The expendables
It’s about time that everyone started preparing lists of those they are ready to spare for the bloodthirsty goddess of democracy. With or without the aid of the Panama Papers,…
The expendables
When there is excess labour, compared to capital, the price (or wage) that labour can command, in a capitalist market-based system, will be low. There is no guarantee that the…
The language of war
Finally it comes down to this: Some people are expendable. In certain parts of the world – where we and our allies are waging war – the expendable people come…
Getting rich on YouTube
EVERYONE is into it. Before leaving, your dadi’s friend grabs you by the arm and whispers “Beta aap bhi meri subscriber banein na” she says as she adjusts her glasses,…
Human capital disaster
THE World Bank recently launched the Human Capital Review report for Pakistan in Karachi and Islamabad. The headlines of the report were not a surprise: Pakistan’s Human Capital Index is…
Frontline Peshawar
PESHAWAR bleeds once again. The brutal slaughter of more than 100 innocents by unidentified killers is another galling reminder that very little changes in the land of the pure. The response of…
Celebrating Christmas in dark times
COME Christmas and the invisible jukebox lodged somewhere in the benign recesses of the brain switches inevitably to Jim Reeves and Mahalia Jackson’s carols. But Christmas has not been the…
The TTP threat
The TTP’s return to the capital last week should not come as a surprise. The warning signs have been growing in intensity since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Through political statements, protests…
Instability breeds disasters
Environmental scientists and experts believe that a hazard becomes a disaster only when fed by vulnerability. The UN World Meteorological Organization figures show that 90 per cent of the global…
No longer the periphery
OVER recent decades, in social and political theory, the notions of ‘core’ or centre, and ‘periphery’ have been challenged and completely upended. In earlier social science, especially under the hegemony…
