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About political homeopathy

THE idea that the left alone can defeat the right has become unconvincing. On the contrary, it’s often the left that is forced to don the robe of the right…

Path Of Defiance Or Political Suicide?

Path of defiance or political suicide?

On this day, the 25th of December, we go through the annual ritual of heaping accolades and praise on the founder of the nation. If we go beyond lip service,…

Dream of political stability

IT is often believed that engineering political stability is the solution to a nation’s economic and security challenges. The idea of this so-called stability is used to justify the suppression…

Path of instability

PAKISTAN is currently muddling through a storm of political instability, economic downturn and resurgent terrorism. Large sections of Indian media and pundits have seized the opportunity to demonise Pakistan as…

Ten paths forward

SOME facts about this country are very clear. It faces big threats in the next 25 years that may dwarf the big ones of the last 75 years. The remedies…

The narrow path

SOVEREIGN defaults bring about a lot of misery in their wake from long lines for medicines and infant formula to social unrest and political violence. Surprisingly, defaults are very common…

A little empathy, please

PAKISTAN has witnessed many periods of polarisation within society, especially during long spells of military rule and its aftermath, but the current divide seems so pronounced and bitter that even…

Political see-saw

WE have been witnessing a political see-saw in the country for months now. After its failed no-confidence move against Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and the long march in 2019, the…

Policy, reform & political change

PUBLIC policies struggle to survive, and reform agendas get stalled in times of political change. At best, uncertainty surrounds them; at worst, they are scrapped by political opponents when they…