In the past few days, two striking cases of misconduct by public sector employees have caught the attention of people at home and around the region. The first was that of a Saudi immigration official arguing ferociously with a passenger just because he dared to ask him to focus on his work while dozens of…

بلادنا، وكما قد لا يعلم الكثيرون، حبلى بالممارسات السيئة، إن لم أقل غير الإنسانية، التي يقوم بها بعض الموظفين العموميين ضد المراجعين من المواطنين والمقيمين. وكثير من هذه التجاوزات تمر مرور الكرام بدون أن يشعر بها أحد لأن المراجعين لا يثقون بأنهم سينصفون وأن كرامتهم المهدرة ستعاد إليهم إن هم تجرؤوا وتقدموا بالشكوى لدى الجهات…

Two Kuwaiti lawmakers have called for revoking the passports of any Kuwaiti who harms the country’s reputation abroad amid embarrassing reports about Kuwaiti travelers making a nuisance and a spectacle of themselves in public. In a news item appearing in a Gulf paper, Nabeel Al-Fadl was quoted as saying that the interior minister should…

In Pakistan a Mexican standoff is taking place. Opposition politician Imran Khan, who recently called off talks with the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and populist cleric Tahir ul-Qadri are parked in front of Parliament in Islamabad with both demanding that Sharif quit. A range of accusations have been hurled at Sharif…