Tag: Pildat

42% people trust NAB: PILDAT

According to recently released Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) report, “Public Opinion on Quality of Governance in Pakistan” 42 percent Pakistanis...

Majority of Pakistanis favour democracy over military rule: survey

*PILDAT survey reveals that 67 pc Pakistanis support democracy, 63 percent believe General Election 2013 was “somewhat to completely transparent and fair”, percentage of...

Punjab bags first position for governance: survey

*PILDAT opinion survey puts KP in second and Sindh in last place *Punjab CM gets net performance rating of 33pc compared to KP CM’s minus...

PILDAT report does not match ground realities, says Basharat Raja

Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Punjab Senior Vice-President Basharat Raja has said the PILDAT report about 100 days performance of the federal government does not...

PILDAT holds discussion on US rebalancing

PILDAT organised a discussion forum on the US Rebalance to Asia: Whither Pakistan on Tuesday in Islamabad. Ziad Haider, a Washington-based attorney on national...

MNA-elects briefed on federal budget process

In a special PILDAT Briefing and Orientation on Tuesday, newly-elected Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) were briefed on the federal budget process by...

PILDAT demands thumb impressions audit to address alleged rigging

The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) on Tuesday demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the National Database and...

PILDAT presents electoral reforms proposals to CEC

PILDAT’s Citizens Group on Electoral Process unveiled the Unfinished Agenda on Electoral Reforms and presented it to Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G...

Parliamentary oversight over intelligence agencies a must: PILDAT

Intelligence agencies of Pakistan must work under a legal remit and that parliament must oversee the working of intelligence sector, just like all other...

Civil-military relations on the wane: PILDAT

The civil-military relations showed serious deterioration during the year 2011 and Pakistan’s policies and its deteriorating relations vis-à-vis the United States can be largely...

PILDAT welcomes govt-opp talks on caretaker setup

The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has welcomed the negotiations between the government and the opposition on caretaker governments in the...

Challenges for democracy

Not quite there yet There have been considerable gains in democracy and civil and political freedoms in Pakistan over the last four years. Pakistan can...

PILDAT kicks off survey on quality of democracy

In order to get the opinion of a cross-section of society on the performance of democracy in 2011, including MPs, academics, the media and...

PILDAT launches Punjab Assembly score card

PILDAT launched the third year score card for the 15th Provincial Assembly of Punjab. The MPAs attending the launch of the score card once...

TORs of memo probe should be made public: PILDAT

PILDAT – a dialogue group on civil-military relations – has welcomed the government’s decision to investigate the issue of alleged memo through the Parliamentary...

PILDAT seeks probe into NATO attack

Terming the recent NATO attack a violation of international laws and Pakistan’s sovereignty, Civil-Military Dialogue Group of PILDAT Wednesday strongly condemned it and demanded...

PILDAT demands 5-year term for ECP members

The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) has noted with great concern that the federal government has proposed a two-year term for...