Publishing Pakistani fiction
IF you happen to be a Pakistani writer, particularly a writer of fiction, you are out of luck. As a recent discussion I had on the topic with several other…
Pakistan’s drift into chaos
If the conflict between the establishment and a section of the judiciary continues, it could lead to more chaos and ultimately to increased repression and authoritarianism. The PTI’s young followers…
The angry young Pakistani
The events of the past one year have been described by many as a perfect storm in Pakistan. Political turmoil combined with an economic meltdown not seen for many decades…
Pakistan: grave economic distress
On 26 January 2023 inanely shackling the dollar to what was nothing but wishful thinking ended and the interbank rate has been rising ever since - a policy decision in…
How Pakistan wasted Guterres and Geneva
Yesterday, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, along with the United Nations, co-hosted a conference on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the country’s flood affected areas. The superfloods of 2022 were…
Pakistan’s Big Lie and Great Truth
Pakistan is in prison. A polycrisis prison. How will Pakistan escape this metastasized set of crises of economy, security, polity and society? Not the way it got into it. That…
Desperate Pakistanis
I began writing this week’s column a few weeks ago, and the topic was desperation. I will get to the original subject matter, but there is a more urgent desperation…
Pakistan stands a chance
In the midst of boycott of Beijing Olympics by the US and its allies, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan showed up at the games to demonstrate Pakistan’s solidarity with…
State-sponsored’ corruption in fiscal policies of Pakistan — I
I did two posts on the social media addressed to two different groups of friends namely ‘Corporate Pakistan’ and ‘C100 Think Tank’ on November 13 and 14, respectively. I will…
Reworking Pakistani identity
ALMOST exactly a year ago, I wrote about how assertive nationalism/patriotism has found space for itself in Pakistan’s electoral sphere through the PTI and specifically through Imran Khan’s politics around…
