Tariq Aqil

2024: Year of elections world wide
- By Tariq Aqil
- February 26, 2024
THE year 2024 happens to be the year of elections. For the first time in history this year will witness more elections than ever before…

2024 elections and the day after
- By Tariq Aqil
- February 19, 2024
THE most controversial and consequential elections in the history of the nation have just ended and on the day after the elections it appears as…

Democracy hopes, hurdles and expectations
- By Tariq Aqil
- February 12, 2024
Since the dawn of independence in 1947 Pakistan has been ruled by elected governments and military rulers time and again. The first constitution of Pakistan…

Election promises and reality
- By Tariq Aqil
- February 5, 2024
THIS week is the final run up to the general elections to elect the new federal and provincial governments in the country. As the country…

Next elected government: Foreign policy imperatives
- By Tariq Aqil
- January 29, 2024
General elections are just around the corner and it now appears that the next elected government will again be a coalition government of a few…

Election symbol and SC judgment
- By Tariq Aqil
- January 22, 2024
PAKISTAN’S Supreme Court on 13th January set aside a Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision suspending the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) earlier order against Pakistan…

Israel-Palestine conflict and divisions in Muslim world
- By Tariq Aqil
- January 15, 2024
AFTER the Hamas attack of 7th October the Fanatical Israeli regime struck back with everything they have in their arsenal. The onslaught of the Israeli…

Democracy and Pakistan
- By Tariq Aqil
- January 8, 2024
Defining Democracy in a clichéd form “Government of the people, by the people and for the people. Balloting and the right of vote are the…

What we gained and lost in 2023?
- By Tariq Aqil
- January 1, 2024
THE sun has finally set on the year 2023 and we are about to welcome the New Year. The echoes of a very memorable and…

Historical blunders and consequences
- By Tariq Aqil
- December 25, 2023
POLITICAL leaders, military commanders and members of the superior judiciary have to take certain decisions in good faith for the greater good of the nation,…