Dissolving a political party
The dissolution of the National Awami Party (NAP) in 1975 followed months of degradation of the party and its leadership in the mass media. This was a party in power,…
New political party vows to clean up Delhi government
Wearing white caps and armed with brooms, volunteers of India's fledgling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or the common man's party, are out in strength across the Indian capital. The broom…
HA new political party needed
OVER the last year and a half the feisty ‘lawyers movement’ captured the imagination of the world press by challenging Musharraf’s ‘emergency’ rule and demanding the restoration of the former…
Spotlight: PPP: party with a following but no leaders!: Tattered political parties are a bad omen for democracy!
PPP never had an heir apparent for top leadership. None would be tolerated. Both Zulfiqar Bhutto and Benazir made that clear as soon as someone in the party appeared to…
Unending political conflict
Imran Khan has claimed that unknown assassins were positioned at the Judicial Complex Islamabad on March 18, 2023 when he had to appear (finally) in court in the Toshakhana case…
Political entanglements
When the coalition government replaced the PTI-led government last year to clear what it called the mess created by the gross incompetence of Imran Khan and sheer misgovernance by his…
A great social and political upheaval is coming?
There are two extremely discomforting economic phenomena unfolding simultaneously in Pakistan – one is dangerously high food inflation, and the other is rising unemployment. The term economists use for such…
China’s mega-rich move their wealth, and partying, to Singapore
Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion. Beijing’s recent crackdowns on tech…
Stinking political quagmire
The topmost immediate requirements to take the economy out of the tailspin are political clarity and certainty, although there is no certainty that economic default can be averted. The message…
When the young are apolitical
The youth of Pakistan constitutes more than 60 per cent of the total population of the country. Despite this fact, this intersectionality has been forcefully and by design kept away…
