US opposition to Nippon Steel deal ‘very unsettling’, Japan PM hopeful says
One of the frontrunners to become Japan’s next premier said on Friday that any US move to block Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying US Steel on national security grounds would…
Only if Rahul unites the opposition
TWO instructive approaches are currently underway to rein in or dislodge autocratic governments in high-profile neighbourhoods. The first method can be glimpsed in the popular movement that has grown into…
Economic policy, federal budget and role of opposition
‘…the existence of the opposition is ‘nearly the most distinctive characteristic of democracy’. In parliamentary democracies, since government and parliamentary majorities often coincide, the opposition is expected to function as…
HEC amendment bill sails through National Assembly amid opposition by allies
After Senate, the National Assembly also passed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) amendment bill, increasing the representation of provinces in it. The bill, which faced controversies in recent months, was…
Quake stalls election campaign of Turkey’s splintered opposition
Turkey’s splintered political opposition was supposed to agree Monday on a joint candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year grip on power at the ballot box. But a catastrophic earthquake,…
Dilemmas of opposition
THE recent setback faced by the opposition in the Senate served as a telling reminder of its weakness even as it gears up to challenge the PTI government by its ‘long marches’…
Settlers and Palestinians unite in opposition to Israeli annexation
Some Israeli settlers agree with their Palestinian neighbours in the occupied West Bank that the Jewish state’s plan to annex part of the territory would undermine their years-long reconciliation efforts.…
Govt’s approach to Opposition
This is the second of a two part series of articles focusing on the Prime Minister’s strategy to deal with the economic fallout of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s four month…
Silencing opposition
DESPITE a democratic Constitution, there seems to have been a move towards authoritarian rule in Pakistan with a concerted effort to silence and delegitimise any voices of opposition, political or…
How Nawaz and the opposition win 2023
Last week I wrote about how PM Khan’s five key bets can help him and the PTI win 2023. If he wins those five big bets he has made, there…
