Elections and fair play
THE good news is that the elections will be held on Feb 8. The bad news is that they could end in yet another farce. The Supreme Court’s ruling last…
The farce of caretaker govts
The preamble to the constitution and the Objectives Resolution (1949) clearly mandate that state shall exercise its powers and authority through the chosen representatives of the people. The duty to…
Another constitutional farce?
If those who claim direct access to the powers that be are to be believed, the country is set for another bout of ‘wise men’ deciding that the constitution of…
‘Absolute farce’: UK gripped by latest Johnson plot twist
British former prime minister Boris Johnson’s prospective return to Downing Street reads like a Shakespearean arc of redemption after a fall — but critics see elements of farce. Johnson, 58,…
Fair elections?
When our last military dictator General Pervez Musharraf launched the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), he made pretty tall claims. One of them was that under the then-new system,…
The farce of accountability
Everything happens for a reason. And so the National Accountability Ordinance was promulgated in 1999 by former military dictator and current absconder, Pervez Musharraf. The ostensible reason for this ordinance…
Between farce and fear
AT a recent gathering of friends in Coimbatore, the centre of attraction was a Sri Lankan political research scholar who almost didn’t make it to the get-together. Her visa was…
Post-Election 2018
If the PML-N loses and the PTI or a PTI-led or a Sanjrani-style coalition forms government in the centre and in Punjab, will we go back to the old level…
Bangladesh’s election
On Monday, Bangladesh’s election commission announced that it had deferred the date for the country’s next parliamentary poll from December 23 to December 30, partially meeting demands from several opposition…
Forecasting elections
Forecasting the winners and losers in the upcoming national and provincial elections is akin to trusting prodigious parrots to pick the team that will lift the football World Cup. There…
