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Few And Many

Few and many

Many people in Pakistan, seething at Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US, are rightly upset. In the same vein, those few who point out similar discriminatory…

Vajpayee, Modi And A Shared DNA

Vajpayee, Modi and a shared DNA

It is, of course, a fallacy that there is a hierarchy of agreeable and less agreeable Hindutva ideologues. As such, it could be a Brahminical myth that Modi of a…

State And Government

State and government

State and government are two separate entities. In political science terminology, a state signifies the political organisation of society, while a government refers to those in authority. Consider first the…

Fair And Just Tax System

Fair and just tax system

There is a national consensus that the existing exploitative, outdated, regressive, ill-directed and unfair tax system is stifling economic growth and widening the rich- poor divide. It needs to be…

The Force Of Law

The force of law

Pakistan has the misfortune of being periodically bashed by the international media. Recently, it has been the uproar over the revival of the death penalty. The European Union, UN Office…

Exodus And Influx

Exodus and influx

Germany’s far-right parties are planning a show of force this coming weekend in a small town called Goslar. They are irked by the fact that the town’s mayor, Oliver Junk…

Who Will Judge The Judges?

Who will judge the judges?

There is something surreal about those black-and-white, grainy photographs. Dazed, listless people being herded around and transported like cattle on trucks and trains to their imminent end as if in…

The Thinking Trap

The thinking trap

Even as tragedy surrounds us, what is still more tragic is the fashion in which we allow thinking to be distorted and events twisted to fit specific notions. In many…

Blaming The Uncles

Blaming the uncles

Most Pakistanis following the stuttering, shambolic progress of our cricket team in the World Cup probably have the familiar sinking feeling I do. And when we compare it with the…