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Old & Disabled Ignored

Old & disabled ignored

General elections in Pakistan are round the corner. Politicians and political parties are crying themselves hoarse promising change, an improved economic situation for the people, freedom from debt and slavery…

Perceptions Of National Power

Perceptions of national power

Apologists  may downplay it, but the fact is that power is the core attribute of a state, defining its position in international politics by giving it the leverage to influence…

Good On Intentions…

Good on intentions…

Part of being a concerned citizen is to be well informed and, as I belong to the 18-35 age demographic that is going to cast its vote for the first…

Literacy And Skills

Literacy and skills

A Very large number of Pakistanis are illiterate and unskilled. If literate they are barely so, and if skilled, most have poor skills. Given the demographics of a young nation,…

Politics Of Expediency

Politics of expediency

The deliberate hash of local government to reflect the diverse demographics of the ruling coalition, the PPP in the rural areas and the MQM in the urban areas of Sindh,…

Dangerous Conflation

Dangerous conflation

The killing of MQM MPA Manzar Imam last week is the latest sign of the increasing overlap between sectarian violence and politics. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the…

The Dems Won

The Dems won

Yes, the Democratic Party won the US presidential election last week, but as much as the billions of dollars the campaign cost, it was the demographics that won it for…

The ‘youth’ Factor

The ‘youth’ factor

Like many other important subjects in Pakistan, voting demographics and electoral patterns have rarely, if ever, been documented and researched. Apart from a few scattered accounts from the 1990s, and…