The president of Pakistan’s announcement that elections in Punjab will be held on April 30 means political parties will swing into campaign mode without much delay. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa polls are…
Democracy, conceptually challenges, basic human intelligence and wisdom. The power of majority can alter facts. Falsehood can prevail, if the majority support it. As a child had watched a satirical…
Call it the Brussels Consensus. A system of beliefs rooted in European Union treaties helps explain the growing gulf between policy elites and ordinary citizens that may cause a political…
A curious thing has happened since the 2008 elections. Back then, the party believed to be mostly likely to play with the fires of provincialism was the PML-N. The logic…
The 26th Amendment to Pakistan’s constitution is more than a procedural adjustment – it represents a seismic shift in the balance of power between parliament and the judiciary. Passed with…
A strategic reset in Pak-US relations is essential to forge a mutually beneficial relationship on a long-term basis. Due to the transient nature of past security and containment projects, a…
DONKEYS are reputed to be stubborn beasts. That possible misinterpretation of their instinct for self-preservation characterises a party that has utilised Equus asinusas a symbol since Andrew Jackson embraced a…
MUCH of the election postmortem predictably focuses on the mistakes made by Kamala Harris, but I want to take a step back for a big-picture explanation of the Democrats’ across-the-board losses in…
In October, a Gallup survey revealed that the number of Pakistanis who strongly believe that democracy, despite its shortcomings, is the best form of government has declined from 40 per…
The 2024 US presidential election saw Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party suffer a significant defeat, with Donald Trump reclaiming the White House and Republicans taking control of the Senate.…
