Geopolitics in unsettled times
THERE is little doubt that the world is in the throes of one of its most unsettled periods. The coronavirus pandemic has only added to uncertainty in international politics at…
Poverty, politics and peace
As a social development professional with 15 years of experience in international development, I feel alarmed for the first time in my career to see the rapid deterioration of socioeconomic…
Good economics is inclusive politics
The defeat of Finance Minister Mr Hafeez Sheikh in the Senate elections is not just a defeat of Mr Imran Khan but a rejection of the idea that ‘economic-technocrats’ are…
Afghan politics vs infection
EVEN Covid-19 has failed to take attention away from the ongoing political stand-off in Afghanistan. The intensity of the Afghan political crisis is so great that the power stakeholders in…
Politics of divisiveness
Politics of divisiveness always harms a country, pushing states towards anarchy and chaos. Such politics leads societies and states towards a conflagration that incinerates everything. The consequences of such politics…
No time for water politics
Our glaciers are shrinking, droughts are intensifying, and oceans are acidifying with methane plums rising up from the ocean floor. This is all happening decades ahead of scientific projections. More…
South Asian politics in the 1970s: Part IV
In the previous part of this essay published yesterday, we had looked at politics in Bangladesh and Pakistan from 1975 to 1977. Here we start with India and see how…
Politics and alliances
The sombre nights of Islamabad these days may herald yet another era of political pessimism, deals and intrigues. The dull capital could soon be animated by the political hullaballoo of…
Jamil Jalibi, Haji Baghlol and Pakistani politics
In the first part of this article yesterday, we discussed Jamil Jalibi’s foreword to Munshi Sajjad Hussain’s novel ‘Haji Baghlol’. Here we delve deeper into the novel and its characters…
The politics of reason
Pakistan has a chequered political history because of the tragedies inflicted by politicians and political parties in their quest for power, and their failure to implement the manifesto bequeathed to…
