The date debate
Mark Tushnet in his book ‘Why the constitution matters’ argues that the constitution matters because it provides a structure for a civil government that assures liberties. In developing democracies, constitutions…
Mark Tushnet in his book ‘Why the constitution matters’ argues that the constitution matters because it provides a structure for a civil government that assures liberties. In developing democracies, constitutions…
Traders with long US equity and long dollar positions that laughed all the way to the bank after the Fed’s latest rate hike might have missed another important headline that…
Now that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has categorically announced the federal government’s departure upon the completion of the five-year term of the 15th National Assembly, the rumour mill on the…
The Election Commission of Pakistan has been given the power to punish someone for contempt under Section 10 the Election Act, 2017. A similar power was conferred upon it under…
In the aftermath of the Shehbaz Sharif government’s widely criticized budget, which was met with disdain by independent economists and also drew veiled criticism from the IMF, a last-minute attempt…
It was ironic for the White House to condemn cross-border terrorism in the context of Pakistan-India relations while playing host to the man who as chief minister masterminded the 2004…
“In wartime”, Churchill famously told Stalin at Tehran in 1943, “truth is so precious that she must always be attended by a bodyguard of lies”. These words also describe the…
The dawn of the age of enlightenment helped Western civilization separate politics from religion and shifted the process of wealth creation away from land owners towards industrialists. The social consequence…
In political science, economic voting is a theoretical perspective which argues that voter behavior is heavily influenced by the economic conditions in the country at the time of the election. According to this perspective, voters tend to vote…
The storm blowing up in Pakistan after the May 9 violence has not broken just yet. If anything, its severity has gathered speed. Instead of weathering the storm, the ‘most…