Under the Military Rule National Assembly Completes its Term with Poor Performance
The National Assembly has completed its 5-years term on November 15th. But, sadly, it does not make anyone who thinks happy or feel good about. As a matter of fact, this National Assembly would be remembered for working under a military ruler and for abysmal performance in terms of law-making, executive oversight and public representation. It had come into being under the Legal Framework Order (LFO) issued by a military ruler.
November 14, 2007
Rule of Constitution Demanded
CPDI-Pakistan has strongly condemned the proclamation of emergency, which is not allowed under the Constitution and, therefore, amounts to imposition of martial law in the country. It is also in sheer violation of the judgment given by 7 judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which had scrapped the Chief of Army Staff’s order in respect of imposing emergency in the country. CPDI-Pakistan has demanded that the state institutions and political parties must jointly work to ensure immediate withdrawal of all extra-constitutional measures, restoration of people’s fundamental rights and reinstatement of judges of higher judiciary, who have been forcibly stopped from performing their judicial responsibilities. People of Pakistan want to be ruled by the Constitution; not by one man.
November 5, 2007
PSDP Allocation 2007-08 Only 7.6% of Education Budget Utilized in First Quarter
One way of assessing any government’s performance is to examine whether it has efficiently planned and implemented development projects. In Pakistan, it is often argued that the country lacks adequate resources to develop various social and economic sectors. However, a close analysis of data reveals that lack of resources is not necessary the main reason of under-development. In many instances, it is the poor performance of government departments in terms of timely planning and execution of projects.
November 3, 2007
Rawalpindi City Government Urged to Implement Budget Rules
CPDI-Pakistan expresses its deep concern on the inefficient utilization of tax-payers money in the Rawalpindi city district; and urges the concerned authorities to fully implement Budget Rules 2003 in order to ensure transparency and accountability. It may be noted that the Rawalpindi city government has consistently failed since 2001 in terms of ensuring implementation of the budget rules. As a result, the budget documents that it has been producing year after year include scant details about revenues and expenditures; and glaringly reflect the absence of any coherent and participatory planning.
October 25, 2007
Dialogue with Stakeholders on Electoral Reforms Demanded
General elections are now around the corner; and the necessity of electoral reforms for the conduct of free and fair elections has never before been more evident than it is now. However, it seems that, despite frequent talk, no substantial measures have so far been taken in terms of electoral reforms, which could inculcate confidence that the elections this time around would be truly fair and free. Both the government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) need to do better within their respective mandates.
October 16, 2007
ECP Urged to Implement Electoral Reforms
In order to ensure free and fair general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) needs to implement significant administrative and procedural reforms in the light of experiences and lessons-learned from the past elections.
October 8, 2007
Better Facilities for Junior Police Staff Demanded
These are the junior police staff who the common people have to interact or deal with for their problems and complaints, whether on the streets or in the police stations. Most of the patrolling and investigations are also carried out by the junior police staff:
September 7, 2007
CPDI-Pakistan Calls for Early Formation of District Public Safety Commission in Balochistan
CPDI-Pakistan has observed that the District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commissions could not be established in many of Balochistan’s Districts despite the fact that Police Order was implemented in the year 2002.
May 8, 2007
New Allotment Policy Cautiously Appreciated
CPDI-Pakistan cautiously appreciates the new allotment policy, which puts a limit on out-of-turn allotments of government residences by the Ministry of Housing and Works.
February 1, 2007
Proposal of Bringing Investigation Wing under SHO Opposed
CPDI-Pakistan strongly opposes the proposal by certain provincial governments to further amend the Police Order 2002 in order to once again bring the investigation wing under the Station House Officer (SHO).
January 31, 2007
Differential Tariff Rate for Electricity Rejected
CPDI-Pakistan rejects and opposes the reported World Bank’s proposal that the Government must allow differential tariff rates for electricity being provided by various distribution companies (DISCOs) across the country.
January 23, 2007
CPDI-Pakistan Demands Transparency in the Functioning of Parliamentary Committees
CPDI-Pakistan has demanded all the chairs and members of parliamentary committees to implement completely transparent procedures in the course of considering legislative bills and exercising parliamentary oversight on government departments.
January 7, 2007
