Broadening the bounds of condemnable bigotry
TV star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett is a symbol of just how overtly the racist dehumanization of people of color continues to play out in Trump’s America.…
Viewpoint: Tax evading MNAs and MPAs
A press report points out what we have always known: that our rich and powerful do not pay their dues to the State. Nearly half, ie, 47 percent, of the…
What do MNAs do?
In order to understand the parliamentary procedure and role of MPs, in 2004 New Zealand launched a display of photographs showing off MPs lives. MPs were given disposable cameras to…
Eternal damnation
Ours is a peculiar country, by any measure. The institutions and functionaries of the state, in particular, never cease to surprise. If there were a global prize on offer for…
Intractable realities
THIS is not a perfect world. These six words were cynically hurled at me around midnight by the person occupying the presidential mansion in Islamabad in 2009. He was mad…
Strategic dilemma
LIVING in a complex world and looking for simple solutions is like deep-sea diving without oxygen and blaming your lungs for limited breathing capacity. The recently concluded COP29 has earned…
Six canals kerfuffle
Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been roundly taken to task for his dismissive attitude to Sindh’s objections to the proposed construction of six new canals on the Indus to water…
Musk’s dangerous game
American tech billionaire Elon Musk’s recent tweets and statements seemingly expressing support for far-right forces in Europe over have disappointed many across the world. Critics fear that such tweets and…
NA panel directs PMDC to ensure MDCAT retake in Islamabad by 30th
The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination has directed the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to ensure the retake of the Medical and Dental…
BOJ bids final farewell to Kuroda’s radical policy experiment
In rare criticism of its past policies, the Bank of Japan said former governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s stimulus didn’t change consumer psychology as much as planned, continuing a symbolic shift away…
