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Is the US really behind the regime- change?0
- Blog
- April 23, 2022
After what seems to be some of the most tumultuous few days in Pakistan’s history, Mr. Imran Khan has been ousted as the prime minister. Within the last seven days, the country has witnessed the violation of the Constitution, a historic judgment by the Supreme Court, and the first time where a prime minister has
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Who should decide the fate of Article 63A?0
- Blog, National Security
- April 20, 2022
Defection clauses are commonly found in nascent democracies to deal with the vices of floor crossing and horse trading. This is certainly not the first time Article 63A has come into the limelight (with the recent presidential reference filed by Arif Alvi). While the law has its proponents it still remains a subject of debate
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DISSOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY – ARTICLE 58 EXPLAINED 0
- Backgrounder, National Security
- April 14, 2022
The sequence of political events taking place one after the other, from the vote of no-confidence tabled against the Prime Minister Imran Khan to the dismissal of the no-confidence motion by the National Assembly deputy speaker, and the subsequent dissolution of the Assembly by President Arif Alvi and the call for general elections; had created
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Article 224: Caretaker Government Process Explained 0
- Blog
- April 14, 2022
Imran Khan recently survived a move by the opposition to oust him as Pakistan’s prime minister, getting a reprieve only when the deputy speaker NA blocked a no-confidence motion as unconstitutional, citing the involvement of ‘foreign conspiracy’. Subsequently, the opposition moved to challenge the block on the vote before the Supreme Court, while Imran Khan advised the
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No to Bloc Politics?0
- Blog, Economic Security, National Security
- April 11, 2022
Pakistan has suffered as a result of its involvement in bloc politics and now for the first time since its formation the country adopted a policy of refraining from such engagements. A controversy was recently stirred by PM Imran’s declared and open response to European Union’s letter asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
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ARTICLE 94 AND ARTICLE 95 0
- Backgrounder, National Security
- April 6, 2022
Article 94 Article 94 of the Constitution of Pakistan is a single clause which states the Presidential authority to ask the Prime Minister to continue to hold office until his successor enters upon the office of Prime Minister. In the current political situation, after the Cabinet Secretariat had issued a notification stating that the Premier
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