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General Election 2018 Update-Ii - Fafen General Election 2018
GENERAL ELECTION 2018 UPDATE-II - FAFEN GENERAL ELECTION 2018 Update-II April 01 – April 30, 2018 1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) initiated its assessment of the political environment and implementation of election-related laws, rules and regulations in January 2018 as part of its multi-phase observation of General Election (GE) 2018. The purpose of the observation is to contribute to the evolution of an election process that is free, fair, transparent and accountable, in accordance with the requirements laid out in the Elections Act, 2017. Based on its observation, FAFEN produces periodic updates, information briefs and reports in an effort to provide objective, unbiased and evidence-based information about the quality of electoral and political processes to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), political parties, media, civil society organizations and citizens. General Election 2018 Update-II is based on information gathered systematically in 130 districts by as many trained and non-partisan District Coordinators (DCs) through 560 interviews1 with representatives of 33 political parties and groups and 294 interviews with representative of 35 political parties and groups over delimitation process. The Update also includes the findings of observation of 559 political gatherings and 474 ECP’s centres set up for the display of preliminary electoral rolls. FAFEN also documented the formation of 99 political alliances, party-switching by political figures, and emerging alliances among ethnic, tribal and professional groups. In addition, the General Election 2018 Update-II comprises data gathered through systematic monitoring of 86 editions of 25 local, regional and national newspapers to report incidents of political and electoral violence, new development schemes and political advertisements during April 2018. -
International National
IPRI Journal ISSN 1684-9787 e-ISSN 1684-9809 (HEC Recognised X-Category Journal) Editorial Board Chairperson: Ambassador Vice Admiral Khan Hasham Bin Saddique (R), HI (M) Members: Dr Fazal-ur-Rahman Prof. Dr Zafar Iqbal Cheema Prof. Dr Riaz Ahmad Sarah Siddiq Aneel Editorial Advisory Board International Mr Michael Krepon, Co-Founder and President Emeritus, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C., USA. Ambassador (R) Nihal Rodrigo, Former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, Sri Lanka and Former Secretary General SAARC, Sri Lanka. Dr Nischal N. Pandey, Executive Director, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), Kathmandu, Nepal. Dr C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. Dr Saadet Gulden Ayman, Professor, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University, Turkey. Dr Tariq Rauf, Principal, Global Nuclear Solutions, Vienna, Austria. Mr Zheng Ruixiang, Former Senior Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing, China. National Dr Asad Zaman, Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan. Prof. Dr Ijaz Hussain, Former Dean and Meritorious Professor, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Prof. Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus-Political Science, Visiting Professor, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr Kamal Monnoo, Director, Samira Fabrics Private Limited, Lahore, and, Member Board of Governors, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Islamabad, Pakistan. Prof. Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Dean, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, Pakistan. Ambassador (R) Riaz Muhammad Khan, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of Pakistan. Dr Shamim Akhtar, Former Chairperson, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan. -
Volume VIII, Issue-3, March 2018
Volume VIII, Issue-3, March 2018 March in History Nation celebrates Pakistan Day 2018 with military parade, gun salutes March 15, 1955: The biggest contingents of armoured and mech - post-independence irrigation anised infantry held a march-past. project, Kotri Barrage is Pakistan Army tanks, including the inaugurated. Al Khalid and Al Zarrar, presented March 23 , 1956: 1956 Constitution gun salutes to the president. Radar is promulgates on Pakistan Day. systems and other weapons Major General Iskander Mirza equipped with military tech - sworn in as first President of nology were also rolled out. Pakistan. The NASR missile, the Sha - heen missile, the Ghauri mis - March 23, 1956: Constituent sile system, and the Babur assembly adopts name of Islamic cruise missile were also fea - Republic of Pakistan and first constitution. The nation is celebrating Pakistan A large number of diplomats from tured in the parade. Day 2018 across the country with several countries attended the March 8, 1957: President Various aeroplanes traditional zeal and fervour. ceremony. The guest of honour at Iskandar Mirza lays the belonging to Army Avi - foundation-stone of the State Bank the ceremony was Sri Lankan Pres - Pakistan Day commemorates the ation and Pakistan Air of Pakistan building in Karachi. ident Maithripala Sirisena. passing of the Lahore Resolution Force demonstrated aer - obatic feats for the March 23, 1960: Foundation of on March 23, 1940, when the All- Contingents of Pakistan Minar-i-Pakistan is laid. India Muslim League demanded a Army, Pakistan Air Force, and audience. Combat separate nation for the Muslims of Pakistan Navy held a march-past and attack helicopters, March 14, 1972: New education the British Indian Empire. -
Drivers of Climate Change Vulnerability at Different Scales in Karachi
Drivers of climate change vulnerability at different scales in Karachi Arif Hasan, Arif Pervaiz and Mansoor Raza Working Paper Urban; Climate change Keywords: January 2017 Karachi, Urban, Climate, Adaptation, Vulnerability About the authors Acknowledgements Arif Hasan is an architect/planner in private practice in Karachi, A number of people have contributed to this report. Arif Pervaiz dealing with urban planning and development issues in general played a major role in drafting it and carried out much of the and in Asia and Pakistan in particular. He has been involved research work. Mansoor Raza was responsible for putting with the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) since 1981. He is also a together the profiles of the four settlements and for carrying founding member of the Urban Resource Centre (URC) in out the interviews and discussions with the local communities. Karachi and has been its chair since its inception in 1989. He was assisted by two young architects, Yohib Ahmed and He has written widely on housing and urban issues in Asia, Nimra Niazi, who mapped and photographed the settlements. including several books published by Oxford University Press Sohail Javaid organised and tabulated the community surveys, and several papers published in Environment and Urbanization. which were carried out by Nur-ulAmin, Nawab Ali, Tarranum He has been a consultant and advisor to many local and foreign Naz and Fahimida Naz. Masood Alam, Director of KMC, Prof. community-based organisations, national and international Noman Ahmed at NED University and Roland D’Sauza of the NGOs, and bilateral and multilateral donor agencies; NGO Shehri willingly shared their views and insights about e-mail: [email protected]. -
Mr.Justice Salahuddin Mirza ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Mr.Justice Salahuddin Mirza 08.01.2007 to 07.01.2010 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION • Matriculation in 1950 from Sindh University (B.V.S. Parsi High School, Karachi). • Intermediate and B.A. from Sindh Muslim College Karachi in 1954. • L.L.B from Sindh Muslim Law College in 1958. • Appeared in the P.C.S. (Judicial Branch) examination of the West Pakistan Public Service Commission in 1959 and qualified the same, standing first in English language. EXPERIENCE • On appointment, his services were placed at the disposal of Lahore Bench of West Pakistan High Court. • First posting at Multan in 1960. Further postings in Lahore, Pakpattan and again in Lahore and Dera Ghazi Khan. • On the break-up of one Unit in 1970, the all West Pakistan Services were bifurcated on the basis of domicile and, since his domicile was of Karachi. • He was repatriated to Sindh and posted in Thatta as Civil Judge and FCM. • Promoted as Additional District & Sessions Judge and posted in Karachi from 1972 to 1974 and at Larkana from 1975 to 1976. • Served as Judge of the Labour Court Sukkur (1977-79) and Judge of Labour Court at Karachi (1979 to 1981). • Promoted as District and Sessions Judge in 1980. • Served in the Law Division, Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Islamabad, as Deputy Solicitor/Joint Secretary from February 1981 to March, 1985. • On completion of deputation in the Law Division was posted at Karachi as Chairman Appellate Tribunal (Local Councils) where he served from April, 1985, to April,1988. • Served as the Registrar of the Sindh High Court from April 1988 to September, 1988, when elevated to the High Court. -
Police Organisations in Pakistan
HRCP/CHRI 2010 POLICE ORGANISATIONS IN PAKISTAN Human Rights Commission CHRI of Pakistan Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative working for the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth Human Rights Commission of Pakistan The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is an independent, non-governmental organisation registered under the law. It is non-political and non-profit-making. Its main office is in Lahore. It started functioning in 1987. The highest organ of HRCP is the general body comprising all members. The general body meets at least once every year. Executive authority of this organisation vests in the Council elected every three years. The Council elects the organisation's office-bearers - Chairperson, a Co-Chairperson, not more than five Vice-Chairpersons, and a Treasurer. No office holder in government or a political party (at national or provincial level) can be an office bearer of HRCP. The Council meets at least twice every year. Besides monitoring human rights violations and seeking redress through public campaigns, lobbying and intervention in courts, HRCP organises seminars, workshops and fact-finding missions. It also issues monthly Jehd-i-Haq in Urdu and an annual report on the state of human rights in the country, both in English and Urdu. The HRCP Secretariat is headed by its Secretary General I. A. Rehman. The main office of the Secretariat is in Lahore and branch offices are in Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta. A Special Task Force is located in Hyderabad (Sindh) and another in Multan (Punjab), HRCP also runs a Centre for Democratic Development in Islamabad and is supported by correspondents and activists across the country. -
Pakistan People's Party and Foreign Policy Priorities: (2008-2013)
Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 27, Issue - 1, 2020, 221:231 Pakistan People’s Party and Foreign Policy Priorities: (2008-2013): An Analysis Riffat Mahmood & Dr. Rehana Saeed Hashmi Abstract Owing to the changing dynamics of state relations, scholarly attention has increased toward the domestic policy influence on foreign policy. In this regard, political parties are considered the main drivers in foreign policy formulation in parliamentary democracies. To comprehend the influence of the party on the agenda or formulation of governmental foreign policy, there is a need to examine the link between party manifesto and foreign policy priorities. The case of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would be under consideration during the period from 2008-2013. This is an attempt to explore the foreign policy priorities given in the manifesto of Pakistan People’s Party (2008) with its practical implementations. It is observed that dichotomy prevails between the manifesto and practical implementations of PPP’s performance. The government of PPP has remained unsuccessful to implement its foreign policy priorities in true letter and spirit as promised in the party manifesto. Keywords: Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan's Foreign Policy, Party manifesto, Policy priorities Introduction The role of political parties is vital to create awareness among masses about the national and foreign policy of a state. The significance of political parties can never be ignored in a healthy democratic political system. Political parties aggregate public demands, contribute to democratic governance as well as essential for the survival of representative democracy. Their presence is equally substantial in authoritarian rule. Dictators similarly formulate political parties to get legitimacy for their rule at a domestic and global level. -
Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan
ISAS Working Paper No. 216 – 19 November 2015 Institute of South Asian Studies National University of Singapore 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace #08-06 (Block B) Singapore 119620 Tel: (65) 6516 4239 Fax: (65) 6776 7505 www.isas.nus.edu.sg http://southasiandiaspora.org A Tortured History: Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan The Pakistan Army’s ideological hegemony, especially in the country’s Punjabi-speaking heartland, the continuing focus on the state’s narrative of a religion-based unitary identity which is under a constant external threat, and the failures of the political parties to rein in the military and address ethno-nationalist sentiments impede the growth of democracy and federalism in this key South Asian nation-state. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar1 On 11 May 2013, Pakistan’s people issued an electoral verdict in favour of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), whose leader Nawaz Sharif was later installed as the country’s Prime Minister for the third time, almost fourteen years after he was unceremoniously ousted in a military coup half-way through his second term in power. The election was historic for numerous reasons, not least for signifying the first successful transfer of power from one elected civilian regime to 1 Dr Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore. He can be contacted at [email protected]. The author, not ISAS, is responsible for the facts cited and opinions expressed in this paper. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ISAS Annual Conference held in Singapore in November 2014. -
Honour Killing in Sindh Men's and Women's Divergent Accounts
Honour Killing in Sindh Men's and Women's Divergent Accounts Shahnaz Begum Laghari PhD University of York Women’s Studies March 2016 Abstract The aim of this project is to investigate the phenomenon of honour-related violence, the most extreme form of which is honour killing. The research was conducted in Sindh (one of the four provinces of Pakistan). The main research question is, ‘Are these killings for honour?’ This study was inspired by a need to investigate whether the practice of honour killing in Sindh is still guided by the norm of honour or whether other elements have come to the fore. It is comprised of the experiences of those involved in honour killings through informal, semi- structured, open-ended, in-depth interviews, conducted under the framework of the qualitative method. The aim of my thesis is to apply a feminist perspective in interpreting the data to explore the tradition of honour killing and to let the versions of the affected people be heard. In my research, the women who are accused as karis, having very little redress, are uncertain about their lives; they speak and reveal the motives behind the allegations and killings in the name of honour. The male killers, whom I met inside and outside the jails, justify their act of killing in the name of honour, culture, tradition and religion. Drawing upon interviews with thirteen women and thirteen men, I explore and interpret the data to reveal their childhood, educational, financial and social conditions and the impacts of these on their lives, thoughts and actions. -
KLF-10 Programme 2019
Friday, 1 March 2019 Inauguration of the 10th Karachi Literature Festival Main Garden, Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi 5.00 p.m. Arrival of Guests 5.30 p.m. Welcome Speeches by Festival Organizers 5.45 p.m. Speech by the Chief Guest: Honourable Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail Speeches by: Mark Rakestraw, Deputy Head of Mission, BDHC, Didier Talpain, Consul General of France, Enrico Alfonso Ricciardi, Deputy Head of Mission, Italian Consulate 6.00 p.m. Karachi Literature Festival-Infaq Foundation Best Urdu Literature Prize 6.05 p.m. Keynote Speeches by Zehra Nigah and Muneeza Shamsie 6.45 p.m. KLF Recollection Documentary 7.00 p.m. Aao Humwatno Raqs Karo: Performance by Sheema Kermani 7.45–8.45 p.m. Panel Discussions 9.00–9.30 p.m. Safr-e-Pakistan: Pakistan’s Travelogue in String Puppets by ThespianzTheatre MC: Ms Sidra Iqbal 7.45 p.m. – 8.45 p.m. Pakistani Cinema: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Yasir Hussain, Munawar Saeed, Nabeel Qureshi, Asif Raza Main Garden Mir, Fizza Ali Meerza, and Satish Anand Moderator: Ahmed Shah Documentary: Qalandar Code: Rise of the Divine Jasmine Feminine Atiya Khan, David C. Heath, and Syed Mehdi Raza Shah Subzwari Moderator: Arieb Azhar Aquarius Voices from Far and Near: Poetry in English Adrian Husain, Arfa Ezazi, Farida Faizullah, Room 007 Ilona Yusuf, Jaffar Khan, Moeen Faruqi, and Shireen Haroun Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi Book Discussion: The Begum: A Portrait of Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan by Deepa Agarwal and Tahmina Aziz Princess Akbar Liaquat Ali Khan and Javed Aly Khan Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie Saturday, 2 March 2019 Hall Sponsor Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Princess 11 a.m. -
East Bengal Tables , Vol-8, Pakistan
M-Int 17 5r CENSlUJS Of PAIK~STAN, ~95~ VOLUME 6 REPORT & TABLES BY GUl HASSAN, M. I. ABBASI Provincial Superintendent of Census, SIND Published by the Man.ager of Publication. Price Rs. J 01-1- FIRST CENSUS OF PAKISTAN. 1951 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS Bulletins No. I--Provisional Tables of Population. No. 2--Population according to Religion. No.3-Urban and Rural Population and Area. No.4-Population according to Economic Categories. Village Lists The Village list shows the name of every Village in Pakistan in its place in the ltthniftistra tives organisation of Tehsils, Halquas, Talukas, Tapas, SUb-division's Thanas etc. The names are given in English and in the appropriate vernacular script, and against _each is shown the area, population as enumerated in the Census, tbe number of houses, and local details such as the existence of Railway Stations, Post Offices, Schools, Hospitals etc. The Village -list. is issued in separate booklets for each District or group of Districts. Census Reports Printed Vol. 2-Baluchistan and States Union Report and Tables. Vol. 3.-East Bengal Report and Tables. Vol. 4-N.-W. F. P. and Frontier Regions Report :md Tables. Vol. 6-Sind and Khairpur State Report and Tabla Vol 8-East Pakistan Tables of Economic CharacUi Census Reports (in course of preparation.) Vol. I-General Report and Tables for Pakistan, shcW)J:}g Provincial Totals. Vol. 5-Punjab and Bahawalpur State Report and Tables. Vol. 7-West Pakistan Tables ot Economic Characteristics.- PREF ACE, This Census Report for the province of Sind and Khairpur State is one of the series 'of volumes in which the results ofothe 1951 €ensus of Pakistan are recorded. -
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
Title Page Research and Analysis Centre - a UNODC and FIA Collaboration UNODC's program on illicit trafficking and border management (Sub-Program1) enhances the core capacities of Pakistan's law enforcement agencies to reduce illicit trafficking and manage borders primarily through the provision of specialized training and equipment. Law enforcement agencies struggle to interdict trafficking and smuggling of various kinds and scales, which poses a challenge to the governance, development, and security of the country. In January 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UNODC COPAK and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to establish a Research and Analysis Centre at FIA Headquarters in Islamabad. The purpose of this initiative was to enhance legal, regulatory, and enforcement frameworks on human trafficking and migrant smuggling. It added to knowledge and skills within the migration-related law enforcement agencies and improved information collection, analysis, and coordination of migration-related crimes. The Research and Analysis Centre (RAC) was officially inaugurated on 1 May 2014. Currently three researchers from UNODC and two from the FIA have been placed at the Centre, with necessary equipment and software provided by UNODC. The findings of this report are based on research conducted at RAC over the past year. Abbreviations AHTC Anti Human Trafficking Circle AJK Azad Jammu and Kashmir BL Black List CIS Centre for Immigration Studies DFD Deported on Forged Document ECL Exit Control List FATA Federally Administered