Democrats or technocrats?
French military chief General Pierre de Villiers’s decision to resign on July 19 was an expected move. He had crossed his boundaries by having a spat with France’s newly-elected president,…
The issues with specialists/technocrats
Pakistan is once again in the throes of chaos. In public service I thrived on chaos. When there is no one in charge or when everyone is under uncertainty one…
The issues with specialists/technocrats
Pakistan is once again in the throes of chaos. In public service I thrived on chaos. When there is no one in charge or when everyone is under uncertainty one…
Should the interim government be of technocrats?
Pakistan every now and then is seized with issues of governance at the national level and this generally happens when governments lose their credibility. In a transparent system and clean…
The Deep State and technocrats
Anyone seen the list being circulated on the Internet containing the names of the ‘technocrats’ who are being touted as our newest saviours in the “national government” that is to…
Board of Peace
WHEN the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 on Nov 17, 2025, it expected the Board of Peace (BoP) to be a transitional administration that would coordinate funding for Gaza’s redevelopment until…
Time to change direction
Pakistan’s long engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has produced temporary postponement from bankruptcy, but in the name of stabilisation, fiscal consolidation and ‘reform’, Pakistan has been subjected to…
Manias and magic bullets
REMEMBER the great ‘water car’ mania from the early 2010s? When some fellow managed to convince a large number of senior politicians and TV anchors that he had invented a…
Where is Pakistan headed?
Pakistan’s major security-oriented and diplomatic gains, post the May ace performance of its forces, in stature and engagement at the regional and global level have been impressive. Its role, spreading…
Now, the hard part
HECTIC diplomacy and decisive intervention by President Donald Trump produced a ceasefire in Gaza after two years of a brutal Israeli military offensive that left over 67,000 Palestinians dead, a humanitarian catastrophe…
