed the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. The …
Read More »Importance Transport Sector in the Economy
‘It is not the wealth of a nation that builds roads, but the roads, that build the wealth of a nation.’ (John F. Kennedy) In the history of civilizations, each great power had made progress and successfully prolonged and strengthened their rule to the benefit of their subjects. Roman, British, Muslim Empires of Umayyad and Abbasid and in subcontinent Mughal …
Read More »Narcotics Control in Pakistan: A collective responsibility
A comprehensive Drug Abuse Control Master Plan has been designed to achieve the objectives set in Anti Narcotics Policy which also carries the vision statement ‘Drug Free Pakistan by 2020’ however this is a shared responsibility of Government and Society. Unfortunately Pakistan is a major transit country for heroin, opium and precursor chemicals. In 2009 Afghanistan produced 6900 ton of …
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