Elites, legislators and squanderers
Pakistan is ruled and controlled by predatory elites in whose hands power and wealth are concentrated. This has been proved in the recent election of 54 members of Senate where…
Interests and the ruling elite
The recent statement of Indian Prime Minister Nanendra Modi regarding the importance to have French-made Rafale fighter jets has fuelled speculations that in modern democracies executives merely serve as members…
Spanish elites feel wrath of corruption backlash
Spanish authorities are taking a tougher line against corruption by the country's long untouchable elites as a lengthy economic downturn fuels public outrage. With a year to go until the…
Incorrigible elites
The overwhelming majority of poor and helpless voters-many of them victims of worst floods this year as well-after listening for days to marathon speeches of their representatives in the joint…
State and elites
"The State shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according to his ability to each according to his…
Predatory elites
Pakistan is ruled and controlled by predatory elites in whose hands power and wealth are concentrated. The ruling elites - comprising indomitable military-civil-judicial complex, unscrupulous politicians, mighty religious party leaders,…
Will ‘Keynesianism’ return?
Keynesian economics dominated economic theory and policy after the Second World War until the mid-1970s. Neoliberal economists launched a vicious attack on state intervention in the economy and the social…
A defining moment
This is a challenge that comes, but rarely, in a country’s history. The wisdom and courage with which the people resolve this crisis will test the mettle of the nation.…
Austerity by the rich
Another austerity drive is on the cards as Pakistan tries to strike an agreement with the IMF for the release of a $1.2 billion tranche. The country desperately needs the…
The fault is not in our stars
The great and ever-relevant Shakespeare has aptly stated: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” (Hamlet Act IV). What this means is that when a tragedy…
