Democracy’s missing half
The global movement for gender equality has driven change across many sectors, but political representation remains one of the most formidable challenges. Although women make up nearly half of the…
Breakdown of democracy
PAKISTAN is experiencing a complete breakdown of democracy with a powerless civilian set-up at the centre, caretaker governments in Punjab and KP serving beyond their constitutional mandate, a divided judiciary…
Burying democracy
PAKISTAN’S democracy is an endangered species now, long hunted by uniformed elements. But it seems that now a deal has been struck to make it an extinct species, after which…
How democracy endures
Events in Bangladesh need not be an eye-opener. It has been demonstrated often enough that democratic legitimacy through strict adherence to the constitution ensures stability. Any attempt to short-circuit it…
India’s insurgent strongholds on road to democracy?
A narrow winding road through an untamed forest has proven a blow to a decades-old Maoist rebellion that is one of India’s longest and deadliest insurgencies. As the world’s biggest…
Rising oligarchic power, ballooning inequality, and the quality of democracy
Decades of Neoliberalism led retreat of regulation, and greater inclusion of private sector to provide essential public goods and services of essential nature has increased corporate power disproportionately both in…
Derailing democracy
The intrigue that started against Pakistan and its democracy after the untimely demise of the father of the nation, Quaid-e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the final act that permanently derailed…
Democracy vs economy
As Pakistan’s two and a half mainstream political parties [one half of a party remains excluded from politics] aspire for power in Islamabad, their failure to focus on the economy…
Judicial imperialism: Threat to democracy
When honourable judges, while claiming to enforce the constitution, render verdicts that cannot plausibly be related to the constitution the result is judicial imperialism posing a serious threat to the…
State of democracy
A major global pronouncement on the annual global state of democracy is out. The verdict: democracy is in doldrums globally and 2022 was a disappointing year for democracy. There is…
