Is the PTI a political party?
THE vicious vengeance directed against leaders and supporters of the PTI is a clear sign that the ruling parties in power have given up on even the pretence of democratic…
Political market
THIS story is about a country where the elites completely control politics and the economy. The elites are disproportionately overrepresented in parliament as money literally buys votes. The elites also…
Gresham’s Law and its present-day manifestations
In the 16th Century, coinage system was widely in use in Britain. The Government of the day soon realised that it was costing it more to mint the coins than…
Spotlight: Will the waves created by Allama Qadri amount to anything?: Political scenario
PPP is having a bad time in the aftermath of the bye elections which it lost comprehensively to the Nawaz League. This was followed by a series of defections from…
Political will & clear vision
Pakistan’s current decline is frequently blamed on a lack of political will to tackle the most pressing issues. One clear manifestation of the short supply of political willingness is the…
Give peace a chance
LACK of awareness within civil society, weak political manifestation, institutional gaps, misconceptions, and over-expectations from peace talks and amnesty schemes have cast a shadow over a pragmatic approach to dealing…
Fate and the fisherman
“We earn whatever is in our fate” – a phrase I heard from the many fisher folk I met in Karachi. They were referring to the fact that the sea…
The terrain of transformation
As a key concept of social theory, the civil society has remained a Western construct for the most part of our contemporary history of politics and development. My previous article…
The Chinese version
TENSIONS between China and the US have escalated after the House of Representative’s Uighur Human Rights Policy Act, 2019. The move is of a piece with the allegations of many…
The terrain of transformation
As a key concept of social theory, the civil society has remained a Western construct for the most part of our contemporary history of politics and development. My previous article…
