Tag: Democracy
Ahsan says uninterrupted democracy crucial for achieving progress, prosperity
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Friday that uninterrupted democracy is imperative for achieving progress and prosperity in the country.
He stated this while...
Kaira says PML-N doesn’t want democracy to run smoothly
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira claimed on Tuesday that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) doesn't want the democratic process...
Spanish court threatens deposed separatist Catalan leader with arrest
MADRID: The deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, could face an arrest warrant if he fails to appear in court to testify over his part...
Hidden hands trying to reverse democratic process: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Hidden hands and inertia of history are trying to drift the democratic process into the same old design, stated Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal...
Catalan crisis: Separatist leader ‘welcome’ to run in poll
The Spanish government has said it would welcome the participation of sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont in new elections.
The central government in Madrid has...
Pakistan neither a democracy nor a dictatorship: Jaffrelot
LAHORE: Pakistan will continue to pass through a period of oscillation between the assertion of democratic impulse and authoritarian constraints for some time, says...
‘PML-N will have to choose between corruption, democracy’
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member Core Committee and Punjab former governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that PML-N will have to choose between corruption and...
Tillerson calls on India to play greater role in region
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the US wants to deepen co-operation with India in the face of growing Chinese influence in...
Politics not the name of mud-slinging: Bilawal
HYDERABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while addressing a rally in Hyderabad, on Wednesday said politics is not the name of...
People should decide who will rule them, says Abbasi
PM rejects army chief’s remarks about country’s ‘sky-high’ debt; says dictatorship always halted country’s progress
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said that...
PML-N a potent threat to democracy: Shah Mehmood Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is a major threat to democracy, adding that...
Mir suggests reforms in elite system to benefit people
LAHORE: Pakistan National Reform Movement (PNRM) Chairman Nadir Mir has said that the stage is set for a movement at national level to defend and...
‘Unlawful facilitation of Nawaz detrimental to democracy’
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that the unlawful facilities being extended by the federal and the Punjab government to the ousted prime...
Black day for Pak democracy, tweets Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Expressing his displeasure over the recent passage of the election reforms bill, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that “today is a black day...
Rulers must accept supremacy of law: Siraj
LAHORE: Jamaat-e0Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has said that democracy implies rule of law and not monarchy but the country’s rulers were not prepared to...
The demographer working for democracy in countries, including Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Nancy Stiegler has participated in the counting of nearly half a billion people, in African deserts, Pacific archipelagos and the teeming megacities of Asia.
She...
Speakers call for collaborative efforts to strengthen democratic values
ISLAMABAD: Collaborative efforts to strengthen democratic values were urged by the parliamentarians, academicians, human right activists and youth representatives during a dialogue titled ‘Democracy and...
