Women and political inequality
GENDER inequality takes a variety of forms in Pakistan, but a fundamental one — and one whose rectification may help address all other variants as well — is political inequality.…
Political inequality
There is enormous focus these days on economic inequality, and for good reason. The gap between the top 1 percent and other Americans is growing, the middle class that built…
Financial inequality breeds contempt
Our society essentially stands divided into three classes. The elite class comprises the top bureaucrats both civil and military, business tycoons and politicians. Then follow two classes – the thinning…
Deepening inequality
During the early weeks of Ramazan, we saw multiple photographs and short clips on TV of the prime minister and other federal and provincial ministers handing out bags of flour…
Pakistan: the scourge of inequality
Wealth inequality in Pakistan is overwhelming. According to a World Inequality Database report, the top 10% of Pakistani households earn 42% of the country’s income, while the bottom 50% earn…
Disturbing inequality
The policies of Pakistan’s ruling elite have turned the country into a death trap for ordinary people in the holy month of Ramazan. The hapless, wretched and destitute rely on…
Runaway inequality
Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, already passing through the shocks and after-shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. Undoubtedly, the creation of the…
Economic and political instability
‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.” Friedman, one…
A change of style? UK’s Johnson fights for political survival
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake up operations in his 10 Downing Street office to try to survive his gravest crisis yet over boozy events held at…
Economic recovery, inequality, corruption, and wealth tax
January 2022 update of the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) flagship report ‘Global Economic Outlook’ (GEO) revised global economic growth forecast for the current year downwards. As per GEO’s October 2021,…
