Another February general election
Throughout my life, I have sought to avoid dignifying the indefensible. Attacks on the families of public figures are broadly in this domain – though there can be legitimate exceptions.…
Throughout my life, I have sought to avoid dignifying the indefensible. Attacks on the families of public figures are broadly in this domain – though there can be legitimate exceptions.…
Elections will hopefully be held in the next two weeks. They are taking place at a time when the economy continues to be characterized by severe stagflation. The rate of…
The interim, unofficial results of the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) election show a disconcerting, familiar pattern. At the time of writing these lines, these results show the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) leading with…
The writer is an analyst and commentator. Tomorrow will mark the midway point since the 2013 general election. A lot has happened in the two and a half years that…
Not everyone around here is too happy with the election tribunal verdicts in favour of the PTI. Bored by the dharna and sent into dizzying circles by Imran Khan’s about-turns,…
A lot has been said and written about the state of the economy in the last few years. Independent economists and domestic and international professional organisations like the State Bank…
The by-polls on 11 National Assembly and 24 provincial Assembly seats on October 14, 2018 were being seen as a referendum on the PTI-led coalition government's performance in its first…
In a tiny workshop in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, goldsmith Nadja Arnaaraq Kreutzmann polishes metals and stones mined and gathered on the vast mineral-rich island. The jewellery she crafts is adorned…
In the remote, northern Finnish town of Oulu where he has lived for seven years, Syrian-born Jabo Waleed recently started feeling that some people's behaviour towards him was becoming less…
Germany is set to start 2025 with an increasingly heated election campaign attracting attempts at influence not only on the part of Russia but also from Berlin’s traditional ally, the…