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Malgovernance: Pakistan’s Hallmark?

Malgovernance: Pakistan’s hallmark?

In my column last week, I had expressed doubts about success of 'negotiations' between the PML-N regime and the PTI-PAT combine. These negotiations were bound to fail; large-scale arrests of…

Pythagoras and the holy dip

RELIGIOUS beliefs and science have coexisted for centuries. Science and superstition can also find a way to trudge along together. A brilliant scientist may not tread the path that has…

Misleading numbers

Finding an easy solution to a complex problem appears to be the prevailing strategy to achieve a two-pronged objective: buying time and garnering positive publicity for cosmetic efforts. How else…

Imbalance–the seed of unhappiness

It is too much. I want to get out of it. There is no break. I am divided. These expressions have a familiar ring. Take a guess why? Many would…

How 2000-2025 shaped Pakistan

As the sun set on December 31, I wondered what the new year would bring for Pakistan. Being a social scientist and heading a firm that measures the pulse of…

Cracks emerge in Trump’s MAGA coalition

Donald Trump has yet to move back into the White House and already fissures are opening in his coalition, amid squabbling between Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley “tech bros”…