The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part – I
There are multiple ways to look at the 26th Constitutional Amendment that Pakistan’s parliament passed on Oct 21, 2024. Since the passage of the 25th Amendment in May 2018, there…
Trump or Harris?
A WEEK from today, nervous tension will be spiking within and beyond the US as the results roll in from what has been hyped up as the most consequential election…
After neoliberalism
SLOWLY but surely, the signs of a global political and cultural realignment are becoming apparent. Several commentators trace the origins of this realignment to events of the last two and…
The grand delusion
A LONG-STANDING narrative has been in play in the country that Pakistan’s myriad development challenges and sub-Saharan African under-performance have been entirely due to a weak economy. This narrative does…
Land of constitutional frauds
“For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law” — Óscar R. Benavides THE spectre of violence and chaos haunts Pakistan. Never before in Pakistan’s history have three types of…
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Enforced Disappearances (EDs) have been frequently used as a strategy to spread fear and terror in a society, according to the UN. By now, the world body argues, it has…
A fitting metaphor for Gaza
MADELEINE Albright once appeared for an interview for CBS 60 Minutes with Lesley Stahl. She was asked about the tragic effect of US sanctions on Iraqi children. “We have heard…
Road to perdition?
THE volatile events in Pakistan over the last year have been an upheaval in themselves. A political crisis morphed into an economic one that was then reinforced by a climate…
Dead end budget
DOES anyone even take the finance ministry seriously anymore? With each passing year, this question becomes less and less rhetorical, as our notionally sovereign economy turns into a plaything of…
South remembers
IN the world of WhatsApp, Muslim and Arab countries have taken a serious stance against Israel. In that little chamber — isolated from fact, reason and logic — the emir…
