CONTENTS
April-May 2013
0 The government cannot do everything for you
By Farooq Tirmizi
0 Minimum wage politics
By Sultan Mehmood
0 HumorWise
0 Basic social services to all
Alternate Solutions Institute, first free market think tank of Pakistan, is a registered, non-profit, non-political, non-governmental, educational and research organization. Its mission is to promote a limited responsible government in Pakistan under the rule of law protecting life, liberty, and property of all of its individual citizens without any discrimination.
CONTENTS
April-May 2013
0 The government cannot do everything for you
By Farooq Tirmizi
0 Minimum wage politics
By Sultan Mehmood
0 HumorWise
0 Basic social services to all
CONTENTS
March 2013:
0 Faiths divide, values unite
By Atif Noor Khan
0 HumorWise
0 Letters to FreePakistan
0 Issue of the month: Unmasking the Kargil adventurers
0 Basic social services to all
CONTENTS:
February 2013
0 Elite democracy
By Farrukh Saleem
0 HumorWise
0 Letters to FreePakistan
0 Issue of the month: Dynastic democrats
0 Basic social services to all
CONTENTS:
January 2013
0 Of khaki and mufti
By Nadir Hassan
0 HumorWise
0 Letters to FreePakistan
0 Issue of the month: Monkeying the CNG business
0 Basic social services to all
Media Release:
New paper - “Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse” published
The paper indicts politicians as the main culprit for failing the state of Pakistan
The paper falsifies the myth of blaming the Pakistan Army for the ills Pakistanis facing
Author argues constitution authorizes politicians to rule, not the Army
Lahore December 29, 2012: Alternate Solutions Institute released today Dr. Khalil Ahmad's latest paper, Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse – Analysis and the Way Forward.Already this year, he has published two books, "Pakistan Mein Riyasti Ashrafiya Ka Urooj" (The Rise of State Aristocracy in Pakistan, February 2012), and “Siyasi Partian Ya Siyasi Bandobast: Pakistani Siyasat Ke Pech-o-Khum Ka Falsafiyani Muhakma” (Political Parties Or Political Arrangements: Philosophical Critique of Pakistani Politics, July 2012).
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December 2012
0 Against ‘security theatre’
By Nadir Hassan
0 HumorWise
0 Letters to FreePakistan
0 Issue of the month: Lawless breeding lawlessness
0 Basic social services to all
October, 2012
CONTENTS:
0 By Tibor R. Machan
0 Issue of the month: Uprooting the state aristocracy
0 Basic social services to all
By Wardah Syed and Shah Abdullah
All in all it was a very good experience, in fact an experience of a life time. I am very happy for the efforts ASI put into arranging this workshop and making it successful. I feel very fortunate for being a part of it.
[September, 2012]
CONTENTS:
0 The power sector crisis
0 HumorWise
0 Letters to FreePakistan
0 Issue of the month: Democracy with a vengeance
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