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Democratic candidate attacks on Obama legacy rankle party

Barack Obama slashed US unemployment, protected child migrants and delivered healthcare to millions. But several 2020 candidates scorched the popular ex-president at their Democratic debate, a strategy that risks alienating…

Democratic candidate attacks on Obama legacy rankle party

Barack Obama slashed US unemployment, protected child migrants and delivered healthcare to millions. But several 2020 candidates scorched the popular ex-president at their Democratic debate, a strategy that risks alienating…

We need a new party

Pakistan’s political parties claim to represent the people, but do they truly follow the constitution, or do they just do whatever suits them? Time and again, we have seen politicians…

Democratic backsliding

WHAT is the state of Pakistan’s political system today? Is the country experiencing significant democratic erosion? Is this different from the past? Pakistan doesn’t, after all, have an edifying democratic…

Crisis in party

IS there any political party in the entire democratic world, which has not faced a crisis; be it a crisis of leadership, of organisation, of the behaviour of cadres or,…

Dream party

Pakistan needs a dream political party to steer the country out of its current crisis. A party that has the vision and ability to introduce reforms, and the courage to…

Democratic transition? Zahid Hussain

JUST about nine weeks are left for the current term of the National Assembly to end. The Lower House of parliament will stand dissolved on Aug 13, and, under the…

Is the PTI a political party?

THE vicious vengeance directed against leaders and supporters of the PTI is a clear sign that the ruling parties in power have given up on even the pretence of democratic…

Regulating party elections

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah remained the president of the All India Muslim League from 1937 to 1943. Abul-Kalam Azad was the president of the All India Congress from 1936 to…

Should you ban a political party?

Adviser to the PM on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah has stated that the PTI could be declared illegal and face a ban on its activities. This position has been reiterated…