Economic colonialism
European historians, with their own sense of bias, which on occasions reaches its zenith, to convert into prejudice, (there is no such thing as honest historians, they are all different…
Beware of data ‘colonialism’
In 2017, data overtook oil to become the world’s most valuable commodity, but it remains hard to define. At its most basic level, data is said to be humans in…
The stranglehold of native colonialism
About 50 countries in Asia and Africa became sovereign, independent nations after Second World War as decolonization by European powers gained momentum. In some cases, the end of foreign colonial…
Colonial transactions in Gilgit-Baltistan
For the last few months, news about making Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) a province of Pakistan has been making the rounds. This development is eliciting different responses from various sections of society…
Pakistan in the digital age
The philosophical orientation of Pakistan needs redirection. The 1940 Lahore resolution proposed the possibility of autonomous states for Muslims. Within a mere seven years, the All India Muslim League, propelled…
Coups in West Africa
The July 26 military coup in Niger has escalated the already existing tensions in the West African region. General Abdurrahman Tchiani, the head of Niger’s elite presidential guard has declared…
A perpetual identity crisis: Part – I
Literary terms or concepts like ‘mimicry’ cannot be understood without some knowledge about colonialism and its impacts on developing countries, especially those in the Global South. Prominent Arab intellectual and…
Trying to look at Pakistan through Piketty’s prism – II
4. Pakistan is world’s only country where majority of the elected members of its parliament decided to give it a new name— Bangladesh; 5. Pakistan is the only country where…
How to challenge a dogma – Part I
A few weeks ago, former finance minister Dr Miftah Ismail created a small political and social storm in the country by speaking out about the elite of the country, claiming…
A way forward for Moscow
It is true that the West did not keep its promises, reneging on its assurances that were held out to the Soviet Union just prior to the end of the…
