BD’s return to democracy
BANGLADESH has once again overwhelmingly opted for a democratic political system. Bangladesh, which emerged as a consequence of the thwarting of the popular will by a military dictator, has witnessed…
BANGLADESH has once again overwhelmingly opted for a democratic political system. Bangladesh, which emerged as a consequence of the thwarting of the popular will by a military dictator, has witnessed…
After sixty-two years of bludgeoning through sequential alleys of darkness, suffering the agonies of military dictatorships, ill-governance, institutionalised crime and widespread corruption that sunk in deep, the country finally saw…
There is a lot of trumpeting and congratulations over the fact that dictatorship has been eliminated from Pakistan forever because of the newly revamped "treason" clause in the proposed 18th…
Lahore under terror siege Lahore under terror siege the unenviable position of the most invidious of Pakistan’s rulers, among democrats and dictators alike, is occupied by Ziaul Haq, the dictator-general…
At the outset this is not an article praising our Egyptian brothers for their tremendous feat of removing a 30-year-old dictatorship. Political analysts are more competent to comment on the…
The highly controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance is dead since November 2009, but only legally and constitutionally. Politically, however, the NRO-which represented a power-sharing arrangement between a dictator and the country’s…
There`s one thing the world is learning about Pakistan: this is a nation that likes binaries. Civil and military; Islam and secularism; dictatorships and democracies; China and the US; Sufi…
One has to make a distinction between political economics and the dictatorial economics in developing countries. The conceptual frame is entirely different and the consequences that flow out of it…
In this age of market dictatorship, superficial bestsellers have trivialised the book world. However, every now and then one comes across a work that can not be reviewed in one…
It was during military dictator Zia ul Haq’s rule that our illustrious economist Dr Mahbubul Haq, who was then federal minister for finance and planning, was heard making this comment:…