Narrative control
The nature of the United States’ relationship with Israel defies logic and reason. It is a parasitic one-sided benefit, entangled in the tentacles of organized influence, manipulation, financial power, and…
Why a narrative?
GONE are the days when the state monopolised the flow of information. The world has transitioned from a global village to a global street — anyone with a smartphone can…
Power of narratives
NARRATIVES have, for millennia, shaped the way societies and nations create identities, forge empires, develop breakthrough technologies, and overcome challenges. The story of the Iron Age transformation in the Biblical-Quranic…
Pakistan’s banking sector deserves a fairer narrative
In a country gripped by chronic revenue shortfalls and economic instability, one sector quietly shoulders more than its share — yet is frequently criticised. Pakistan’s banking sector, the country’s largest…
Hostage to narrative
It’s interesting and instructive how modern communication technologies – twitter feed, real time video – just fail to cut through the fog that keeps the most relevant information from reaching…
Weaponised narratives
As a loyal overseas Pakistani based in Dubai since 1997 who has stood shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan, I write this with clarity of purpose: to fully reject and categorically…
Political audit of Afghan policy
THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul — a moment that…
An ode to the political worker
PAKISTAN’S history is replete with the heroism of political workers who have repeatedly demonstrated that their commitment to democratic ideals is total and that they will risk life, limb, and…
Curbs can’t beat narratives
WITH the passage of a bill to muzzle criticism of those in high offices, the Punjab Assembly has taken the lead in legislating fresh curbs on free speech with heavy penalties, even…
The narrative must change
The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) narrative, irrespective of the many chairmen it has been subjected to - accountants, generalists bureaucrats, party loyalists and the very few promoted from within…
