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…
Crisis in party
IS there any political party in the entire democratic world, which has not faced a crisis; be it a crisis of leadership, of organisation, of the behaviour of cadres or,…
Economic liberalism
THE economic discourse revolves around IMF programmes in Pakistan, as the country is being administered for the 23rd time. IMF’s prescription for economic stabilisation, steeped in the principles of economic…
Regulating party elections
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah remained the president of the All India Muslim League from 1937 to 1943. Abul-Kalam Azad was the president of the All India Congress from 1936 to…
Hungary’s ‘illiberal’ Orban takes helm of EU presidency
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s frequent attacks against Brussels and his warm relations with Russia have left the country increasingly isolated as it takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency on…
Not one party is revolutionary
Paradoxical though it may sound, politics in Pakistan remain both tantalizingly unpredictable and ridiculously predictable. A prime minister commanding a comfortable majority may be conveniently shown the door, leaving everyone…
Beyond neoliberal policies
As recent events have shown, it seems that those who were behind the incident of May 9 will not be spared, and the authorities seem to have taken stringent actions…
Against ‘liberal interpretation’
In the world of constitutional law, differences of interpretation make all the difference. Take, for instance, the issue of federal-provincial distribution of powers. What powers will the centre have and…
Undo neo-liberalism
‘This nation asks for action, and action now’ – Franklin D. Roosevelt As a government that came on the slogan of ‘change’ of the magnitude of ‘Tsunami’ completes two years…
Public offices and partymen
A constitutional government on a liberal tradition is established where political power is exercised subject to limitations provided in a written constitution. Political parties are the life-line of liberal democracy…
