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.…
Post-general election economic outlook
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…
G-B: rerun of 2018 general elections
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…
Halfway to the 2018 general election
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…
Until a general election
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,…
Economic decisions ahead of general election
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…
Elections: by- and general
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…
Iran ‘news’ sites, hackers target Trump ahead of US election?
Iran is ramping up efforts to interfere with the US election with fake “news” websites and hackers targeting Donald Trump, American officials and researchers say, as the Republican nominee reported…
US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress
Countries could use next week’s UN meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the US election could…
India’s illiberal election
GENERAL elections are underway in India in a phased voting process that concludes on June 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely predicted to win a third term in office. The Bharatiya…
