Context and intentions
MOST critiques of the 26th Constitutional Amendment focus on its impact on judicial independence. Thankfully, some clauses related to the supposed sanctity of national security under Article 199 and the…
Caretaker system’s future
THE national sentiment seems to be strongly opposed to the continuation of the current constitutional arrangement of appointing caretaker governments at the federal and provincial level when the legislatures are…
A salve for Baloch wounds
SARDAR Akhtar Jan Mengal’s resignation from the National Assembly may have been in the making for some time, given the lack of empathy of the governing party towards his province, but it…
A salve for Baloch wounds
SARDAR Akhtar Jan Mengal’s resignation from the National Assembly may have been in the making for some time, given the lack of empathy of the governing party towards his province,…
A hostage parliament
I HAVE always wanted to begin a piece with these clichéd lines and on Sunday night, I got the chance. ‘As these lines were being written’ is a phrase that…
Ousted BD leader becomes diplomatic headache for India
Four weeks after ex-premier Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter during a student-led revolution, analysts say she has become a diplomatic headache for her hosts in India. Hasina’s iron-fisted tenure…
Bangladesh student protesters plan new party to cement their revolution
Student demonstrators who ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have rejected calls from Bangladesh’s two main political parties for quick elections and are considering creating their own party to cement in…
The Bangladesh story
BANGLADESH is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Once called a “basket case” by Henry Kissinger, it is now considered as a role model. Bangladesh’s national income has multiplied 50 times, per…
Do parties understand youth bulge?
PAKISTAN is the 46th youngest country with a median age of 20.4 years among 237 countries and territories in the world, according to UN Population Division statistics released this year.…
Atypical politics
MANY wonder why our politics is so unlike Western democracies’. Politics emerges from and reflects societal realities. Our society is unlike Western ones and thus too is our politics. But…
