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Caretaker system’s future

THE national sentiment seems to be strongly opposed to the continuation of the current constitutional arrangement of appointing caretaker governments at the federal and provincial level when the legislatures are…

Hook-line-sinker

THE Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of India allows persecuted minorities belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Jain, and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to gain Indian citizenship.…

The crooked timber of Modi’s India

WHEN Parakala Prabhakar published his essays in April last year in a book titled The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis, one ignored it on suspicion…

The master key

AS both young and old hunt for better employment opportunities, it is worth reflecting on these wise words: “If education is the key, technical-vocational education is the master key.” Or,…

Broken politics, broken budget

THE budget has come and gone, as far as parliament is concerned. The PPP showed much concern and made much noise but then quietly voted for it, while the PTI couldn’t even…

Quacks, rackets and mobs

THE connection between citizen and state is becoming frayed to an extent I have rarely seen before. In our national conversation, most of the reason for why this is happening…

Electricity market stuck in limbo

Pakistan’s electricity sector reform has been a topic of discussion for over three decades, with the ambition to transition from a monopoly-based single-buyer model to a competitive multi-buyer, multi-seller market.…