It is becoming apparent that the issue of deliberate breaches in levees to save the lands of the rich and influential is growing rapidly in proportion and could have a devastating impact on the future chain of events. For weeks, flood-affected people in southern Punjab, in Sindh and in Balochistan have been expressing anger over [...]
All articles in category: "Corruption and Fraud,Law and Order"
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Criminal breaches in Pakistan
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President’s twisted logic
IN an interview with Time, President Zardari gave his reaction to the bad press he was getting on account of his handling of the floods. He seemed quite thick-skinned to the criticism, as he tried to make jokes of the fact that he had not done enough to tackle the calamity. Even more disconcerting were [...]
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Thousands of persons remain missing amid government inaction
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the ongoing work of the Advisory Committee concerning the issue of missing persons. The ALRC has on numerous occasions informed the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the large number of missing persons in Pakistan. The country is beset by grave and widespread human rights violations by various State-agencies [...]
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Still not too late
Pakistanis are a nation in a state of shock and depression after the massive devastation from floodwaters across the country. The damages resulting from the inundation are not confined to people, their livestock and properties and crops. Some of the casualties are moral rather than physical in nature. Thanks to a free and vigilant media, [...]
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Criminalisation of corruption
One of the major hurdles in the progress of third world countries is undoubtedly corruption. It is a known fact that the countries listed high on the corruption scale, in surveys and reports, are either least developed or developing countries. Meaning thereby, that ‘corruption’ and ‘underdevelopment’ tend to not only coexist together, but they also [...]
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