China’s model of state governance
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday praised the Communist Party of China (CPC) describing it as an alternative to Western democracy. “Until now, we had been told that the best…
Shades of governance
I have been advocating a technocratic system of governance for many years. Such a system can exist under both a presidential and parliamentary systems of democracy and there are many…
A new pattern of governance
There are four essential principles associated with democracy. The first principle is the right of the people to choose and replace a government through free and fair elections. Article 21…
Wadera governance
Meritorious recruitment, effective revenue collection and efficient delivery of public services are among the most important indicators for measuring institutional development and good governance. Unfortunately, these indicators are missing; although…
Villains or visionaries? Hedge funds short companies they say ‘greenwash’
Tens of trillions of global investment dollars are pouring into companies touting robust environmental, social and governance credentials. Now short-sellers spy an opportunity. Such hedge funds, often cast as villains…
A chronicle of surrender and appeasement
The agreement signed with Khadim Hussain Rizvi to end the Faizabad sit-in marks a new low in Pakistan’s history of appeasing the religious right groups. Both state and society have…
No numbers game
Some perplexing challenges await the incoming government. It’ll need every ounce of patience, every penny’s worth of wisdom scrapped from past experience to tackle things. For one, the system that…
How terror became a convenient alibi
History rarely advances on the stren1gth of reason alone. More often, it lurches forward under the cover of fear. In such moments, violence is not merely endured; it is repurposed.…
Escaping the IMF trap
Pakistan’s repeated return to the International Monetary Fund is often attributed to bad luck – oil shocks, floods, geopolitics or global interest rates. These factors matter, but they are rarely…
The dichotomies
A BATTLE can be won or lost on how the issue in a dispute is framed. In the aftermath of the 26th and 27th Amendments to the Constitution, different concepts can be invoked to…
